Iâm Dick Bolles. This is my site, and itâs designed to be a complement and supplement to my book, What Color Is Your Parachute: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters & Career-Changers, revised and rewritten each year, each new edition appearing in bookstores in mid-August. That would be the 2015 edition currently.
Once cooked the color is white, and the texture is soft, moist, and flaky. Like Spanish mackerel (see below), jack have a sweet, mild flavor. Jack mackerel is commonly canned. King mackerel (kingfish): Similar in taste to Atlantic and Pacific mackerel, king mackerel has a firm texture and a rich, savory flavor. Pacific mackerel (chub, blue): These are similar both in flavor and in texture to Boston mackerel.
Offshore & Near Shore. King mackerel is truly the king around the near shore reefs. Free lining live bait has brought many nice king to the boat this week. This time of year the fish outnumber the fishermen.