'THE LITTLE MAC ATTACK': Spanish invade but anglers are ready (CATCH-OF-THE-DAY PHOTOS)

No need to wait, they are here.

The Spanish mackerel are back - in a big way.

“They're everywhere,” said Capt. Cathi Wagner of Backcountry Outfitters.

“It's the little mac attack, and they'll attack just about anything,” she said.

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Folks are casting for them as well as trolling. However, the main thing is to make sure you drop a bait in the water.

Capt. Daniel Pike of the Inshore Angler said it's good to have an assortment of baits.

On Thursday he and his group from Michigan used Diamond Jigs and Clark's Spoons.

“Right now they're just biting good,” Pike said.

They filled the racks and then some with plenty of Spanish mackerel.

“We caught them all in the bay,” he said.

Capt. Wagner said the Spanish are showing up in the harbor, Crab Island, Choctawhatchee Bay, jetties and up and down the beach.

The Spanish mackerel has to be 12 inches to the fork and anglers can keep 15 each per day. The average size is less than 2 pounds. The Florida record for Spanish is 12 pounds.

“They're fun to catch,” Wagner said.

Tennessee anglers on the Double Time with Capt. Tim Adams had a big time. They filled the board with Spanish mackerel.

Capt. Mike Dates on the First Shot and his anglers brought in a few Spanish.

The crew aboard the Miss Nautica with Capt. Art Smith hauled in several Spanish mackerel and a few bonito. The guys got a kick out of how the deckhand was hanging up the fish - nail right through the eyeball. And sometimes the eyeball would come detached.

But I was also keeping an eye out, and Spanish mackerel wasn't the only species showing up on the docks Thursday.

Anglers on the party boat Swoop brought in several stringers filled with mingo and a few triggerfish.

Capt. Craig Mann and his anglers from New Jersey, Illinois and Wisconsin filled the racks behind the Gulf Winds with triggerfish, white snapper and a big blackfin tuna.

“It started out at 5-feet seas, but then about 10 o'clock it laid down and was pretty,” Mann said. “The fish are biting … they're hungry.”

So if you're hungry and the fish are hungry - it's a win, win situation.

See you at the docks.