Interesting

Kezza wrote: Fishb8 wrote: Kezza wrote: "Trolling in Northland early Feb is a very likely place for Wahoo, especially the King bank." ummmmm……keep up the medication…this one is a dozzie even by your standards!!  Iv'e had nothing but sarcastic comments from you for a while, Kezza. What's your medication? Not something I'd chose to be on. Make sensible replies or naff off. Suck it up butter-cup!! if you're going to make ridiculous claims such as "Trolling in Northland early Feb is avery likely place for Wahoo" then prepare to be called out…..having 2 unidentified 'bite offs" that could have easily been makos is not grounds to write what you did….but to be fair it's been par for the course over the years…..wide sweeping nonsense that is.

You've got very grumpy since you hit middle age!

I've not had much like trolling bibbed minnows for kingfish, to be fair not a lot of effort put into this style and usually when I have done it s trying various methods cos the fish aren't biting so obviously a tough ask for any lure... but I should keep trying yeah? Ya'll catching kings on them well ?

Fishb8 wrote: MATTOO wrote: I'd pick makos too. First one you said was twisted. Fits the Piroet style of a shark. Second one, hmm. There are a lot of makos in this zone. Of course entirely speculation, and best guesses. The end bit of the lure was a double twisted mono. The guy who saw it thought it was a SBS, not in the look of a mako at all...seen plenty of them and also seen some SBS. I'll bow too kezzas's thoughts and rig with fluoro.

Don't do that Roy. Use wire and go get one.

My biggest yft (48kg) was caught on Yozuri Magnum. Had smaller ones, too, plus some big albies and several legal but not massive kingies.
Also wahoo in Raro (on wire) but the biggest were on chin weighed flying fish.

In reference to wahoos.
The recorded catch for NZ records suggest that they are an infrequent visitor.
There was a season if I recollect correctly that there were many caught. I think there were around thirty.
But this number is uncommon. But when the moons collide we can be blessed with a surplus by our standards of tropical species along the east coast particularaly.

As to bibbed minnows, they are a great tool. I have caught a variety of species here and overseas.
I try to trawl one from the moment I leave the ramp.
Has always turned up some surprises and kingis are a regular.
Towing lures requires using as much of the water column as you can. The hits can often indicate a lot about what's happening that you can't see.

And for toothy critters they often don't disassemble your kit so mono can be ok. Steel wire not a necessity.
There are of course many wires that offer good flexibility and action of the lure dependent on connection.