Jack Crevalle

Jack Crevalle are a beautiful color bluish-green to greenish-gold on their backs and have silvery or yellowish bellies. The Jack’s soft dorsal and anal fins are almost identical in size and they have a prominent black spot on the gill cover. They also have a black spot at the base of each pectoral fins and no scales covering their throats. The Jack Crevalle can attain weights of over 40 pounds. It has dark red meat and is not considered to be very edible. It is most prized as a hard fighting game fish that tends to be stubborn and will not surrender. Jacks are common in both inshore waters and open sea. They seem to show up anywhere, but especially more often when there’s plenty of food or baitfish around. Jacks are experts at cornering baitfish and then relentlessly hammering them. Schools of Jacks corner a school of baitfish at the surface and feed with a great commotion that can be seen from all around. Crevalle are voracious scavengers that will often follow shrimp boats around looking for an easy meal. Jacks will travel into fresh or brackish water and are often seen in springs that lead into the ocean. The crevalle tend to stay inshore or near offshore and can be caught in both salt and freshwater rivers around Florida and other Southern states.

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Jack Crevalle