depending on when you go the Spanish mackerel run can be intense! to say the least, my last trip to Avon we put over 100 Spanish on the deck between 8 anglers, up to 6 1/2 pounds, in 2 hours. and they are very good to eat. I mainly live bait fish for cobia, the best eating fish from the ocean as far as I'm concerned. The gang at the end of Avon pier is the best bunch of guys I ever been around. I've made lifelong friends there on the planks. pomps are always in the wash when they are there, the whiting are not far behind, throw a sting silver or gotcha beyond the breakers for Spanish. cobia will take a bottom bait but you always risk catching a ray when you put meat on the bottom, but they do put up an awesome fight if you catch a big one. unless you use ray for bait then you may catch a big toothy.
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this one is about 6 1/2 feet across