@Gibo - I picked up a rig on Marketplace that should be good to cast lures for kingfish – Penn reel and 8.3 JM rod plus 4 dangerous looking stick baits – some guy tried it a couple of times and found the gold handle didn’t catch the fish, so he took a big loss and moved it on – a bit the same results for me so far but I am keeping it
We tried Pudney the last day of the flat sea before the latest big swells – about eight boats out there including a fishing charter with about 12 rods – didn’t see anyone catch a decent fish and didn’t see any kings flashing around (like last time) so after a couple of hours so we moved in a bit closer – found several good workups of young kahawai – tried casting in and around them and they came all around the boat - but the cast lure seemed to chase them away – gave up and came back in to about 30m and put some bait over the side – got a few snaps and a feel of a fish on an 8 foot rod – should be interesting with a kingfish heading off into the distance
Jeeze – those lures with two sets of treble hooks are lethal around your hands
I live in hope to catch my first kingfish – I might need you to come out and show me how Gibo
It is going to get crowded on Pudney when they close the reefs around Motiti in August – some guys in a flash Stabicraft with a GPS controlled electric sea anchor parked about 20m in front of me – I couldn’t get my anchor off and needed to run forward but they wouldn’t move - so I had to drag it off backwards – why do people want to anchor so close???
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