KING MACKEREL
 
 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: Spanish mackerel
Where Found: NEAR SHORE and OFFSHORE.
Size: common to 20 pounds.
Remarks: schooling fish that migrates from south Florida waters in winter to more northerly waters in spring; spawns in midsummer OFFSHORE; feeds on small fish and squid.


Destin King Mackerel fishing

King-sized catch of King Mackerels.

Destin King Mackerel fishing

Happy to catch the King Mackerel.



King mackerel catch on the charter boat Checkmate

"I did it all by myself!"

King of the Emerald Coast

More of the King.