Jack Crevalle

Jack crevalle are powerful, deep-bodied jacks, silvery to brassy-gold with a blunt head, a black spot on the gill cover and at the base of the pectoral fin, and sharp bony scutes along the base of the tail. They are built for raw pulling power.

They roam warm coastal Atlantic and Gulf waters in schools, from beaches, passes, and inlets to bays and river mouths, covering a lot of ground in search of bait.

Crevalle jacks are voracious, fast schooling predators that corral baitfish into frenzied surface blitzes, often given away by showering bait and wheeling birds. They hammer topwater plugs, spoons, swimbaits, and flies retrieved fast, and will crash almost any lure thrown into a feeding school. They are not valued as table fare, but as one of the hardest-pulling inshore fish they make long, stubborn, arm-burning runs that test both tackle and angler.