Sport Fishing USA — January 2018

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BY DOUG OLANDER / JANUARY 2018 / VOL 33 — ISSUE 1

FISH FACTS

Y ELLOW JACK

(Caranx bartholomaei)

Tough, aggressive, beautiful and tasty — what more could an angler want in a light-tackle

game fish? Yellow jacks are common or occasional predators over nearshore reefs of the

tropical western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, and are found along eastern Atlantic coasts as

well. They sport bright-yellow colors along their sides and can be a vivid blue along the dorsal

surface (sometimes leading to confusion with the smaller bar jack). Yellow jacks generally run

from 2 or 3 pounds to 15 or more. The all-tackle IGFA record: 23 pounds, 12 ounces, from Duck Key,

Florida, in 2013.

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