How to catch greater amberjack in Florida
Techniques
Slip-sinker live bait to mid-column, vertical jig wrecks & live-chum and pitch poppers/flies
Preferred bait
Live pinfish, blue runners, grunts & mullet
Preferred lures
Diamond and butterfly speed jigs, bucktails & surface poppers when fish are up
Time of day
Daytime over marked wreck schools
Tide effect
Present bait for the day’s current; downrig under barracuda if they pick offs
Videos
- Giant amberjack catch, clean & cook! South Florida fishing · Open original
- This giant amberjack nearly wrecked us! · Open original
- Florida keys catch & cook! · Open original
- Defeated a record breaking giant! Catch clean cook- amberjack · Open original
- These fish are impossible to catch!! · Open original
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Sources
- Myfwc.com (3 pages)
- Catchafloridamemory.com
- Floridasportsman.com (4 pages)
Fish guide
Information comes from the supplied source datasets. Check linked FWC regulations for current rules.