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Kingfish or Kings are a part of the Scombridae family which includes more than 30 different species of fish (such as tuna and bonito). Kings grow fast, they can grow 19in to 35in in length, the biggest recorded kingfish is 72in and weighed 99lbs (now that’s a lot of fishspread).  Much like other members of this genus, they are carnivorous, typically preferring small fish such as grunts, porgy and snapper, but they will also eat crustaceans, mollusks, shrimp and squid. The king prefers outer reefs and coastal waters dependent upon warm temperatures, the King mackerel will migrate closer to shore in the spring and summer (which is why we are catching so many on our 5hr half daytrip and our 10hr all day trips ), and migrate to deeper waters in the fall and winter.   They typically can be found in the Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Brazil including the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Some quick facts about King Mackerel: King mackerel are iron-gray on the back and silv

Hubbard's Marina Fishing Report Inshore - The sheepshead are biting well this past week around the pass. We’re seeing great action on the pompano still. Lots of mackerel in the pass and just off the beaches. Plus, the snook are still very prevalent around the passes and starting to head onto the beaches. Finally, the red fish are showing up on the flats and the bigger reds are hanging around the bottom around the dock lights of johns pass areas at night. Trout action has been pretty steady around the flats and around the lights of Johns pass at night. The sheepshead are the biggest story this past week especially with the little cold front that came this past Tuesday and Wednesday they were really fired up. The fiddler crabs are the best bait recently for these great eating unique fish that hang around the docks and structures of Johns pass. They will also eat small pieces of shrimp, cut pieces of clams or oysters and even some barnacles. Scraping the barnacles off t