My First Spanish Mackerel

Type: Chesapeake
Region: Mid Bay
Location: Chesapeake Beach

On Friday evening, ten year old Nicholas from Owings, Maryland landed this 20 inch Spanish mackerel. This was his first Spanish mackerel ever caught and was the first of two boated that evening, along with a number of bluefish. We were trolling the ledge just off Chesapeake Beach using #1 and #2 planers with spoons. There were numerous schools of shad and bay anchovies active that evening that we found by looking for the diving birds. After trolling for a couple hours, we broke out the light-action poles and cast into the bait fish schools with lures nabbing several Bluefish. A great time was had that evening!