Best bait and lures for spanish mackerel

Preferred bait

Live scaled sardines/threadfin/menhaden & chum slicks

Preferred lures

Spoons, Got-Cha, mackerel trees, chrome lipless cranks — fished very fast & light wire or hard mono leader

Techniques

Fast troll or cast shiny lures, slow-troll/drift live baits on light stinger & watch diving birds

Sources

• Myfwc.com (3 pages)
  • Myfwc.com source 1
  • Myfwc.com source 2
  • Myfwc.com source 3
• Catchafloridamemory.com
  • Catchafloridamemory.com source 1
• Floridasportsman.com (3 pages)
  • Floridasportsman.com source 1
  • Floridasportsman.com source 2
  • Floridasportsman.com source 3

Fish guide

• How to catch
• Bait and lures
• Season
• Where to fish