The Fishing Website : Discussion Forums : Targeting Kings around Trev/Kahawai workups https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:08:42 +0000 Mon, 16 Mar 2015 21:19:11 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.01 360 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=107581 <![CDATA[The Fishing Website : Discussion Forums]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Targeting Kings around Trev/Kahawai workups : i have been fishing using stickbaits...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107581&PID=1541954&title=targeting-kings-around-trev-kahawai-workups#1541954 Author: johnog
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Posted: 16 Mar 2015 at 9:19pm

i have been fishing using stickbaits for a few years now and this is what i have found that works for me around trev schools. 

Don't give up, I have gone days of casting without a bite, when u get them on the bite u cant miss, and you cant beat surface strikes

You need to work all the trev schools, there will be one that has kings in it, sometimes the smallest school that everyone goes past

Dont drive through the school this will just push them down! try to work schools that others arnt working, i find i have the best days when no other boats are around. 

Jigging can help, sometimes the kings will be down 20-30m and the jigs will bring them up, watch your sounder

putting a huge livebait under a balloon, and casting around it can work well.

the last year i have been using the more expensive hand made lures but i think im going to go back to using the shimano orcas they are harder to work in chop but have caught better fish on them, or it could be im just having a bad year 

on average you catch less kings but when you do catch them they are bulls 
]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2015 21:19:11 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107581&PID=1541954&title=targeting-kings-around-trev-kahawai-workups#1541954 <![CDATA[Targeting Kings around Trev/Kahawai workups : I think also to be aware of here...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107581&PID=1539245&title=targeting-kings-around-trev-kahawai-workups#1539245 Author: MATTOO
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Posted: 06 Mar 2015 at 9:26pm

I think also to be aware of here is they may be pushed up to the surface for a range of reasons and that wether they are feeding or under pressure to be there or even just mooching in volume around structure has to be taken into account.
These observations may also help you determine the positioning of your bait/tool as described above.]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2015 21:26:47 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107581&PID=1539245&title=targeting-kings-around-trev-kahawai-workups#1539245 <![CDATA[Targeting Kings around Trev/Kahawai workups : I have tried a few times for not...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107581&PID=1539146&title=targeting-kings-around-trev-kahawai-workups#1539146 Author: Cheeko
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Posted: 06 Mar 2015 at 4:52pm

I have tried a few times for not a lot of luck either although my first decent king on a stick bait at the back of the mercs was caught casting amongst a big KY school. There were more kings in amongst them and we got another good fish on a small trev Live baiting under the school and saw big kings busting up in amongst the school at times. I guess each situation is likely to be different with no hard and fast rules about what to do and not to do Smile]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2015 16:52:44 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107581&PID=1539146&title=targeting-kings-around-trev-kahawai-workups#1539146 <![CDATA[Targeting Kings around Trev/Kahawai workups : Thanks for the replies! Turns...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107581&PID=1539086&title=targeting-kings-around-trev-kahawai-workups#1539086 Author: Reelgood
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Posted: 06 Mar 2015 at 12:57pm

Thanks for the replies! Turns out theres an article on exactly this by Tony Orton in the latest fishing mag. He says to cast over the school and work the lure back through them, not exactly what I was expecting... I guess the key when you do that is to use single hooks so you dont snag as many trevs.
]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2015 12:57:20 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107581&PID=1539086&title=targeting-kings-around-trev-kahawai-workups#1539086 <![CDATA[Targeting Kings around Trev/Kahawai workups : Ah, so more surface feeding Ky...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107581&PID=1537252&title=targeting-kings-around-trev-kahawai-workups#1537252 Author: Espresso
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Posted: 28 Feb 2015 at 8:35am

Ah, so more surface feeding Ky and Trevs rather than workups as such with birds, dolphins etc. Most of the time when seeing fish surface feed on krill I find they are focussed on that, and often not being hassled by kingies. The spray seen most often that looks like a kingie smashing them in my experience is simply the fish reacting to any change in water pressure from their fellow fish around them, not a predator. However yes a good distance away from the school I have found predators lurking.
]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2015 08:35:03 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107581&PID=1537252&title=targeting-kings-around-trev-kahawai-workups#1537252 <![CDATA[Targeting Kings around Trev/Kahawai workups : no birds, just washing machine...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107581&PID=1536921&title=targeting-kings-around-trev-kahawai-workups#1536921 Author: strx7
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Posted: 26 Feb 2015 at 10:03pm

no birds, just washing machine like work ups of trevs and kahawai munching krill.

and as Jono found, casting into the schools equals lots of foul hooked fish.

might try working a big lure away from the school and see how it goes.
]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2015 22:03:32 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107581&PID=1536921&title=targeting-kings-around-trev-kahawai-workups#1536921 <![CDATA[Targeting Kings around Trev/Kahawai workups : for me its been without the birds...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107581&PID=1536885&title=targeting-kings-around-trev-kahawai-workups#1536885 Author: footey
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Posted: 26 Feb 2015 at 9:02pm

for me its been without the birds Expresso]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2015 21:02:09 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107581&PID=1536885&title=targeting-kings-around-trev-kahawai-workups#1536885 <![CDATA[Targeting Kings around Trev/Kahawai workups : Are birds hitting the birds stickbaits,...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107581&PID=1536852&title=targeting-kings-around-trev-kahawai-workups#1536852 Author: Espresso
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Posted: 26 Feb 2015 at 8:20pm

Are birds hitting the birds stickbaits, or are these Ky/Trev frenzies without the birds?
]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2015 20:20:07 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107581&PID=1536852&title=targeting-kings-around-trev-kahawai-workups#1536852 <![CDATA[Targeting Kings around Trev/Kahawai workups : I like to approach quietly & stay...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107581&PID=1536813&title=targeting-kings-around-trev-kahawai-workups#1536813 Author: PE Pete
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Posted: 26 Feb 2015 at 6:37pm

I like to approach quietly & stay on the outside of the work up I figure most predatory fish like Kings are looking for the bait that breaks away from the main ball. I have also noticed the Kings will have a go at your stick bait several times IF you keep your action exactly the same after a follow which can be difficult to do due to angler excitement & adrenalin. I think when they see your bait acting in a constant manner they are more inclined to make that additional attack.]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2015 18:37:02 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107581&PID=1536813&title=targeting-kings-around-trev-kahawai-workups#1536813 <![CDATA[Targeting Kings around Trev/Kahawai workups : I did this a couple of times...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107581&PID=1536774&title=targeting-kings-around-trev-kahawai-workups#1536774 Author: jonocoogee
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Posted: 26 Feb 2015 at 4:27pm

I did this a couple of times with friend last year around the kahawai/trev schools, I found that the stickbait got more action away from school (50ish meters) then right near it, almost like a lost straggler fish which was injured and easy pickings. I found the kingies would spend a lot of time watching and then a switch would go and would all be in attack mode. So it could be a lot of casts waiting for them to hit one. Most of the time casting into the schools ended in jagged fish (nice to get some trevs for the plate.)
Thats just my experience and by no means the gosbel but worth a try. ]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2015 16:27:32 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=107581&PID=1536774&title=targeting-kings-around-trev-kahawai-workups#1536774