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I never have eaten either. The skipjack (a.k.a. ladyfish?) I believe is a very bony fish. The bonita I have seen cut up for bait and man is it one bloody red looking fish. They both make great dead baits for sharks but I have never seen anyone eat them.

I use Shimano and Sahara spinning reels in the 2500 to 4000 size with 7 ft to 7' 6" rods medium or medium heavy. I have a Ande rod, Bass Pro Shops Inshore rod, and a Berkley Bionix rod. They all work good. I usually use Stren Magnaflex or P-Line Fluorocarbon line. I lean toward the Stren for ca...

Yeah, I think deeper is where its at. The tide was incoming til about 11:30 and then outgoing some after about 1:00. We did catch some in the 5 -7 foot range, including the big one. However, we really didn't try the deep water (7-9) until after 2:00 so they probably were there early too. This my sec...

Me and my father-in-law got to the ramp/marina about 7:30 and headout about 8:00. Slow at first with one short trout in the first hour, about 4-5 feet. Went deeper in the 5-6 foot depths and did better. When ever we could find lots of grass we usually would catch at least one or two trout from that ...