King Mackerel

[stevegug57]

Does anyone know when the King Mack fishing starts in Ocean City MD? and how far offshore do you typically have to run off shore for them?

[capt. jakeg]

We usually catch a couple snakes a day by accident on the planer rig fishing for bluefin in late june and early july around the 20 fathom area- hotdog, fingers, the hill, lumps out of Virginia Beach. We start targetting the larger trophy kings a mile off the beach in july-october, but I doubt they get that kind of action up in Ocean city.

[fishduck]

I think OC is about as far north as they come. The few that make it this far north don't get here untill late July or August.

good luck,
Fishduck

[Bert Rodgers]

Quite a few are caught on the Jackspot when water temps get into the low 70s. Usually they are small fish from 5 to 15 lbs.

Bert