King Mackerel Trolling the Tampa Bay Shipping Channel Offshore
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- The Tampa Bay ( Egmont ) Shipping Channel which runs into Tampa Bay and underneath the Skyway Bridge is an absolute fish magnet, especially for king mackerel. In this video we are offshore of Tampa Bay and Saint Pete Beach trolling the famous "ditch" for kingfish. Mackerel love the transition from 30 ft to 50 ft on the edge of the channel where large schools of baitfish collect around the limestone reefs. They also hang around the channel marker buoys themselves that attract baitfish. We catch the target species using Crystal Minnow shallow and deep diving lures from @Yo-Zuri, my all time favorite for mackerel. After we catch our limit, I switched gears and did some light tackle bottom fishing for snapper. I ended up with 5 really nice lane snapper up to 16 inches.
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That Calcutta in the back when you’re cleaning the fish😍. Nice boats
Yeah they're cool boats
Wow! I’ve never seen lanes that size before. They are one of my favorite fish to eat. Love it! Keep on em’ man!
Yeah those were really good ones, I love light tackle bottom fishing for snapper!
Amazing day of fishing 🎣 congratulations 🎊🎈🎉🍾 thanks for this great video
God bless you and your family and friends
Same to you! Thanks!
Had no idea trolling lures could be that effective. Can't wait to move back to Tampa this summer
Very effective!
Not sure how I found you, but so glad I did. You have a new sub, and may well have a client one day here. I love your attitude and so nice to see my home Tampa too. Thank you for a great vid!
That's great David, glad you enjoyed the video!
That first Lane snapper almost pulled you in. Lol
Nice video!
It was a dang good one!
Wow! Nice catch mate congratulation amazing fishing spot welldone and good job!
Thanks Mikko! How's fishing beem for you lately?
Great video cap, Crazy Action.
It was a great day of fishing!
Awesome trip.. love these videos keep the comin!🤙🏽
It was a great day no doubt! More on the way.
Damn good box of fish!
Not bad!
Crushed it man!
Thanks bro I am pretty proud of this one.
You guys should start doing catch clean and cooks!
Played out...
Everybody is doing that.
Will probably do some cleaning videos soon. I would like to get a pro chef onboard for cooking maybe.
Are you using planers too or just those lures
Planers are so last decade!
@@HeadFirstFishing ok gotcha, so no. Back in the day spoons and planers were used, guess the lures give better results these days
This is one of my favorite videos you have made. Do you use weights while trolling?
Thats awesome to hear. Not while using these lures.
@@HeadFirstFishing ok good to know. Can you tell me exactly what lure that is? The pink yo zuri?
Hey captain, I'm saving up some money to come see you personally, would love to hook up with a giant grouper..... What do ya think
That would be awesome! Goliaths are so fun!
Nice video! What speed were you trolling at with the Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnow lure?
6 to 7 mph
@@HeadFirstFishing Thanks, standard speed ... I was trolling off of Big Pass today, closer to six because of the Cooling temps, but no luck today ...
These temps messed things up.
Good video captain, this year thanks to your videos I was able to have good results in trolling! Do you recommend 5 1/4 or 6 Yozuri divers? They really are fish killers! Thank you very much
Inch or ounce?
@@HeadFirstFishing Yes friend Inch is 5 1/4 and 6, the season is approaching! Thanks for the help, your videos are very useful to those of us who don't know much, thank you very much
@williamcepero5882 I prefer the magnum size crystal minnow.
Yo-Zuri Yo Zuri F 1151 Crystal 3 D Minnow Magnum ' 165 Mm 6 1 2 a.co/d/7Cvm4tn
@@HeadFirstFishing Thank you very much captain! I'll start going out for the kings at the beginning of November, THANK YOU
Almost took your toes off
I know!! Hahha
How is the cold snap over the last few days going to change the fishing, if it all?
Depends on what kind of fishing. The general trend on my weather app is avg high temps at or below 70 deg for the next week. Hogfish, sheepshead, and gag grouper should be biting good.
looks like you had a short wire leader on the Yozuris ?
Yea
Are you using wire leader when trolling for the kingfish?
Always
What speed are you trolling at?
6.5 to 7 mph
Great video good job brother
Glad you enjoyed it, what was your favorite part?
The way you make look so easy i fish on the bay to i don't know the king vite plastic lures
They love lures! Its easy trust me.
I have to try that
They're still around.
I just moved to Tampa a few months ago, and have never fished in salt water, I was curious what lures work well from the docks etc around the St. Pete area, or should I basically stick to live bait?
Topwater, paddletails, and twitching hardbaits are my go to lures.
Live bait will help show you what's possible.
How far out did you go for those lanss?
17 mi
Hey we’re you close to egmont? Thanks
In the channel
What speeds do you run when trolling the channel?
6 to 7 mph
Where the lane snapper off the shipping channel also?
Not far but not in it. There was a reef a couple miles away.
@@HeadFirstFishing how deep for the snapper?
what speed are you trolling
6 to 7 mph
We went out last week near Eggmont and no kings 😞. Going to try again in a couple days. Are you trolling in the actual channel or just off the side of it?
In and all around. If there's no bait around or the temp is wrong there won't be any kings.
@@HeadFirstFishingThanks, what is a good Temp for Kinks
72 to 80
@@HeadFirstFishingTemps are around 76 right now. Going back out Tuesday so lets see! Thanks brother!
No problem good luck. Look for bait pods in and around the channel. 40 to 60 ft is a good zone for kings.
What reel is that
Which one?
I’m a new captain near Destin, love the yo-zuri sticks too, swap a trip or hook up to fish send me a pm spankin tail charters on fb. Enjoy your channel.
Hey brother glad you like the videos. Hows the bite up there?
@@HeadFirstFishing lots of bait fish moves out, bay fishing is tight of near coastal fishing still ok, but slower for sure.
Sounds right.
How far out are you to hit 60ft?
15 to 17 miles
@@HeadFirstFishing thats not bad i thought the gulf you had to go at least 30 miles to hit 69ft
Thats about 100 ft off tampa
Were you on a reef out there?
Yeah a good natural reef
@@HeadFirstFishing sweet.
@@HeadFirstFishing how much is thr charter. I need to learn more about reefs.
Call 7274334508 to discuss a trip.
How far behind the boat do you troil those lures?
Get to trolling speed, drop back 10 sec, another 15 sec, the long shot is 20 to 25 sec.
Thanks for replying 🙂
I always reply. Unless youre weird. 🙂
We enjoy the channel for king. What speed do you typically troll? I run similar plugs around 5kts.
6 to 7 mph
Your offshore this isn’t the bay shipping channel
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