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Caranx crysos · also hardtail
How to catch Blue runner in Florida
Blue runner feed in 0–0°F water and bite best at 0–0°F.
Bait · in the book, no points
About
The hardtail: a small, tough jack on every marker, buoy and reef, that bites a bare Sabiki hook and lives all day in the well. The kingfish, cobia and amberjack bait.
How to fish it
Sabiki or a small jig on the markers and buoys on the way out. A bridle rig for the kite; a nose hook for the slow-troll.
What it eats
the Sabikismall jigsbits of anything
Getting it, rigging it
Getting it
Sabiki or a small jig on the markers, buoys and reefs — they hit anything shiny.
Rigging it
Nose-hooked and slow-trolled on a wire stinger rig for kings; bridled for sailfish and cobia.
What it's for
King mackerelCobiaGreat barracudaCubera snapperBlack grouperGoliath grouperGreater amberjackAlmaco jackAfrican pompanoMahi-mahi (dolphin)WahooYellowfin tunaBlue marlinBlacktip sharkSpinner sharkBull sharkLemon sharkScalloped hammerheadGreat hammerheadTiger sharkShortfin makoHorse-eye jackBigeye tunaCaribbean reef sharkSilky sharkCommon thresher
What to fish it with
the sizes that fish itHook#8–#1
Braid10–15 lb
The rule
not confirmed hereBait rules — confirm at MyFWC.
The current rule at MyFWC →