Kids Spring Break is an awesome time to get on our charter boat in Orange Beach and spend some time fishing for the Spanish Mackerel. The Spanish Mackerel migrate through Alabama coastal waters each year during the months of March and April. We catch them on spoons that look like chrome plated pieces of metal with a small hook on the end. We sometimes use straws with gold hooks on them.
Today was a great day for trolling fishing right off the Orange Beach and Perdido Pass area for Spanish Mackerel. We kept working our charte boat back and forth right off the beach and stayed in 18 to 23 feet of water most of the time. The cobia are running so that gave us a sight fish to look for while trolling. We never did see one, but we did catch a lot of nice 1 to 2 pound spanish. Our largest spanish mackerel fish was just over 5 pounds.
This family really enjoyed catching them two and three at a time.
We also have a recipe for broiled spanish mackerel for you to try.