Thread: Kingis

Yip free dived tonight at the Glenndun.....bait in close... Kawhai in 10 ft of water ..then as I was hunting the weed line ,lay there breathing up saw flash on the edge of the vis and in they came a dozen of em.
Sleek beautiful kingis had my heart in my mouth dropped down clicked off the safety picked out the biggest (they weren't that big) and waited for it to give me shot and ...... gone. Ghosted in ghosted out..

A personal milestone for me as a free diver.

Would like this to be a thread for all to share rod n reel or spear or camera. Post if you see em slay or miss em. Lets see your kingis

Back out Sunday if weather plays ball.

All the best Joe (aka stingray).

Kings are a lot of fun, hard fighting and great eating!
The big one went back to put the hurt down on someone else another day!

That is a beauty fish that first one Matt2308.

Hope this thread is a regular one this summer . They have turned up out from sumner again I hear . A bloke caught a 700 mm one two weeks ago ( gutted)
Matt I would shit myself if I seen a kingi in the water that big ! . How heavy was it ?

Almost exactly this time last year.

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Originally Posted by Munsey

Hope this thread is a regular one this summer . They have turned up out from sumner again I hear . A bloke caught a 700 mm one two weeks ago ( gutted)
Matt I would shit myself if I seen a kingi in the water that big ! . How heavy was it ?

Estimated at 25-26kg Munsey, the guy I was fishing with caught its twin the day before that went 26!

Hopefully will be dragging a lure round the Boulder Bank soon. Just upgraded the hooks to bigger ones.

Whats the limit on spearo's ? I get nervous trolling lures there now with all them in the water!!!

Originally Posted by mikee

Hopefully will be dragging a lure round the Boulder Bank soon. Just upgraded the hooks to bigger ones.

Whats the limit on spearo's ? I get nervous trolling lures there now with all them in the water!!!

Think your allowed 2 spearo's per trip Mikee, you'll have to throw the rest back. ;-)

OK,
Have to crush the barbs then. Last year we had divers heads poping up around us while we were trolling, (no flags or buoys).

Makes me nervous towing 3 big rapalas with 2 sets of big arse hooks on each cause at 7 knots we are moving quite quick and accidently catching a diver w would be up setting for me would be worse for them.

Hard to keep away from them when you don't know where the hell they are

Few from Mayor and White islands

Nice Gibo but a couple of those people look a bit dark on it.

Originally Posted by Rushy

Nice Gibo but a couple of those people look a bit dark on it.

Yeah too much sun mate

Originally Posted by mikee

OK,
Have to crush the barbs then. Last year we had divers heads poping up around us while we were trolling, (no flags or buoys).

Makes me nervous towing 3 big rapalas with 2 sets of big arse hooks on each cause at 7 knots we are moving quite quick and accidently catching a diver w would be up setting for me would be worse for them.

Hard to keep away from them when you don't know where the hell they are

Guess you cant help stupid eh.

Sorry Mikee I don't have a definate answer other than to to tell you I have a large yellow Bouy and the young blokes dive with the orange torpedo type with flags. Yeah last year some days were bloody maddness over 150 divers in the water off the Glenn.

Thank you for your concern all the same it's truely appreciated!

Originally Posted by mikee

Hopefully will be dragging a lure round the Boulder Bank soon. Just upgraded the hooks to bigger ones.

Whats the limit on spearo's ? I get nervous trolling lures there now with all them in the water!!!

Just no stingrays !

Originally Posted by Munsey

Just no stingrays !

Priceless!!