Killer Kingfish Rigs!

[snapperbluefish101]

Made few killer Kingfish Rigs. They are an awesome rig that has really has made a difference compared any rig I bought from the store.

Rig is very simple....

1. About 3 ft of 15 lb mono leader.

2. # 6 size Gami circle hooks.

3. Small chartruse floats.

4. 90 lb or 75 lb barrel swivel.

5. Medium size duolock snap for the sinker.

6. Two 4 inch dropper or kiwi loops for the hooks and floats.

Just bait up with Bloods, Fishbites, or Gulp and your set!

Guaranteed to catch you Kings!

One word of advice is, if the the loops are hard to get through the eyes of the small circle hooks, make some small snells and attach them to smaller loops. Worked for me!

Going to hit the Deal Surf on this Saturday afternoon for Kings. They are up here in Monmouth County pretty thick now and are a fun fish to catch. They were the first fish I ever caught in the surf, and I always enjoyed fishing for them!

Time to catch some Kings!

SNAPPERHEAD

[Leif]

Nice rig Snapper. Those Kings are fun to catch and pretty tasty!

Nice post.

Leif

[Kevin Bogan]

you cant argue with dead fish!

[JerseyCoast]

Those floats and right size hooks are killer. The difference a gloat can make...... nice post! Gotta love a gisherman who shares his success and does not think he owns the fish, and keeps it a secret.

Class act. ;)

[bunker dunker]

ADDA BOY SNAPPER!!!!!!!your the man

[Jigman13]

Any knowledge of whether or not they're catching them off the surf in LBI? I'm going to be down there the 11th-18th and would love to hook into a few for BBQ!

[Leif]

you cant argue with dead fish!

"Dead fish tell no tales"


Snapperhead is the King of Kings.....He knows where they are and when they are there before anyone....

One time a certain owner of a bait and tackle store "claimed and insisted" there were no Kings to be had..

He said, "If your fishing for kingfish, there just ain't none. You'll be wasting your money and your fishing time son....."

Well Snapperhead went anyway and caught a bunch of kingfish the very next day....

Leif

[jmurr711]

yep those will work although i have tended to move away from the floats and i use size 6 octopus hooks :) and jigman yes there should be kings all along lbi just good luck getting through the locusts i mean spots

[snapperbluefish101]

"Dead fish tell no tales"


Snapperhead is the King of Kings.....He knows where they are and when they are there before anyone....

One time a certain owner of a bait and tackle store "claimed and insisted" there were no Kings to be had..

He said, "If your fishing for kingfish, there just ain't none. You'll be wasting your money and your fishing time son....."

Well Snapperhead went anyway and caught a bunch of kingfish the very next day....

Leif

Classic!:D

SNAPPERHEAD

[tropics]

Nice job Ben if you have to make choker leaders, you can still use the Kiwi for the loop tie them small. Keep up the good reports.

[baetis]

Snapperhead, or any other kingfish extraordinaire,

I'll be down in the Manasquan area next week and am interested in trying to catch some kingfish. I've never specifically targeted them before. Should I focus my effort by the inlet, small jetties, open sand troughs, wash? Where do they normally hide out? If you don't get hits right away do you bounce around, or stick with a spot and eventually they'll come?

Thanks for any info you can supply. The pictures of the rigs were helpful.

[snapperbluefish101]

Nice job Ben if you have to make choker leaders, you can still use the Kiwi for the loop tie them small. Keep up the good reports.

Thanks Richie! Haven't seen you in a while. Hopefully we can get out again soon.

SNAPPER

[JerseyCoast]

yep those will work although i have tended to move away from the floats and i use size 6 octopus hooks :) and jigman yes there should be kings all along lbi just good luck getting through the locusts i mean spots


Are you fishing the back or out in front? Interesting to hear this. I used to tell everyone to lose the floats, go with the more natural look. Turned out the floats made a big difference. Just goes to show you how things will vary with different fishermen. ( I admit, the crowd that had more luck with the floats, may not have been as skilled. Still, your claim backs up my gutt feelings, but I have to help everyone catch as much as they can, so I go against my better judgement when the results say I am wrong. :) )

[jjdbike]

Hey Snapper & friends.
Gotta confirm those rigs are in fact killer! They were all over them this past week @ IBSP. Outfished everyone around me w/ them. Baited w/ fishbites. With those little razor sharp circles they hooked themselves evertime which allowed me to leam them out there & wait for the doubel header! We'll be eating well for a while!
Thanks again SnapperBlue for poseing a great rig!
JD