Today's Crevalle Jack Fishing Report

Fishing for Crevalle Jack

Crevalle jack is a fast, saltwater fish that can be found in inland waters along the shoreline of the western Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia to Uruguay and the eastern Atlantic from Portugal to Angola.

It has a large rounded head with large eyes and a dark silvery body that can show hints of blue-green to green-gold. They grow to more than three feet in length, though more commonly they are between one and two and a half feet long. The fish usually weighs between three and five pounds, but a 51 pound Crevalle Jack was taken off the coast of Florida. Crevalle jacks can be poisonous to eat due to the threat of ciguatera poisoning, but they are prized as a game fish.

Crevalle jacks feed during the day and eat a variety of fish and invertebrates.

The Crevalle Jack goes by other names such as common jack, blacktailed trevally, cabalo, green jack, horse mackerel, horse-eye jack, kingfish, tre.

Species: Caranx hippos

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