The 20th Annual BellSouth Greater Jacksonville Kingfish Tournament is on its way. Sleek, silvery pelagic fish. Schools often congregate around wrecks, pods of baitfish.
Largest fish are usually loners.
Larger fish to 50-plus pounds are often found within a mile of the beach, with some caught from fishing piers. The mouths of inlets, where baitfish congregate, are popular spots to fish for heavyweight kings. Reels generally have a high retrieve ratio to enable the angler to quickly regain line stripped off by a running king. Other effective live baits include croakers, mullet, whiting, pinfish, cigar minnows, small Spanish mackerel. Dead baits such as cigar minnows also will catch fish, especially on the reefs.