He too was fishing some seriously heavy tackle. Tony-RZee was also fishing next to me and he had a couple of bust offs on his saltiga. This is a great time of the year for the larger fish. My leader is a heavy 80lb fluorocarbon and I am still being done like dinner. I had a few bust offs in the past few weeks due to crappy braid but the braid I am using at the moment ( daiwa sensor braid in 60lb ) is holding up to the punishment. I really don't know how big these kings are as I am fishing serious drag.

But I had a couple of bust offs in the bargain while fishing strips as well. All in, I landed 15 kings today with my boys. They were pretty quickly landed and released. The strikes kept on coming, mainly from smaller fish. The fish started to go off the whole squid so I stripped up the remaining squid. The 3rd fish was nowhere near as big as the first 2 hits. Unlike Netic's plastic rod holders, I am able to use maximum drag My rod holders in the Noble are WELDED to the hull. I don't know how big the fish were but I was fishing 10-12kg of drag on my torsa and they still managed to reach the bottom. I was lucky today and sourced 8 squid real quick. Haven't landed a kingie on a squid jig yet but that may happen by the way things are going at the moment. I see kings EVERYWHERE whenever I squid, often you have to bring the squid in fast to stop the kings from pinching it. The squid are mercilessly hunted down by all the predators in and around the harbour. I can get to the grounds so fast that I hardly have time to rig up.įirst thing is to catch squid. It is a devastatingly effective platform for all types of fishing. Today was typical of what I have been experiencing for the last couple of months. The fish are hitting whole squid, cut squid, half eaten squid.as long as it is fresh, the kings are hitting it. It is a bit of a lucky dip at the moment. There are small fish, medium fish and large fish often in the same area. Hi all, this current kingfish season has been the best for many many years.

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