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08-11-2014, 03:15 PM | #1 |
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Difference between spanish and green mackerel
I here people talk about Spanish mackerels, but I don't know what they look like. I think the mackerel i'm most familiar with are what people are calling "green macs". Can someone point me to a picture of a "Spanish mackerel"? |
08-11-2014, 03:20 PM | #2 |
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Pacific jack mackerel is its proper name.
A true Spanish mackerel looks like a king mackerel.
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08-11-2014, 03:30 PM | #3 |
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Ah ok. Didn't realize Jack Mackerel = Spanish Mackerel
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08-11-2014, 03:54 PM | #4 |
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Wait no. Jack mackerel, pacific jack mackerel, pacific greenback mackerel are one same fish referred here as greenie
Spanish mackerel is spanish mackerel that looks like king mackerel and tastes yummy imo
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You can call it chihuil in Mexico. Sometimes they're called jurel when they're canned. Offshore, under pattys they get pretty big and take horse sardines, and are called Spanish jack in the reports, but they're just jack macks.
...and bonito are bonito. *ducks*
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Jack mackerel are in the family carangidae w yellowtail. Green mackerel are in Scombridae w tunas. Edit: And everyone gets bonus point if they QUIT using Spanish to describe jack macks. In Australia, a Spanish mackerel is like a King mackerel in the Atlantic. In the Atlantic a Spanish mackerel is like a Sierra mackerel, or a spotted mackerel in Australia. All in the tuna family.
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08-11-2014, 04:49 PM | #7 |
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Spanish Mac, aka Pacific Mac
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08-11-2014, 05:19 PM | #8 |
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The locals in baja call yellowtail Jurel. Yes I know they are both jacks, but I have never heard of a mackerel called by Jurel.
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08-11-2014, 05:56 PM | #9 |
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This is a jack mackerel, what people call a Spanish:
What sdspeed posted was a pacific green mackerel or chub mackerel aka greenie. I can't believe there's this much confusion. yakdout, I've only ever seen it as jurel in a can. But yes Jurel is generic for jack.
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They're very different looking fish, as you can see in the photos. Common names can add to the confusion. What we call a Spanish mackerel, or jack mackerel, is really in the jack family with yellow tail, amber jack, and ulua. Jack mackerel, that's like calling some thing a dog cat. Maybe it's easier to call the 2 local mackerel we use for bait browns and greens. The browns can be a bit annoying to handle because they have 2 sharp little spines at the front of their anal fins and boney "skutes" at the base of their tails. Not venomous, just occasionally painful. Mike
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One has an accent
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As for brown I dont know. It would get confused w "brown baits" queenfish and tomcod. Ive heard greenies called waffleback macks. Overall it doesnt matter now that theres visual aides. The OP got it hours ago. lol HP, sÃX.
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There is a nice old post about this on the forums, with some great info.
Find the original thread here http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwevb/s...ead.php?t=8248
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Queenfish are also called herring, but they're really not herring....they used to be plentiful...but i cant remember seeing one in the last 10-15 years... They're so many different nick names for fish, here are a couple of examples.. Chucklehead Alabama Florida Bosco Warthog Turd roller Mud marlin Specky 7-11 perch Barndoor Grouper Slime sticks Logs Stovepipes Reds
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I get queens on the sabiki now and then when it hits bottom.
Tomcod arent cod. Sculpin arent sculpin. Theyre scorpionfish.
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I like to call them "Catchem lotta fish" and "Catchem fewer fish". But at times you can't beat one with the other.
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If a jack isnt lively enough, paddle faster.
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I use strictly Holy Mackerel.
I figure if they are good enough for Jesus they're good enough for me!
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