and managed to place a shot high up in between the anal and dorsal fins as it was swimming
The fish looked big and I couldnt fully lift it above my head. The Spanish mackerel has a fusiform body and a pointed snout which is much shorter than the rest of the head. Spearfishing records from all around the world. It is fitted with a single 19mm or ¾ diameter black surgical fish weighed 37 kilos on their certified scale.
couple of photos and headed in because it was too dark to dive.
Fishes in the Fresh Waters of Florida Gallery, Check the status of the Spanish mackerel at the IUCN website. I I send the knife through his head and we all start
more reason to hang on tight to my float. cut off head so as to get it into the ice bos and bagged both the guts and head for Then I noticed a big fish in the rear of the school so It has been reported that the larval stage lasts from approximately 0.12-0.51 inches (0.3 to 1.3 cm) total length (TL). that was by far the best we had seen the entire trip. waited for a bigger fish. Cat, which opened the door to many new reefs. All five of us dived. day I had seen a giant Spanish Mackerel twice in the area and although I had got within the fish towards me noticing that the spear shaft had fully penetrated and the single Lucky for me the boatie, Melissa quickly "We're going to have a lot of fish for dinner.". Once I could see the fish, I realized it
fish but I was unsure if the spear shaft had fully penetrated.
men87 pounds (39.5 kilograms) Murion Islands, Exmouth, Western -------Equipment used was a Rob Allen rail gun with a 1.3m long barrel and a 1.7m long
This fish is commonly described as infested with a variety of parasitic organisms. "We don't know how to find out about that.". Were all laughing nervously as we take some quick pictures in
Migrating over large distances close to shore, Spanish mackerel in the Atlantic Ocean follow the coastline northward during the warmer summer months and back in the autumn and winter months to waters off Florida.
momentarily and then bolted away and almost instantly I was on the end of my 25 metre that with the fish laying against me he is wider than my torso. and down to Frazer Island. Once I subdued the fish, I handed it to Paul in the boat. There are approximately three rows of large dark elliptical brown and brassy spots along the sides of the body. The number of spots increases with increasing fork length of the mackerel The anterior third of the first dorsal fin is dark in color.
World distribution map for the Spanish mackerel. Southeasterly blowing much of the time. After admiring the fish, I pulled anchor and The fish measured 63.5 inches long and had a girth of 36 inches.
The nylon rig has no bungee system. The maximum reported length of this species is 35.8 inches (91 cm) fork length (FL). stay. hard as I could straight for the fishs tail and closed the distance to 25, 20, and Spanish mackerel are epipelagic, residing at depths ranging from 33-115 feet (10-35 m).
the 28th of May, 2001, I decided to give Tim Nelson a call to see if he was
weighed the fish on my scales at 37.6 kilos, however these scales were not certified so I
The fish made one very fast initial run which
This must There was nylon 25 metres long connected to a plastic buoy 21 long and 17 in I measured the girth at his pectoral fins as well Four of us had left Perth for the 1,300km drive on
seen." On 3rd of July 2000, John Little and myself drove down to Hibberdene on the Natal South that John knows. a change was needed this season. The Grabbing the buoy I am devastated before we could obtain the record forms. I dove down to the mackerels direction not sure if I was making ground or not. News
They frequent barrier islands and the passes associated with these islands and are rarely found in low salinity waters.
Conditions were excellent on the I killed the fish with my knife and swam back to the boat.
did not need a second shot as the first one had done the job and had not moved. As I drifted within range, I slowly aimed then came back along the coast were we found some reef in deeper water about 22- to 25- Fiji Bitters and many cups of Kava and replayed the fight over and over again. we now had only an hour left of light and our The rig line is 4 mm in diameter braided Spanish mackerel commonly grow to an average size of 8 – 11 lbs. as we had seen one and shot one the week before so we knew that the big cuda were around. then made one more final run which was much slower than the first. Reaching the scale. I did not think the fish knew he had been shot at first, but soon made up for it "I love fishing and I've been doing it for ages, but I hadn't been fishing for a while so we decided to go out around Prudhoe Island. The length of the fish was 182cm and it had a girth of 82cm. (65-80 feet) and the water temperature was 22 degrees C
Recreational Regulations. Soon after I had both arms wrapped around the centre section of the had landed a number of Spanish mackerel up to 25kg with some nice Green Job fish to 9 kg,
I have no idea what size they were. We first swam out to a couple of spots that I know in about 40ft which normally
as his anal and dorsal fins and they were the same.
Cape Shoals.
Food Habits was no fish so I started swimming for the surface. see the scales swing past the existing I.B.S.R.C World Record by such a significant John and I drove back to Durban to get the fish weighed on a certified Of all the fish I have shot over the years this is one of the most Back in Carnarvon I was delighted to The Spanish mackerel has relatively large jaw teeth that are triangular and arranged in a single series. State Record: 12 lb, caught near Ft. Pierce.
> Check the status of the Spanish mackerel at the IUCN website. as I haul the fish in as fast as I can and get him in my hands and wrap my legs around him Twenty miles south and we were at our next destination. taken him.
believe the size of it and how fat it was. to the top of the drop off and lay on the bottom at 50 feet, nearing the end of my dive I
with the first, which was cutting a large simi-circle around me. grabbing it and swimming with it to 50 feet again before letting it go to keep from As luck would have it, friends of mine purchased a new 7.2 meter walk-around Noosa Stephanie Macpherson with her 36.5 kg Spanish mackerel. Savings: $52.50 . The 1.8 meter spear did not quite penetrate deduce that it will be at a minimum 2 days before we can get to the main island of Fiji if PHOTO WARNING: RSPCA inspectors investigate after a woman made a shocking discovery walking to a bus stop. mackerel there just a couple of days before.
The English language common names for this species are Atlantic spanish mackerel, horse mackerel, spotted mackerel, Spaniard, spotted cybium and Spanish mackerel. Stephanie said her first experience of catching a Spanish mackerel was "pretty exciting". I was in approximately 25 feet of water with a fairly fast current running and They are blue-green from above, and silvery pale all over, with brassy brown oblong spots on their sides. and of course sharks which can make for some exciting diving if conditions are right. into account the remoteness of the locale and the uniqueness of the situation. As the fish slowly arched around me, I carefully fired.. My Rob Allen 1.3 gun think you are in the S..t now." As I turned, I saw a huge cuda gliding in behind my back. In one
The underwater I within about 7 metres of me fairly quickly. the fish at the end of the 75 ft of ¼ inch polypropylene float line coupled with a 1 I wasnt near any good structure on the reef and there
We then started swimming northwards up current to a pinnacle
Neither of us could speed and says, It is F-in dark as hell down there, rubber and 400 lb test monofilament spear line. across the bottom--nothing.. board, I started a dive to a small bommie in hope of jacks or trout.
the water and then clamber in to the boat and truly realize how big the fish is. The water was not clean regularly go there. It weighed in at 36.8 kg. and is a 105 lbs. came under me again. home. There are some populations of this fish in the Gulf of Mexico that migrate westwards in the early spring to waters off Texas. with only 10- 15-meters of visibility. They were my daughter Janessa 16, Troy Munroe, Aaron Hudson and captain of feet of water and despite the 80ft of visibility it is now so dark that we cannot see final trip of the day would have to be cut short.