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    Posted: 08 Dec 2007 at 9:15am
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Hi all, about 4 to 5 weeks ago we were having a real purple patch on the kingies every trip was producing fish over 20 kg and a couple up around the 30 kg mark.
Then in the past few weeks it was like a switch was flicked and the kingies disapeared, the last couple of trips have produced the odd fish but nothing like earlier on.
In that time i have noticed a massive increase in the amount of krill around and heaps of baitfish feeding on them, maybe they have switched feeding patterns in the BOP for the time being and jigs are not as effective.
Anybody else out there noticing the same???
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According to Lance Goodhew, skipper of Enchanter, the mature kingies are in the shallower water spawning. The bronzies are in almost plague proportions in some areas, which doesn't help.

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ginga.......... have noticed that the larger fish are not around but heaps of rat kings. you can keep catching them till the cows come homeLOL(mayor Is to Aldies areas)
and sail fish everywhere!!!!!!!!!! cook straight models,some of the biggest i have ever seen and dont they love jigsCry
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Out of the 9 times I have been out on from Whakatane chasing Kings with top Charter boats, only 1 person aboard the boat on 1 of the trips got a king over 20kg (24kg) every single other trip for every angler onboard has only caught rats no matter what method was used. Jigs, livies, slappers, nothing has produced big fish.
 
 
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We landed several nice Kingies over 25 kgs and were busted off on some unstoppable monsters at White 2 weeks ago - all on long jigs. The fishing was hard though. They were in about 60-80 metres.
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Yeh Kaveman there has been heaps of rats around, which is great to see.
Have had patchy dramas on the sail fish some days they are there in droves but last two trips have only seen the odd one here and there, hopefully the warmer water will drive them away.
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Kings dont bite well at White Is when the bronzies are about in big numbers.Never have in the years ive been going thier.Also dont think they bite well when they get really close to spawning.They dont bite well in dead calm glassy water as well..tempermental things at times 
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Originally posted by of2fsh of2fsh wrote:

..tempermental things at times 
 
They're probably all females. LOL
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LOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOL thats why the sharks chop them in half,toooo much nagging
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We fished Waihau Bay last weekend, flat calm and sunny, water 18 to 19 degrees. Got out two mornings and one afternoon. Landed around 60 kingis over 10kg, up to 22kgs most around 15kg. Had a few other big ones that went into the reef. The fish still seem to be spawning. Coudas were are plague, had a bronzie take a couple of good fish as well. Hooked the bigger fish near the bottom, rats were mainly around the surface.
We noticed in the nationals this year that the kingis did go off the bite, one day all going well then slim pickings for a week. Haven't had too much success at White yet, hope to fix that soon.
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Did you get a couple in amongst that lot Uhunter?
 
Haha.  Was good times, will have to do again.
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Did a trip to White a week ago and had a hot session on kings around 20kg, the taxman got hold of the bigger one's.
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heres one that Uhunter was talking about.
 
 
These ones made it to the boat in one piece.
 
 
 
Catching them three at a time is good fun too.
 
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NICE fish fella's!!!
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Looks like a good fun trip out on the water fellas
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Lucky you beat you girlfriend Stu...just.

Any word from you club about that Pin?
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Just is enough though eh. ha
 
Was to slow.  Is a no go.
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Here is a neat shot, I brightened it up a bit.
 
Think this was one of yours Stu, a little bit of slack in the line (assist hook).
 
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