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TROPICAL MACKEREL

hroughout the tropics anglers encounter several species of mackerel; that is, species from the genus Scombridae. The encounter is usually brief, consisting of a splash of white water followed by the loss of a lure. The three most commonly caught species which we are going to look at here are the sierra mackerel, the cero mackerel and the Spanish mackerel;

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