Skipjack tuna facts:
The latin name for Skipjack tuna is Katsuwonus pelamis
Skipjack tuna size: can grow up to xxx Kilograms or x pounds
Yellowfin tuna length: can grow up to 180 cm or 6 feet
Skipjack tuna description: dark blue on the back and silvery on the belly. They are easily identified by the 3 to 6 longitudinal bands on their lower sides which run from tail towards the head but taper out before reaching the head. These tuna have fine, slender teeth, a strong keel on the caudal fin base between two small keels. The second dorsal fin is barely separated from the first.
Skipjack tuna fishing areas: Skipkjack occur in bxxx.
Skipjack Tuna Skipjack tuna like most tunas are a schooling fish. They feed on smaller fish and squid. Big skipjacks will even eat little skipjacks.
Catching Skipjack tuna: There are a number of ways to catch skipjack.
- Chum the fish to the boat and hope to get one to eat a piece of chum drifted back with a hook in it
- Troll natural and artificial baits behind a boat.
- Drop diamond jigs down deep and jigging them up and down with long sweeps of the rod can often produce when the fish are deep and only surface briefly before retreating to the cooler deeper waters
- The most exciting method of catching tuna is casting surface popper baits
- The most efficient method is slow trolling live hardtails behind the boat