Wahoo Fishing
Wahoo Fishing Information
source: myfwc.com
illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles
Description: body slender; elongate jaws form a pointed beak; dark bluish above, with about 30 dark wavy bars; whitish below 1st dorsal fin long and low, with 21 to 27 spines; no gill rakers.
Size: to 2.1 m (83 in.) and 83 kg (183 lbs.).
Where found: offshore Gulfstream; bluewater
Remarks: an [...]
Spanish Mackerel
Spanish Mackerel Fishing Information
source: myfwc.com
illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles
Description: color of back green, shading to silver on sides, golden yellow irregular spots above and below lateral line; front of dorsal fin black; lateral line curves gently to base of tail.
Similar fish: cero, S. regalis; king mackerel, S. cavalla.
Where found: INSHORE, NEARSHORE, and OFFSHORE, especially over deep [...]
Cero Mackerel
Cero Mackerel Fishing Information
source: myfwc.com
illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles
Description: color of back iridescent bluish green; sides silvery; yellow spots forming lines above and below a bronze stripe from pectoral fin to base of the tail; front of first dorsal is bluish black; lateral line curves gradually to base of caudal fin.
Similar fish: Spanish mackerel, S. maculatus; [...]
King Mackerel
King Mackerel Fishing Information
source: myfwc.com
illustrations: Diane Rome Peebles
Description: color of back iridescent bluish green, sides silvery; streamlined body with tapered head; no black pigment on front of the first dorsal fin; lateral line starts high and drops sharply below the second dorsal fin; young fish often have yellowish spots like those of Spanish mackerel.
Similar fish: [...]
Mackerel
Mackeral Fishing Information
source Wikipedia
The mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla) is a migratory species of mackerel that lives its entire life in the open waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. It is an important species to both the commercial and recreational fishing industries.
Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species [...]
