kingfish

Rob and his family with a nice king caught trolling the beach

It’s been a great week here on the Space Coast and the fishing has been incredible inshore and along the beach. This week, with the westerly winds, I decided to fish along the beach. This time of the year can be spectacular with a plethora of species, and thankfully, things went as planned. Slow trolling live pogies in the 20-40 foot depth range across the entire coast has been good. Those in search for kingfish and other toothy critters should use a live bait kingfish rig which consists of about a foot of light wire with two treble hooks about 4 inches apart. In an “S” formation, slow troll live baits like pogies and mullet for the best results. Once you find a depth that seems to have a lot of action, stick with it! You never know what will come along this time of year.