Fishing Bait for Kingfish
Kingfish is a beautiful fish and is on the list of many anglers as their favorite. King fish is also known as whiting or sea mullet. These are fish that swim in the surf making fishing a totally extraordinary experience. They live and move in schools of thousands and of course if you caught one then you are in the middle.
Kingfish are small fish with even smaller mouths. They love clams, worms, and crabs, mostly things found on shorelines. The angler can use any of these things as bait, but always keep in mind not to go too low for other fish or crabs to steal the bait. Swivel hooks work very well to catch these fish. So are Styrofoam floats adapted on rigs with Sea Striker jigs or gold jigs.
The best bait, the bait that kingfish just can’t resist, is expensive and almost real, that is, bloodworm. The angler can use one or two worms alone on the hook or in combination with some other bait such as pork strips, mullet, or even squid. If you can’t have the bloodworm, you can use its closest substitute, the night crawler. Although nothing can really give the results that bloodworm does, a good combination with nightworm and squid strips or squares works quite well. Don’t let the night crawler wash away, though; the king fish will not touch it.
Baits should be on the smallish side as kingfish are small biters and don’t really go for big chunks even if they look wounded and tasty. Happily use spot, mackerel, squid, mullet, or any combination of these if you don’t have bloodworms. Kingfish are also very attracted to fillets, so if you like to use mullet, use scaleless finger fillets. It is a little known fact that sandflies are equally effective baits for these fish and with a little patience and spare time, the angler can get them for free (self catch).
Keep the bait moving as kingfish are attracted to the moving type of bait. However, move it slowly and temptingly like in the game of cat and mouse for best results. Most swim around the shore, so the fisherman should better concentrate his efforts there. Kingfish cannot resist baby clams, although they are not easy to come by, these baits are surefire ways to catch kingfish.
In the sea, kingfish always tend to swim towards the shore, so that is the best way to position yourself to catch them. In lakes/oceans the best time to fish for king mackerel is early morning until around 10:00 am and evening after 6:00 pm