I was curious how rare Bonito catches are in BC waters. Google tells me that there have been historical catches way back to 1965. Even references Sooke. Interesting.
http://sogdatacentre.ca/bibtexbrowser.php?key=RefWorks:8762&bib=sog.bib
"Pacific bonito normally range from southern California to the northern end of Vancouver Island and are most abundant between Santa Barbara and Magdalena Bay. In warm anomalous years they may be numerous as far north as northern California, and occur northward to coastal waters of central Alaska. In British Columbia single specimens have been caught previously in Rivers Inlet and near Sooke in Juan de Fuca Strait. The present specimen not only represents the third record for British Columbia but is the first bonito from the Strait of Georgia."
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Sarda lineolata (Girard), a Pacific bonito, in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia (J I Manzer), In Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, volume 22, 1965."