There are quite a few differences but the easiest way to tell difference is the horizontal stripes on the bonita.

I eat both but prefer bonita. ( Tastes a little like manatee )

 

Green Bonita, not bad eating.

MakoMatt

 

False Albacore, taste like @#$%^

You can find somewhere within this site, not the discussion rooms, a guide to the Tunas. Try the link below.

MakoMatt

AtlanticTuna

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Bonito

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Skip Jack I'm trying to get the Fat Albert to load but I cant.

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False Albicore. Hope these help.
Steve

 

The markings are a good species indicator, with the False Albie having 'brook trout' like green squiggles on its back, and the Bonito having clear separate stripes on the back and sides.

BUT, the best way to tell them apart is by the dorsal fins.

The Bonito has a spiney dorsal fin that extends almost all the way back to the rear (soft or "adipose") dorsal fin.

The False Albie has good separation between the two fins. (Take a look at the pictures previously posted, they are good examples.)

The albie is INEDIBLE. So drippingly greasy in fact, that when we tried to barbeque one once on a Nantucket beach, it just burst into a three foot high flame!

Bonitos are pretty good to eat.

Both species like fast moving shiny metals.

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Easiest way to tell is Bonito have teeth.

 

Bonacore?

Now that you have seen the difference; Bonito is excellent eating and cooks up white meat, catch and filet this one. Albacore is to me inedible and is strictly C&R.

Spigola

 

Albacore is Cat Food

 

Bonito are very good eating, but have pretty soft flesh. Make sure you ice them up well when you catch them in the summer or the fillets/steaks won't stay together.

 

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The albie is INEDIBLE. So drippingly greasy in fact, that when we tried to barbeque one once on a Nantucket beach, it just burst into a three foot high flame!


I can see that happening!

Anyone ever try false albie strips for fluke bait???