Ballyhoo, mullet, bonito and squid all make great baits, but if you can match the size Spanish mackerel to the size of the billfish you are seeking, there is simply no better dead bait to pull. All ...

Whether you have a boat or are land locked Spanish mackerel are something that you can have a blast catching, plus they are great to eat fresh. Each year they show up sometime during the spring and ...

I was fishing off Venezuela in the late 1990s when a local mate showed me a hot dog — yes, a hot dog that you’d eat — that he had rigged with a Mustad live-bait hook. Shortly thereafter, he said, ...

With the thermometer around the 100-degree mark, it can become increasingly tougher to catch fish inshore this time of year. The good news is that living in the Florida Panhandle there is always ...

If you want to try and cash in on the Spanish mackerel run, I suggest you do it soon. The cooler nights will cut short their visit, and while they aren’t thick as their running mates the bluefish, for ...

The good news is that this is a long holiday weekend. The bad news is that there will likely be a mass movement to water by thousands of Southeast Texas anglers. Although fishing has been outstanding ...

Spanish mackerel fishing continues to improve with waves of migrating fish arriving along our beaches. Tightly grouped diving birds often give away the mackerel location as they push bait to the ...

Look For: Spotted seatrout, flounder, red drum, black drum, sheepshead, bluefish, Spanish mackerel. Comments: Capt. Dan Connolly of O-Fish-Al Expeditions and clients were floating live shrimp at the ...

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 ...