The swimming mackerel is one of the world’s best set-ups when fooling a marlin into taking a bite. No matter where you fish, they will have no problem homing in on this relatively slow-swimming snack.

King mackerel are notorius for being short hitters – meaning they normally hit half the bait, leaving the angler frustrated. They can be fierce fighters and when the battle is over, the victory is ...

Capt. Stan Jarusinski can claim the title of being one of the best small-boat king mackerel anglers in the world. He and the crew of his 23-foot Regulator, Mr. Stanman, won the two-day Southern ...

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, ...

It's spring, so king mackerel fishing is just now heating up for anglers in the Pensacola area. Each spring, the king mackerel migrate north in the Gulf of Mexico to their summertime spawning grounds.

This is the second of a two-part bait rigging series covering swimming ballyhoo, rigging for king mackerel and strip baits. King mackerel are notorius for being short hitters; meaning they normally ...