What is it??

[IronNoggin]

bars are oriented wrong. should be vertical not horizontal.

Correct. Fella on the fishing site nailed it: Pacific Bonito.
Gets those bars when breeding / feeding.
Yet another indication of warming waters unfortunately...

http://kenjonesfishing.com/2012/02/p...fighting-fish/

Cheers,
Nog

[boblly1]

its albacore tuna

[Glenny]

Tuna, and if memory serves you can keep 20 of them,,,I think.

[IronNoggin]

its albacore tuna

Ummm... NOPE! It was answered above, and looks rather little like an alby...

Cheers,
Nog

[Frango]

I well second Mackerel.

[Blair]

How big is it?

[Spy]

Bonito.....caught plenty great Black Marlin bait, if they are here then there will be bigger game fish following them.

[Ajsawden]

how big is the one you got IronNoggin? and how was the fight?

[itsy bitsy xj]

It's a fish.

[835]

Did ya eat it? Whats Bonito like?

We used to eat Skipjack.. they were actually quite good....

Albacore have huge long wings for pec fins, and are a consistent colour,,, no stripes.
Skipjack Mackerel are smaller, brown and no where near as neat looking. And both are very Common here and have been for a very long time.