by Ed Mashburn | Sep 21, 2018 | Fishing
Fishing for Spanish Mackerel is a favorite quarry of Gulf Coast anglers. Gulls and terns circle overhead and start diving and screaming as they crash into the water in hot pursuit of something below. Liquid splashes and flashes indicate something is moving at a very...
by Ed Mashburn | Aug 16, 2018 | Fishing
Alabama has some great late summer mackerel fishing. Mackerel fishing off the coast of Alabama is restful and relaxing. It’s a pleasure to cast out a live cigar minnow, put the rod in a holder, sit back, feel the early morning sun start to warm up the world,...
by Ed Mashburn | Jun 26, 2017 | Fishing
Take a very fast, very aggressive and very hard-pulling game fish. Put this fish in an attractive physical form. Then add this fish to several hundred like it. What do we have? Spanish mackerel, of course! General description Spanish mackerel don’t get very big. A...
by David Thornton | Jun 1, 2017 | Fishing
Perfect Days to Catch Mackerel and Other Big Game Fish June typically offers Gulf Coast anglers a much more stable weather pattern with high pressure in control and predictable breeze patterns prevailing. Most days start with a land breeze, or cooling offshore...
by Ed Mashburn | Aug 1, 2016 | Fishing
Ladyfish Don’t Enjoy a Good Reputation, but the ‘Poor Man’s Tarpon’ Offers Great Sport Many years ago, I walked out on the pier that projected out into the Gulf of Mexico. I saw the emerald clear water and the school of baitfish under the pier. I saw people fishing...
