06-28-2007, 01:43 PM
[font "Arial"][/font]If you mean how deep do I fish for kings it varies.
Most my king fishing is just offshore anywhere from 1/2 mile off the beach to 3 miles offshore. We don't have to go far to get them.
The water depth I'm catching my kings is 20ft to 60ft. We also catch them in our pass and in the bays, we usually don't start catching them in the bays until later on in the summer, like around sept. While bottom fishing deeper offshore a lot of anglers catch kings by putting out a drift line when they are anchored up and from time to time a king will grab the bait. In the early summer the smaller Kings are caught in close and the bigger one's farther offshore. Then in Aug. adn Sept. the bigger fish start to show up closer in 30 - 40 lb fish.
Now for bottom fishing again we don't have to travel far, it gets deep off of Pensacola fast. 6 miles out it's 80 - 90ft.
Just a few days ago a couple of anglers in our area caught a wahoo 6 miles offshore which is very rare, usually you have to be in 200+ ft of water to hook them, but the water is has been very clear as we haven't had much rain.
To get to 200 ft of water we have to travel 30 miles out. That is where the 600 fathom shelf is. after 30 miles it starts to drop off quickly, 200, 300, 400, 600, and so on. It goes from 300 to 600 in only a few miles in that area, this is where a lot of our anglers catch Marlin, Tuna, Wahoo, and Mahi -Mahi.
Hope this answered your question.
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Most my king fishing is just offshore anywhere from 1/2 mile off the beach to 3 miles offshore. We don't have to go far to get them.
The water depth I'm catching my kings is 20ft to 60ft. We also catch them in our pass and in the bays, we usually don't start catching them in the bays until later on in the summer, like around sept. While bottom fishing deeper offshore a lot of anglers catch kings by putting out a drift line when they are anchored up and from time to time a king will grab the bait. In the early summer the smaller Kings are caught in close and the bigger one's farther offshore. Then in Aug. adn Sept. the bigger fish start to show up closer in 30 - 40 lb fish.
Now for bottom fishing again we don't have to travel far, it gets deep off of Pensacola fast. 6 miles out it's 80 - 90ft.
Just a few days ago a couple of anglers in our area caught a wahoo 6 miles offshore which is very rare, usually you have to be in 200+ ft of water to hook them, but the water is has been very clear as we haven't had much rain.
To get to 200 ft of water we have to travel 30 miles out. That is where the 600 fathom shelf is. after 30 miles it starts to drop off quickly, 200, 300, 400, 600, and so on. It goes from 300 to 600 in only a few miles in that area, this is where a lot of our anglers catch Marlin, Tuna, Wahoo, and Mahi -Mahi.
Hope this answered your question.
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