Tripletail are a great-eating fish that is typically found around some type of floating object in open water. Many anglers will fish below buoys or some type of floating trash. Tripletail can be found very close to the objects and they can be caught somewhat easily if you can approach them slowly without scaring them off.
Tripletail Fishing in the Key West, Florida Area
Tripletail are not abundant in the Florida Keys, however, there are times that you can find them around floating debris and weed lines that you would normally be fishing for mahi mahi. On the bay side, anglers will find them around foam buoys that are attached to crab pots and on markers as well.
Tripletail Fishing Tips
Tripletail feed on smaller fish, shrimp and crabs. Anglers usually sight fish for them with slow-sinking jigs or some type of float (bobber) to help keep the bait suspended in the water column.
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