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You're forkin kidding me!!Quote:
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I'll have a look, cheersQuote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Been on your 3 mings trip yet @Hutch?
I havnt catch a king from the bricks since Feb :(
Had a few follows and missed a strike this morning so they are still around.
Snyone else having any luck on top water?
I should be thrashing french pass to foam they are back there in size and numbers by all accounts but just haven't had a chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
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Get there man!!!!
Work Sat, Boys Birthday time Sun so not this weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Yes @Gibo been up to the Kings. We went on Tracker 2, one of the Cascade charter boats. The paying crew were me, my father, uncle, his son (my cousin) my brother in-law and his brother, so a really family affair.
Left Whangaroa mid afternoon on Tuesday, catching live baits in the harbour on the way out. Trolled for marlin on the way up to North Cape where we spent the first night. The next day we headed out to the 3 Kings towingthe marlin lures as we went. About half a hour after leaving the mainland we hooked a fish. It had been discussed the day before the priority for game fish would be to get one for Dad, so he was harnessed up and given the rod. Turned out to be a yellow fin! Landed, killed and iced down. We continued north but only caught skippies.
When we got up to the Kings we went straight to the Princess group. It really is a wild place, jaggered, angular rocks and cliffs. I've fished or raced yachts from North Cape to the BOP and haven't seen anything like it. The only place I'vd seen to compare in regards to ruggedness would be Tasmania.
The guys put us straight on to the Kingfish. Fishing live baits on heavy gear. The MO was bait to the bottom up 10 or 20 winds depending on the depth, free spool and wait for the bite. Once the bait was taken, count to 5, drag up and wind flat out. If you hooked up you had to get the fish turned and up off the bottom before it reefed you. Easier said than done. We all got pinned to the rail at some stage. Got some reasonable fish but no real monsters. All fish were released.
We anchored at the main group for the night. Once the engines were off, just on dusk we were surprised by the bird song coming from the island.
The next day the forecast was shit, high winds and big seas. We were there to have fun not get beaten up so we followed the skippers advice and headed back to the mainland. Spent the next few days chasing Kingis and snapper around north cape.
Second to last day we headed out to the garden patch to target blue nose and puka but was still blowing a bit. We left the coast at 3.00am and as soon as it was light the lures were out. I'd just come out on deck and a rod went off. It was 6.40am and I was the only one on deck so I was up. Turned out to be a blue marlin. A very angry fish, he tore around leaping and charging the boat. I had him to the boat twice inside 40 minutes but he wasn't about to give up. In the end he broke the leader right at the boat while just about pulling the decky overboard. Bit gutted but I was never going to keep him. I was on 37kg gear stand up and in rough conditions so was pretty stuffed even after a relatively short scrap. It was a first for me and feeling the power and strength of the fish was humbling. They are very impressive.
When we got out to the Garden Patch we fished hard for our fish, catching small blue nose and puka. Heaps of gem fish. The best fish was a blue nose which would have gone 30kg if it hadn't been eaten by a shark. Bloody great big mako which cruised by the boat after, probably laughing at us.
We anchored at Karikari for the last night. Next morning all the fish were filleted and packed before getting back to the dock around lunchtime. That day was the best weather wise, blue sky, glassy sea, go figure!
I never got the stick bait set out, although others on the boat tried theirs with no success. There will be plenty of opportunities living up here.
We all enjoyed the trip. The guys on the boat really looked after us and were really keen fishermen. Every evening we were fishing as soon as the anchor was down, with them joining in. We didn't exactly fill the boat but got to see a bit of NZ few do, caught some fish, got my arse kicked by a marlin and spent some time with some good bastards, so not all bad. And yellow fin sushimi is next level.
The other Cascade boat stayed out at the kings. They fished the king and Middlesex banks, catching lots of blue nose and puka. They did get bit of a hammering in the process.
Sounds bloody awesome. Im sure TK and Justin would have pulled all the stops :thumbsup:
Thems the boys. They were actually more frustrated with the fishing than we were. Get Justin to show you the burn on his arm from the leader when he was tracing the marlin. It's gonna leave a mark.
Nice little winter king. Feels good to get one off the rocks again. Been a while
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Man it looks tiny aye!! Even @Danny could have got that one :P
That lure is 220mm long so I estimate it at about 90-95cm. Great little scrap before work. Think he was happy to swim away ;)
Would have pulled me in... nice.Quote:
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Nice one :)
It was one of my dreams back in my surfcasting days to catch a Kingi off the rocks.
