{"id":11320,"date":"2016-06-28T11:04:04","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T15:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raritaneng.com\/?p=11320"},"modified":"2016-06-28T11:04:04","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T15:04:04","slug":"electric-toilets-specialists-share-top-5-tips-for-catching-kingfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raritaneng.com\/blog\/electric-toilets-specialists-share-top-5-tips-for-catching-kingfish\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Toilets Specialists Share Top 5 Tips for Catching Kingfish"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/raritaneng.com\/catagory-pages\/choosing-your-marine-toilet\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/raritaneng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/logo-e1443075719238_7fxVQg.png-3.jpg\" alt=\"logo-e1443075719238_7fxVQg\" width=\"400\"><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>\n<strong>Your Electric Toilets Analysts Will Turn You Into a Master Fisherman<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h1>\n<p>Raritan Engineering Company your <a href=\"http:\/\/raritaneng.com\/category-pages\/choosing-your-marine-toilet\/\">electric toilets<\/a>\u00a0experts would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding 5 amazing tips to catching Kingfish.<\/p>\n<p>Your electric toilets professionals know that just one fish can put you on top of the world. Nowhere does this ring truer than on the kingfish-\u00adtournament circuit. In these events, each team is allowed to weigh in only one king mackerel per day of competition.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the path to glory is paved with more than positive thinking and a sprinkle of luck. On this highly competitive trail that ranges from the Carolinas to the Florida Keys to the coast of Texas, a one-hundredth of a pound might separate a championship team and the first-place loser (aka second place).<\/p>\n<p>To isolate key factors to catching these wily, sharp\u2011toothed speedsters, we canvassed some of the leading tournament anglers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1. The Right Boat<\/p>\n<p>You can catch king mackerel from just about any boat, but the most consistent winners show up with 23- to 45-foot center-console kingfish-fishing machines from builders such as Contender, Everglades, Invincible, Intrepid, Jupiter, Regulator, SeaVee and Yellowfin.<\/p>\n<p>Serious competitors have the need for speed, so most of these boats sport twin or triple outboards \u2014 some even have quads.<\/p>\n<p>Power is one thing, but you also need a hull designed to run in rough conditions because the seas are not always cooperative on tournament day. \u201cThat\u2019s why we fish a boat like the Contender 32ST,\u201d says Jack Bracewell Jr., whose South Carolina team fishes 15 kingfish tournaments a year aboard Eren\u2019s Addiction Too, powered by twin Mercury Verado 300 outboards.<\/p>\n<p>2. Rig for Success<\/p>\n<p>Proper boat rigging ranks as a high priority among serious kingfish anglers. Rigging must accommodate a wide range of techniques, including \u00addownrigger-trolling, kite-fishing, slow-trolling, drifting or even anchoring, any of which might be needed, depending on the time of year or coastal region.<\/p>\n<p>Finding king mackerel means having an arsenal of marine \u00adelectronics to locate key structure spots such as wrecks and reef edges, as well as schools of bait.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the most successful teams have their boats fully stocked with all the lures, rigs, leader material and terminal tackle (like live-bait hooks) they might possibly need.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>3. Do Your Homework<\/p>\n<p>Research represents the most critical element. \u201cAbout five days before the tournament, I start checking the Internet for fishing reports in the area,\u201d Smith says. \u201cAlso, I keep an eye on sea-surface temperature and chlorophyll patterns on sites such as sst-offshore.com.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/raritaneng.com\/category-pages\/choosing-your-marine-toilet\/\">http:\/\/raritaneng.com\/category-pages\/choosing-your-marine-toilet\/<\/a>\u00a0and see how you can find more information as well as get assistance on electric toilets and on the top 5 tips for catching Kingfish at Raritan Engineering.<\/p>\n<p>Your electric toilets analysts know that talking to local anglers is also an important part of doing your homework, but you can\u2019t always take them at their word, according to Smith.<\/p>\n<p>4. Baited Question<\/p>\n<p>Silvery live baits such pilchards, threadfin herring, menhaden, mullet and blue runners are preferable to dead baits, according to virtually all top tournament anglers.<\/p>\n<p>While opinions vary about the best bait species, there is consensus about the size of the bait for trophy kings. \u201cThe bigger kings seem to favor the bigger baits,\u201d says Dean Panos, who runs the Double D, a 34-foot SeaVee Open on the tournament circuit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Smith agrees. \u201cBig baits equal big fish,\u201d he says. Smith also has a trick for making natural baits appear even larger: He adds some \u201cflash\u201d to an otherwise conventional wire-leader, twin-treble bait rig. The captain uses a blue Private Stock Skirt from Blue Water Candy Lures in front of a live bait (see illustration below).<\/p>\n<p>Dead baits don\u2019t swim, so trophy seekers often combine a swimming lure with a dead bait. One of the hottest lure\/bait rigs is the Pirate Plug from South Chathum Tackle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>5. Fish a Spread<\/p>\n<p>Fishing as many baits as possible helps multiply the opportunities for hookups \u2014 and the more fish you hook, the better your chances of hooking a trophy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI try to fish as many baits as possible,\u201d says Smith. \u201cWe fish as many as six lines at a time, including two off the T-top 150 feet back, two others from the transom 100 feet back, and two on downriggers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another way to expand the spread is to fly a kite \u2014 a \u00adtechnique employed by many successful tournament anglers. Kites let you present baits a good distance from the boat, and this can help you entice line-shy kings to bite.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy favorite way to fish is with a combination of three kites on one side of the boat and flat lines on the other side,\u201d says Victor Jensen, whose South Florida team fishes the Reel Tension, a 29-foot SeaVee powered by twin Mercury Verado 300s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t set and forget when fishing a spread. All of the top anglers check their baits frequently, as kings are known for nipping at baits without getting hooked. Checking the baits often helps ensure they are free of slash marks and swimming well.<\/p>\n<p>So don&#8217;t forget these helpful secrets to becoming a master fisherman of Kingfish. 1) Make sure you have the right boat; \u00a02) rig for success; \u00a0and 3) never forget to do your homework beforehand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/raritaneng.com\/category-pages\/choosing-your-marine-toilet\/\">Learn more<\/a>\u00a0at Raritan Engineering and see how we always have more information on electric toilets and 5 amazing secrets to catch Kingfish.<\/p>\n<p>via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportfishingmag.com\/12-steps-to-catching-trophy-king-mackerel\">12 Steps to Catching Trophy King Mackerel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#ElectricToilets<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electric Toilets Specialists Share Top 5 Tips for Catching Kingfish<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-11320","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-marine-toilets","7":"tag-electric-toilets"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raritaneng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raritaneng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raritaneng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raritaneng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raritaneng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raritaneng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raritaneng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raritaneng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raritaneng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}