There’s still a good sailfish bite offshore in 80 to 200 feet. Troll ballyhoo with skirts in various colors such as; pink and white, blue and white and chartreuse. There will be dolphin mixed in with the sails too. You should also troll a drone spoon on a # 3 down planer for kingfish. The kingfish are running smaller on average this time of year, but they are the perfect eating size. Look for cobia around sea turtles, manta rays, buoys and down by the Power Plant Boils. Rig medium to heavy spinning rods with red tail hawk jigs, curly tail jigs, top water plugs or use live pinfish, pilchards or crabs when you see the cobia swimming around. Always have these pitch rods handy, because if you’re bottom fishing, cobia have a tendency to follow your bottom fish up to the surface.
When you are out on a calm day, troll deep to 700 feet and use the electrical deep drop rig for golden tilefish. Remember that you can only keep one per person so bring extra fishing buddies with you to make the run worthwhile. They can help pay for that gas bill too and enjoy eating one of the best bottom fish out there. Don’t forget the beach reefs this time of year as they are holding above average sized sheepshead, along with snapper, grouper (must release till May 1st), porkfish, sea bass, pompano, Spanish mackerel, bluefish, pigfish, grunts, porgies and other tasty bottom dwellers.