Amberjack Fishing

The amberjack is known to many as the hard fighting fish, the tough man's fish, the sea donkey or just a fun fish to hook into. Everyone will agree that the amberjack will give you one heck of a fight. My favorite quote, after someone reels in an amberjack, is, who's next? I love it. Amberjack, as of August, 2011, have to be a minimum of 30 inches to be kept. This size amberjack will fight you to the end. A small amberjack will give you a hard fight. How about a 40 pound amberjack or even a 90 pound amberjack? The largest amberjack that has been boated with Getaway Charters was a 98 pounder. This is one fish you will always remember.

What is an amberjack? The definition of an amberjack, as stated by Wikipedia, is found below.

Greater amberjack
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Greater amberjack

Scientific classification
Kingdom:    Animalia
Phylum:    Chordata
Class:    Actinopterygii
Order:    Perciformes
Family:    Carangidae
Genus:    Seriola
Species:    S. dumerili
Binomial name
Seriola dumerili
Risso, 1810
The Greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili) is a jack of the genus Seriola. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian coasts, living usually between 20 and 70 m of depth (with a maximum of 360 m). It is the largest genus in the Carangidae family, with a maximum length of 200 cm.
It is a fast swimming pelagic fish with similar habits to the kingfish. They are silver-blue with a golden side line, with a brown band crossing over the eye area.
The Greater amberjack is a powerful hunter which feeds on other fish and invertebrates.
The Greater Amberjack is prized by sports fisherman because it is a very powerful fish & can be quite large, even as much as 70 kg. The Greater Amberjack is an excellent eating fish. It is also a big game fish and are one of the greatest fighting fish pound for pound.
[edit]References

    Wikispecies has information related to: Seriola dumerili
Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). "Seriola dumerili" in FishBase. January 2008 version.
Louisy, Patrick (2006). Guida all'identificazione dei pesci marini d'Europa e del Mediterraneo. Milan: Il Castello. ISBN 888039472X.