The king mackerel reigns supreme in the minds of many offshore fishermen who live between Texas and Virginia, and why not? Kingfish strike with abandon, fight hard, and get quite large. Plus, the stocks of kings came back from the brink of collapse when fishery managers wisely eliminated drift gill nets in the 1990s, so plenty of fish can be found in a great many places along the southeast United States coast. This combination of factors spawned one of the most successful tournament series in history, the Southern Kingfish Association, and that series created a whole army of men and women who became experts at finding and catching big kings. It also provided welcome relief to the charter fleet in the South, allowing anglers to catch kings on a regular basis as part of a South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico mixed bag. You can ...![Salt Water Sportsman]()
