Potty wrote: On a kayak a net is best, Kingis are easy to land, just grab then by the mouth. |
Foxtrot Oscar wrote:
Cheers Craig and Happy New Year mate. Why gaff the keeper Kingies rather than net them? That's kinda what I'm trying to understand. Thanks for input. |
JustAnotherSpearo wrote: During the christmas period out of 7 days diving my brother and I only lost 1 fish and that was a big kingfish that my brother shot. (50ft bungee + float + brother kicking his hardest up all went under). Weakest link broke and that was the flopper. So we arent perfect with zero by-catch but generally the more experienced ones are selective.. then you get the kill everything that moves kinda guys. |
Foxtrot Oscar wrote: Why gaff the keeper Kingies rather than net them? That's kinda what I'm trying to understand. Thanks for input. |
Rozboon wrote:
It's a bit situational. Depending on the depth you've caught the fish from it may come to the boat completely pooped and docile as, in which case you can probably grab it by the tail and jig/trace and lift it in, giving you the option to release. If you horse them out of very shallow water they tend to come up still full of beans, and you may only get one shot at them before they take off under the boat and break you off on the chines or outboard. This of course assumes you're planning to eat it. I wouldn't ever put a gaff into a fish I remotely planned to release. |
Grunta wrote: A king up around the 1m mark is probably !10-11kg give or take... |
muchalls wrote: Relative to some catches, a 12 kg Kingfish may not seem much, but for me.....fishing solo, first decent legal fish, caught on a stickbait 5 mins from the boat ramp, I was stoked. These pics don't do it justice as it was too big for my chilly bin & the tail was bent. Smoked up a treat. |
Potty wrote: Foxtrot, kingis don't have sharp teeth, safe as to grab them by the mouth (just pick the jaw that doesn't have a hook). |
JustAnotherSpearo wrote:
Beautiful size for eating I reckon nice one! Out of the BOI? |
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