Spanish Mackerel
Spanish Mackerel go through some amazing color changes depending upon their age, when they are young they are greenish or blue tinted over the top section of their body, with their overall body color being mostly silverish, with random golden-brown spots over their entire body, and others are mostly all silver colored also, but they have brown to grayish colored vertical stripes on their mid and lower body areas.
Spanish Mackerel have an enlongated or sleek body like their close relative the King Mackerel, and they also have the same traits such as using their sleek designed body and muscles to propel themselves at great bursts of speed in the water when fleeing or pursuing prey.
Spanish Mackerel have some very sharp teeth, that can easily cause a nasty bite and injury when removing a hook or lure from their mouths, so any smart angler would do so only by using a long, metal hook retriever, and remember not to place your fingers inside this fish's mouth when holding him for a photo or when carrying it. When fishing for them, you would also be wise to use a long, and strong wire leader, as the teeth that can easily cut a finger, can do the same to fishing line.
Spanish Mackerel tend to feed like their relatives the King Mackerel, in that they always act like they are starving, and eat like a ferocious monster, gobbling whatever moves near them, that is smaller. When hooked, they will give any angler a real nice battle, and unlike their relative the King Mackerel, Spanish Mackerel are not quite as oily and strong tasting, making Spanish Mackerel a more favorite catch to eat.
When fishing for Spanish Mackerel using bait, they have some favorite food items on their lunch menu. The top live baits for Spanish Mackerel seem to be; Shiners, Chubs, Silversides, Sardines, Cigar Minnows, Pilchard and even Shrimp. When fishing for Spanish Mackerel using lures, I would recommend using shiny imitation baitfish lures, the rubber ones that are silver or even glitter covered work extremely well, as well as shiny fish shaped diving lures and larger silver spoons.
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