b"SPEARFISHING Keep calm and dont rush your shot when you line up on a kingfish.If your lines are clear and there is a school of fish in sight it's showtime, do your best to calm your heart rate which is almost guaranteed to be racing, there's nothing like seeing your first big king so you may be a little excited. After seeing hundreds of kingfish in the water my heart still races every time I see one, swimming with these magnificent fish just never gets dull.CURIOUS KINGSOnce you have decided which one you would like to take for dinner and have managed to calm yourself enough to take a deep breath then begin your descent. Positioning is key at this moment, swimming straight towards them in a threatening manner will almost guarantee they take off in the opposite direction.Instead, the key is to catch their interest. During your descent act as if you haven't seen the fish, swim ahead and try and intercept them while all the time keeping them in your peripheral vision but not looking directly at them.If KNIFE FOR SAFETY executed correctly the fish should peel If you have found the pressure point,shooting kingies things happen quicklyoff to come and check you out at which with baitfish around and the current isand there won't be a lot of time topoint you can line one up and pull the running. It's time to get ready, kingfishuntangle yourself should your float linetrigger. If they are cagey and nervous, can turn up at any moment and be gonewrap around an arm or your weight belt.try making some noise, twanging your in the blink of an eye so always be ready.Always have a sharp knife handy shouldrubbers, flapping your fins on the surface Ensure your gun is loaded, your safetyyou need to cut yourself out of a tangledoing the grouper grunt and shouting is off, and your float line is not tangledand remember no fish is worth your lifethrough your snorkel are all techniques around your leg, arm, or belt.Whenso think before you shoot. that could bring in an inquisitive kingfish.64FISHING IN GODZONE NOV/DEC 2022"