Although many anglers consider March and April to be two of the best months in South Florida for catching offshore tripletail, there are plenty to be found on a calm offshore day during the fall months as well. However, finding these fish is just one part of it. Properly fighting and landing a tripletail is another. Landing a tripletail can take a fair amount of skill since they are known for taking hard runs once they come within close proximity to the boat.
Three to eight pound tripletail are fairly common with the Florida state record at 40.8 pounds. According to FWC regulations, Florida tripletail must be 15 inches to keep and there is a limit of two fish per person per day. As far as gear, I generally use light spinning gear with 20 to 30-pound test braided line, monofilament leader and a live shrimp (tripletail like to feed on small crustaceans like crabs or shrimp).
Here are a few tips to keep in mind when it comes to landing one of these Florida sport fish:
1.) Look for dark spots lingering near the top of the water close to floating crab-pot buoys, platforms or flotsam. Tripletail are most often seen and caught near floating structure. Eventually you’ll get the hang of spotting them (even though they don’t look like much more than an over-sized mangrove leaf from a distance). Read the rest of this story at Fishidy….
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