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    Posted: 03 May 2015 at 7:16pm
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Took the mates for a spin yesterday and hauled in a few good big reds and a few kingys.

One of the bigger models i got we decided to keep for a feed and after dispatching it gutted it and put it on ice.

On examining its very full stomach content (which is a little odd as most of the time they throw it up when hooked) we found 3 mackerel and one very dead Blue Penguin!!

Was a first for me finding a bird in one but have heard of shear-waters being found in them but not penguins.

What wild and wonderful items, animals, or just strange stomach content have you found in your kingy's?

Anyone heard of penguins in kingfish below?

One full belly





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That is both fascinating and disgusting. 

How big was the kingy?
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Was about 115cm, id say mid 20kg mark and hit like a freight train
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Had a kingi that had 4 snapper in its stomach, best was 27 cm and fresh enough to eat, caught in 70 Mtrs on the sand behind horn rock middle of winter
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Might make myself a penguin-style jig!
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Have found all sorts in kingfish - commonly leather jackets and flounder, but also butterfish and gurnard
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Wow penguin eating Kingy. Are Kingis morphing into Kingzillas.
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I had a few stuffed choker with blue cod. No wonder they are in short supply.

Might need to make up one of the Rat lures the yanks use to run across the rivers etc for Pike as a topwater lure.


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Just thinking about the live baiting opportunity Evil Smile
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Have found kingfish inside of kingfish. They eat whatever moves when that switch flicks on.
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