lightest line?
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
Forum Name: Landbased & Surfcasting
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Printed Date: 02 Aug 2026 at 11:57pm
Topic: lightest line?
Posted By: bluestone
Subject: lightest line?
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2006 at 5:42pm
| hey guys can anyone plz tell me what they think is the lightest possible line to land a kingfish off the rocks? |
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Posted By: [ DBDRFT ]
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2006 at 8:28pm
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Anythings possible......  ------------- 
Mopars, Tickfords, Car Restoration, Fishing, Snooker, DB Draught & AC/DC! |
Posted By: Bungel_
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2006 at 8:41pm
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anything IS possible ... people generally dont fish with anything lighter than 15 off the rocks when kingi hunting, you dont want to messing around when you finally do hook one. ------------- here fishy, fishy fishy..... |
Posted By: JoshW
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2006 at 8:44pm
To right, would depend on size of the fish, skill of the angler, type of spot you're fishing, size of bait, size hook, maybe a bit of luck and much more.
But if you're not chaseing records or 'stunt fishing' and just wanna catch a few I'd recomend 15kg as a minimum for all round situations.
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[ DBDRFT wrote:Posted By: KeenAs
Date Posted: 10 Dec 2006 at 10:04pm
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anything is possible . . after all this is fishing were talking about and one of the things i, and i assume most others, love about this game is there are no "rules".
With kings in my own experiences, i have been smoked, dusted and well and truely beaten up on 15 kg numerous times of rocks and boats. How many guys have been smoked on 24kg? and not only off rocks but in deep water and done a gazillion miles an hour into a reef
 without even a hint of relenting. .. geez Kings are a great fish eh!!!!!Lightest i would consider off the rocks is 6kg and i would want to be on a headland or point that drops into 20m + sandy bottom . . and for the fish to have read the script.
 Like i said there aint no rules and what ever line weight you choose, be commited, come up with a cunning plan. Find the spot and make it happen!
And be sure to post an in depth report when you do.
Go gettem champ!!
The KeenOne
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Posted By: JK
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2006 at 1:02am
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Yeah would depend on the territory.
I've landed a 12kg one on 8kg as its all i had when i saw it in the burley and it took a live piper that had been in the water all of 30seconds.
But then you can always catch rats on light line. Have caught one on a 3kg bait rig and another on 4kg braid SP setup both off the rocks. Neither being that close to legal size tho! ------------- LedgeNZ LBG |
Posted By: bluestone
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2006 at 3:36pm
| yea im thinking about blairs point around port jackson cos theres a spot there that literally drops to 20m depth off the rocks and heard theres been some good kings caught there |
Posted By: Boz19
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2006 at 4:26pm
| dude I wouldnt go under 15k unless you're pretty good and have a fair bit of luck. there's some big kings around those parts... |
Posted By: JK
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2006 at 9:36pm
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It may be deep but its still pretty rugged down there. Would be doing well to land a decent king on anything less than 10kg i reckon ------------- LedgeNZ LBG |
Posted By: Muppet
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2006 at 9:12am
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Stick to using heavy gear bro give yourself more chance, if you caught kingies everyday every time you went, then muck around but I would'nt their a bit to valueble to be have swimming around lagging traces and hooks. |
Posted By: cosmo
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2006 at 6:39pm
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agree muppet not that ive ever had the oppotunity but when it arises it will be caught 24kg tld 25 hahaha ------------- i just want to go fishing..........amd ignore all my adult problems |
Posted By: bluestone
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2006 at 6:55pm
| lol |