Fishing Guides

Brevard County Fishing Guides
Space Coast Fishing Guide
Sebastian Inlet Guide
Cocoa Beach Fishing Guide

Fishing Destinations

Mosquito Lagoon
Cocoa Beach
Port Canaveral
Sebastian Inlet
Indian River Lagoon
Banana River Lagoon

Tackle & Bait Stores

Shut Up & Fish
Fish On Fishing Center
C.J.'s Reel Parts & Service
Captain Jack's Tackle & Marine Supply
Scorpion's New Port Marina
Sunrise Marina
Cocoa Beach Bait & Tackle Shut Up & Fish

Boat Ramps

Kelly Park
Ports End Park
Freddie Patrick Park
Ramp Road Park

King Mackerel, King Fish, Kingfish, Mackerel

Kingfish are colored iridescent bluish green on their backs with silvery sides a streamlined body and tapered heads. There is no black color on front of dorsal fins and lateral line starts high and drops sharply below the second dorsal fin. Young kingfish often have yellow spots like those of the Spanish mackerel.

East Central Florida host some of the best King Mackerel fishing in the United States. Lagooner Fishing Guides prides itself in our kingfish charter fishing tactics with live bait in the summer and fall months. One of the most enjoyable angling opportunities in Florida, the king mackerel has a prestigious and renowned tournament circuit targeting this species. The SKF or Southern Kingfish Association holds at least one tournament in the Canaveral area because of the consistency of the fishery.

Kings are found NEARSHORE and OFFSHORE and occasionally taken from piers running into deeper water. During the summer months off Port Canaveral and Cocoa Beach you can often find large (smoker) kingfish within a mile of the beach and just beyond the breakers. Most of the time kingfish can be caught along the ridges and wrecks offshore of Florida's East Coast.

Kings are schooling fish that migrate fom south Florida waters in winter to more northerly waters in spring. Gulf population thought to be separate from Atlantic population, with considerable mixing in winter from Cape Canaveral past Key West. Kingfish spawns in midsummer OFFSHORE and feeds on small fish and squid.

90 lbs.

Cocoa Beach Hotels

Radisson Resort At The Port
Quality Suites Cocoa Beach
Hampton Inn
Courtyard Marriott
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Resorts

Ron Jon's Cape Caribe Resort
Crown Resorts
Luna Sea Bed & Breakfast Motel
Beach Island Resort
Ocean Landings Resort and Racquet Club
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Cocoa Beach Fish

Amber Jack
Black Drum, Drum Fish, Drum
Blue Fish, Bluefish
Cobia, Ling, Crab Eater, Lemon Fish
Common Snook, Swordspine Snook, Black Snook, Fat Snook, Robalo
Crevalle Jack, Jack Fish
Cubera Snapper, Snapper
Dolphin, Mahi Mahi, Dorado
Gag Grouper, Grey Grouper
Goliath Grouper or Jewfish
King Mackerel, King Fish, Kingfish, Mackerel
Lady Fish, Poor Man's Tarpon
Mangrove Snapper
Red Snapper, American Red Snapper
Redfish, Red Drum, Puppy Drum, Channel Bass
Sailfish, Sail Fish
Spanish Mackerel
Spotted Seatrout, Sea Trout, Speckled Trout, Gator Trout
Tarpon, Sabalo, Silver King
Tripletail, Triple Tail, Bouy Bass