b'KINGFISHThey will take most colours or styles, but I have found the Z-Man Atomic Sunrise to be a top performer on kingfish.When you hook a kingie on a softbait combo, it is heavily favoured in the fishs odds as you are fishing using lighter braid (12-15lb) and with light fluoro leaders (20lb), which are most popular with snapper anglers.I have gone up to 18-20lb Sunline braid and use heavier 25-30lb leaders if I want to target kingies on softbaits.This gives you a better chance to help land a good fish.Remember that on lighter softbait combos that you need to be patient, it can take up to half an hour at times to land a king on this tackle but that is the fun of it.Your skipper also needs to be at the ready to start the engine to assist you during the fight, following the fish in shallow water or carefully leading you away from reefs or structure that a kingie can bust off on.Teamwork is key with fighting big fish.Kingfish are street fighters and willFighting kings on lighter exploit any weakness in your tackle,softbait combos is a lot of fun you will bust off a lot but if you keepand it takes time to land a targeting them, then you will land yourfish, ensure you use a heavier fair share.Long live the king!FIGZ leader (25-30lb).Kingies often take softbaits and the orange Atomic Sunrise Z-Man has nailed many fish for the writer.18FISHING IN GODZONE JAN/FEB 2023'