Description: A Florida saltwater fishing guide will earn his keep during Kingfish season. Kingfish are iridescent bluish green on the back; sides silvery, streamlined body with tapered head; no black pigment on front of dorsal fin; lateral line starts high and drops sharply below the second dorsal fin; young fish often have yellow spots like those of the Spanish mackerel.
Food Value: Good broiled or smoked.
Where found: Offshore fishing and nearshore, occasionally taken from piers running into deep water.
Size: Common to 20 pounds.
Florida Kingfish Record: 90 lbs.
Kingfish Fishing Techniques: Trolling, Drifting and Still Fishing.
Remarks: Kingfish are a schooling fish that migrates fom south Florida waters in winter to more northerly waters in spring; Gulf population thought to be separate from Atlantic population, with considerable mixing in winter from Cape Canaveral past Key West; spawns in midsummer OFFSHORE; feeds on small fish and squid. To reserve a Florida Saltwater Fishing Guide to fish for King Mackerel call Captain Tom Masse at 941-544-6138
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