Got a boat now but doesn't seem the same as being stuck on one spot to fight it.
I like the fact that some hunters get too good at shooting deer, so take up bow hunting to up the challenge. You don't hear of many people giving up the boat to try for fish off the rocks :)
I wouldn't give up the boat, but I still go surfcasting every now and again ( although you have to do a fair bit of driving to get near any good spots from where I am).
Yeah not wrong there. Had a mate just sell his lovely 7m+ whitepointer as he doesn't need it for the land based stuff he does. Even when he used it he would drive to a coast or island and fish from the rocks.
I guess I am spoiled in my location, have beaches and rocks everywhere and a handful of boats to choose from.
Yeah man, we are pretty spoiled with inshore spots here. When the conditions are right the spearing there can be damn good also. Seen a monster dory there about 25m from shore in probably 2.5 m of waterQuote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
I don't dive but I would say the vis over the last week would have been unreal, I can see way in with just me peepers :D
I see the lo cab boys are catching squid tonight so you must have some clear healthy water atmQuote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Those boys go hard. They went on a No Boundaries charter in Oman with the Morning Tide boys a month or two back. Jake got a donkey YFT on a Massimo stick. Ratshit thing was he lost his laptop with most of the footage :XD:Quote:
Originally Posted by Blisters
Weather has been epic all week and isn't letting up either :thumbsup:
Ive been flat out at work all week so the vis has probably been epic haha. Always is when work calls.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Don't even need to dive it. Just work a soft plastic and you're usually in the money. Head to Matakana mate, change of light. They're going off at the moment and they aren't small either. Biggest one was north of 20, and smallest 15.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Few yip yips on a winters morning before work. Released
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Fark not bad for a winter harbor king. Will try head out wide next week weather permitting, freezer needs a top upQuote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
I'll PM you the spot that's firing for Kings and it starts with a M :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick-D
That mate.... is a beauty!
The release
https://youtu.be/zM7DTa9hbPI
Meke @Gibo.
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lo cab lure looks good ay thinking of getting one, looking into splash pencils after seeing all of anesh from top water specialists barrel kings on the madcapbros
Yeah bro, that's what Jake (owner of lo-cab) is catching all his on at the mo too, madcabros seem the goods. The extreme is so easy to use man, get one, theres only one left on the website bro, better be fast!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Blisters
I thought it was for kingi's on a diet who thought it might be low carb?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
ha yeah just saw on Instagram.. my carpenter blc 86/23 is way too noodley for a 105gm. might have to upgrade to a mc works slow hand or ripple fisher aquilia..Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Flash guy! Yeah Ripple Fishers where its at, I'm running a Monstermesh :D does the job for nowQuote:
Originally Posted by Blisters
you catch 10x more than me bro hah im all the gear no idea
Head down one weekend, summer is best. Get you onto a few im sure
Just a heads up on the Aquila. They're very tip sensitive and are not very suitable for popper work. I have the 85h+ and it's great, but you can't really work poppers with any decent cup on it effectively. I was told this before I purchased it and thought it'd be ok but it's not. Wish I had gone for an Ultimo. For stickbaits, it's a fantastic rod. Even swims my BF45 like a dream.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blisters
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Strayline last evening. Two just over 10lbs.
...but I lost my stick baits so I’m back to reading the gossip re what’s hot and what’s not.
I have the kingy bug BIG TIME but being based in Chch the opportunities are a bit limited. Got a good one over Easter in the Sounds. I'm planning a holiday in Northland in late Jan. Might take up a fly rod too, would love to get one on a salty fly. If anyone has any good intel for this area, let me know!
yeah man where are you heading? if you can, get to parengarenga harbour and fish the sand bank drop offs with a running tideQuote:
Originally Posted by Strummer
the kings sit behind them like trout waiting for meals to flow over them
Sounds epic. I'm probably going to base myself somewhere in Doubtless Bay. Any good charters you'd recommend?Quote:
Originally Posted by Blisters
pass sorry, always just google earthed the shit out of an area and missioned it in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Strummer
What's the topwater fishing like up north ways in the winter? Does it get quiet like it does elsewhere in the North Island?Quote:
Originally Posted by Blisters
