Great to eat, easy to catch, and fun to fight, time to chase some Spanish mackerel. Dense enough that, even in the small sizes, you can fire one a mile and hit that distant school of blitzing fish.

It was a typical Spanish mackerel meeting - an on-the-water spring picnic, with dozens of boats of all sizes and descriptions off St. Augustine Inlet. Finding the fish meant simply finding the fleet, ...

With a large influx of bait fish like scaled sardines and threadfin herring surrounding Anna Maria Island, you can bet you’ll ...

Spanish mackerel are showing strong in area coastal waters, and anglers from Matanzas Inlet to Brunswick soon will be slamming the speedy, good-eating, and fun-to-catch mini-mackerel. Right now the ...

The warm, late July water drew the Spanish mackerel well within reach of jetty casters this weekend who landed dozens of the olive green-speckled fish on small metals lures. Greg Bogan at Brielle Bait ...

With the first official day of summer a few weeks off, it is time to reflect on what late spring means to saltwater anglers. As the water temperature reaches the 60s and 70s, many migratory fish ...

I learned something new last week: There's a fine line between losing a $150 spinning rod and reel outfit and catching a Spanish mackerel. About a 10-pound test line, in fact. More on that later. Last ...

Each November, about the time the Stuart Air Show takes place at Witham Field, a certain set of fishermen begin to get their gear ready. They know it's time for the annual arrival of the Spanish ...

The mid to upper 70-degrees August water is generating excellent fishing opportunities from the tip of the jetties out to the mid-range sand lumps. Anyone heading to the surf should have an epoxy jig ...

There are no guarantees in fishing, but catching Spanish mackerel in South Florida during the winter is as close as an angler can get to a sure thing. February is a great time to catch the fish from ...

Heavy seas in early November muddied water along the beaches of northern Palm Beach County. The windy conditions apparently pushed Spanish mackerel south, much to the delight of anglers fishing the ...

There was a time when Spanish mackerel could only be counted on to be around in the spring and fall hereabouts. By the Fourth of July, the bulk of the spring migration would be far to our north. The ...