Yup, that does look like a king. I think there are a bunch of real similar fish in that family scattered around the world. We get the kings in Hatteras North Carolina quite often. Mostly the run is in the spring and fall. I get them on a drone spoon being run behind a planer or on a ballyhoo/skirt combo run behind the planer. This gets the lure down anywhere from 5 to 25 feet or so. They deffinitely seem to prefer hitting lures and baits trolled below the surface. I do occasionly get them on a surface trolled ballyhoo/sea witch combo.
Another real fun technique is live baiting them with light tackle. That's a blast. You can also use dead ballyhoo that are just dropped behind a drifting boat and slowly jigged.
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