Thread: Jack Mackeral for eating

Originally Posted by Dead is better

In Australia My buddy and I used to target 'Bonito' as we called them. I believe the jack mackerel is one and the same isn't it? Anyway we bled them like a sambo and ate them fresh. If I remember rightly they have few bones and ended up tasting firm and chicken like. Lots of the tuna's do I reckon. Even kingies

We were forever winging the bonito to try to get the never present marlin to show up. Lucky we weren't visited by 'jaws' more often

Nah they are quite different mate.

Jack mack are bony little mackerel.
Skip Jack or "bonito" are fat little tuna.
Jack Mackerel

Skippy/Bonito