Kingfish are brutes.In cooler waters where there are no GTs or doogtooth tuna, these fish do well to fill the gap of saltwater brutes. Kingfish have a fearsome reputation, as they are capable of testing heavily fortified tackle with their habit of seeking out nasty structures to win their freedom.Â
Deep dropping ‘basics’ may be a bit of a misnomer, because there’s nothing really basic about it, but if you’re an offshore angler wanting to start fishing beyond the twilight zone, there’s a few things you’ll need to know.