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The king mackerel is a migratory species of mackerel of the western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. It is an important species to both the commercial and recreational fishing industries. The king mackerel is a medium-sized fish, typically encou

The Gulf of Mexico is a great place to target tuna with everything from Giant Bluefin to yellowfin and the most commonly caught blackfin tuna. Because the Gulf is shallow if you’re going tuna fishing out of my region you can expect to make a l

        For the most part there are two species of tuna we target in my region on a fairly regular basis: yellowfin and blackfin tuna with the blackfins the more commonly caught species. We do catch some yellowfins in my region a

July and August are the prime months for targeting blue marlin in the East Region particularly because one of their favorite foods—little tunny—are here in abundance. The little tunny (bonito) schools start showing up in early June and b

May is the best month of the year to target kingfish in my region as the Atlantic group of migratory fish are in the area the entire month. We also see a lot of southeasterly winds in May and those winds push the sardine schools closer to shore. Kin

The Scaled Sardine, Harengula jaguana, is a herring-like fish in the family Clupeidae. It is native to coastal waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, from the Gulf of Mexico (where it is known as the pilchard. It has a solid back with dark streaks

Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 77% Numbers at a glance: Billfish 30% Tuna 7 % other 42 % Dorado 7% We start this week with an off season Blue Marlin spotted 27 miles over on the Pacific side guided by Captain Ricardo Escamilla on Pi

In my region we get a lot of king and Spanish mackerel although we don’t see the cero mackerel that the guys in South Florida and the Keys have. That being said mackerel fishing is the staple of our region. Spanish mackerel are very aggressive

Wahoo are one of my favorite fish to catch in blue water. They’re fast they’re mean they get pretty darn big and they’re really good to eat so there’s not a lot not to like about wahoo. July and August are two of the best mon

PANAMA CITY BEACH OFFSHORE AND INSHORE This past week the weather was a little kinder to us than the previous week and there were good reports from the wrecks and reefs. Big Jacks and Red grouper from ten or more miles out and plenty of stringer fis

Cubera snapper is a species of large predatory fish found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and the southern coast of Brazil. It is one of the largest snapper species and is highl

Episode 4 - Targeting Grouper in the Central West Region with Capt. Geoff Page   Right now the red grouper season is open in the Gulf of Mexico but gag grouper season doesn’t open until July 1 2013. Those are the two most targeted grouper

Overall Catch Success Rate All Species Combined 82% Numbers at a glance: Billfish 8 % Tuna 59 % other 42 % Dorado 9%   BILLFISH:  On February 13th David Mitchell and Bill Hicks visiting from Hobbs New Mexico went out aboard the Pisces 38ft

Preparation is the key to consistent dolphin action. Before you leave the dock you want to rig your rods and trolled baits. You’ll want at least one spinning rod with a 60 pound monofilament leader and 4/0 to 6/0 hook and one rigged with a lur

You can have some success catching grouper in my region by trolling lipped plugs in some of the deeper channels and holes around Tampa Bay as well as along some of the nearshore hard bottom areas but the majority of anglers who target these fish cha

April is one of the best months to chase sailfish in the Southeast Region. It’s on the tail end of the season as the main body of fish are pushing through and you can do really well if you get the right conditions. We like to start our day by

Spanish mackerel will hit fresh dead spanish sardines soaked under a slip cork.

Episode 17 - Targeting Spanish and King Mackerel In The Central West Region With Capt. Geoff Page   In the summer months we see more of our resident population of king and Spanish mackerel in my region. We have strong migratory populations of b

The Spanish mackerel bite should be in full swing by now. Mackerel seem to be on the tongue of every angler these days and rightly so; these huge bait assassins usually are all over the bay dining on the many sardine and threadfin schools moving int

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Episode 1 - Targeting Sailfish In The Southeast Region With Capt. Jimbo Thomas April is usually a pretty decent month for targeting sailfish in the Southeast Region although the sailfish bite has been p