Amberjack
Bait or Lure
Live bait (spot, croaker, bluefish, menhaden, small fish); Artificial lures (spoons, surface plugs, diamond jigs, white bucktails, plastic squids)
Methods
Drifting and slow trolling live bait over and around obstructions (wrecks, reefs, towers, buoys); casting and trolling artificial lures over and around obstructions
Location
Ocean waters over and around wrecks & underwater obstructions; Chesapeake Light Tower
Seasons
June — October; peak July — middle September
Average Weights
30 – 60 pounds
State Record
118 pounds; caught at the Chesapeake Light Tower in 1986 by Mark J. Roberts
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Rules to catch Amberjack
- Timings for catiching Amberjack are 00:00 to 05:00 am
- Amberjack is rare species, requires license etc
- there are many rules but this is a mockup info for catching Amberjack
