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

Spanish Mackerel

Spanish Mackerel are probably the brightest colored of the mackeral having a green back, shading to silver on sides, golden yellow irregular spots above and below lateral line. The front of dorsal fin is black and the lateral line curves gently to base of tail. Alot of people confuse spanish and juvenile kingfish and the positive way to identify a spanish is by their lateral line which does not dip strongly like the king mackerel.

Spanish Macs are found INSHORE, NEARSHORE and OFFSHORE, especially over grass beds and reefs and are absent from north Florida waters in winter. We catch many of our spanish mackerel off the beaches in the fall and early winter and once again in the spring.

Spanish mackerel are schooling fish that migrates northward in spring and return to southerly waters when water temperature drops below 70 degrees F. Spanish mackerel spawn OFFSHORE, spring through summer and feed on small fish and squid.
Diamond jigs and a thin wire leader work great for catching these gamefish that have keen eyesight and loads plenty of speed. Don't use more than 10 pound test or you'll be dissapointed in the amount of hookups and the fight.

12 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