In this article I will be covering king fishing in Tampa Bay.
There a few tactics on how to catch these fish, the first one is trolling blue runners or ladyfish, live sardines with a color skirt can also work. Drift fishing is another method that will produce fish.
The area I like to fish for these guys is around the skyway and the G-cut. The G-cut seems to produce big fish.
As far as the rod and reel setup, I use a heavy spinning setup; 20 pound mono will do the trick. If you’re fishing for kings, don’t forget to pick up some stinger rigs form Mitches Bait & Tackle to prevent cutoffs.
We caught one early season fish this year, the client caught it on a live threadfin herring on a flat line over a reef in the bay.
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