Similar to their cousins the Spanish Mackerel, these pelagic predators are every bit as fast and ferocious.

They are distinguished by the thicker and more prominent longitudinal patterns down each side and with a smaller and pointier head. These are free-roaming oceanic fish usually found schooling over offshore reefs and drop-offs feeding on baitfish.

Broad barred mackies are found from Shark Bay in the West to Northern New South Whales on the East Coast.

Hard fighting and lightning fast, these toothy critters require wire trace or a lucky hookset if you want to land one on the fly.