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King Mackerel Fishing Heating Up
June 18, 2009 – Orange Beach, AL (OBA) - As the summer sun heats up, so does the King Mackerel Fishing. This past Sunday charterboat Emerald Spirit with Capt. George Pfeiffer came to the docks at Outcast Marina with a boat load of King Mackerel. The Central Alabama Fishing Team’s King catch took four of the top10 positions in the Red Snapper World Championship Saltwater Series fishing tournament, including first place.
The other three places in the King Mackerel category of the leader board were 7th by Janet Nelson, 9th by Joel Armstrong, and 10th by Joseph Gates.
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Angler Chris Weldon from Wetumpka, AL with his 45.05 lb King Mackerel
Besides King Mackerels, the Emerald Spirit Fishing Team loaded up with Amberjack, Red Snapper, and a variety of other fish on their 12-hour fishing trip.
Below is Capt. George Pfeiffer of the Emerald Spirit (left) with his Central Alabama Fishing Team. The Team brought in four of the top 10 King Mackerel on their Sunday fishing trip.

The Emerald Spirit Team with Captain George Pfeiffer
Alabama Gulf Coast Fishing Season Heats Up
Fishing season is warming up and we were fortunate enough to have beautiful weather when we went out this past Wednesday, March 12. In mid-March, most of the fish are still offshore a few miles in warmer water. So our first stop was 22 miles south of Perdido Pass in Orange Beach, AL. (The water temperature at the pass is still about 61°.)
The fish seemed to be anticipating our arrival. As soon as we stopped on the first spot it was action-packed. No sooner than we dropped our lines they started hitting; vermilion snapper (or mingos), triggerfish, white snapper, banded rudder fish. Then some small Amberjack started hitting. The fish were biting as fast as we could get fresh bait in the water.
After an hour-and-a-half on this spot, we decided to try our luck on some deeper water species. We headed south another 5 or 6 miles to around 180 feet of water. Sure enough, soon as we dropped our lines the fish were ready. We picked up some really big white snapper, and a few scamp. Just as we were about to come back home, we lucked into a couple of 33 inch Amberjack (a nice “Cart Topper”).
As we were headed to the dock at the end of the day, the fishing team was busy planning their next trip.