b"Feature Hooking up to a kingfish after many casts is a sweet reward for topwater anglers.As I kept casting around the school,light and the last few hours ofkingfish is hungry a $20 lure off a pair of kings appeared behind mythe outgoing tide are key timesTemu will absolutely slay them. I lure just following it. They peeledto be focused and in the bestsay this from having watched it at off when they saw the boat andlocation, trying to encounter fish. Flat Rock. Mid-range lures under headed back towards the schoolor around $100 (like Zeets) are a of maomao. A few more casts andWHICH LURE? good place to start and dont hurt again they rose to follow my lure.Expensive stick-baits - will theyso much when you lose them.I had a Carpenter Gamma Jackmake the difference? They willMy final word here is that it's worth Mackerel attached to my leader andsometimes make the difference,returning to a location that has all thought it would be the best lurebut you will catch a lot more fish bythe right ingredients even when you for the location so kept casting it.time spent on the water and learningdont catch fish in the short term. On the third follow and with methe rhythms and patterns of yourWhen you finally crack the code and working the lure as best I could,local spots. I would caution againstunderstand the factors that draw the the lead kingfish finally succumbedspending lots of money on expensivefish in and where the fish are hunting to my efforts and struck the lure. Itgear thinking it will be the ticketit is one of the most satisfying wasnt a fully committed strike sadlyto a lot more fish and bigger fish.accomplishments. You learn as and the hooks missed their mark. Quality gear is important butmuch from failure as you do from What I have learned about mostbuying a heap of $200-300 luressuccess so persevere and remain locations is that there will oftencant make up for learning fishpatient. Keep casting, observing, be a period of activity followedbehaviour and knowing whereand learning and you will gain by inactivity, so the change ofthe fish will turn up. When amore experience and more luck.34FISHING IN GODZONE MAGAZINE"