The invention discloses starter feed of larimichthys crocea and a preparation method of the starter feed. The feed is prepared from the following ingredients by mass percentage: 20-60% of white fish meal, 10-30% of chicken powder, 3-10% of egg powder, 3-10% of beer yeast, 8-30% of wet artemia, 5-15% of spirulina, 2-5% of flour, 1-5% of fish oil, 1-3% of phospholipid, 1-3% of betaine, 1-2% of vitamin mixture, 2-4% of mineral element mixture, 1-3% of EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid), 1-5% of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), 1-5% of microbial preparation and 1-2% of phagostimulant. The starter feed of thelarimichthys crocea can solve the problems of dim color, poor meat and taste, frequent diseases, poor figure and the like of the larimichthys crocea, achieves high density cultivation, breaks throughdefects of the traditional fry breeding, reduces manpower, improves digestible absorbency and nutrition, and reduces sugar metabolism burden; at the same time, the water resistance of pellet feed is ensured; the young fish growth can be promoted significantly and effectively; and the starter feed is strong in feed attraction and has the advantages of increasing a diet rate, promoting the growth and increasing a survival rate.