kings on the rage
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
Forum Name: Popper and Topwater Fishing
Forum Description: If you're into a bit of action on top, this is the forum for you
URL: https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=56501
Printed Date: 27 Jan 2026 at 2:40pm
Topic: kings on the rage
Posted By: unlimited
Subject: kings on the rage
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2010 at 9:00pm
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wicked day on the water yesterday, myself and Glen headed out for a day on the stick baits.Cam (stellajigger) was coming but a 1:30 am call had him pulling out.congrats bro got to spot x where the sea was flat as a board and into them
  with fish showing up in the 15-18kg mark
   top water fishing is the best way to catch kings,we fished from 7am till 3pm with out stopping
 this was one fish i was keen to land,hooked about 30m from the boat,took sometime to liven up but when it did just smoked of line from the dog fight,had the drag right up and all my weight on it,got it to the boat and bent the meat hook type gaff and he was off.
good day on the briny
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Posted By: laidbackdood
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2010 at 9:03pm
Awesome Love the bottom pic pain shot!------------- Once the idiots turn up..Im outta here...No time for Drama Queens. |
Posted By: marx
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2010 at 9:05pm
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Mean! Somewhat jealous!
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2010 at 9:05pm
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mate, what rod are you guys useing and a length if you have it.
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Posted By: laidbackdood
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2010 at 9:08pm
Got to admit...i dont think i would like to use a rod that long...Just my personal feeling. ------------- Once the idiots turn up..Im outta here...No time for Drama Queens. |
Blue Asparagus wrote:Posted By: ancient mariner
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2010 at 9:09pm
| oh shyt, does this mean i need to spend more money? |
Posted By: unlimited
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2010 at 9:36pm
its a daiwa monster mesh 8.2m ------------- keeping it reel |
Posted By: unlimited
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2010 at 9:38pm
stick bait fishing is better then jigging by a mile,could be a JM 500s coming up for sale soon ------------- keeping it reel |
Posted By: JK
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2010 at 9:41pm
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Awesome. Love it! ------------- LedgeNZ LBG |
Posted By: cod
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2010 at 9:55pm
| what stickbaits were you using |
Posted By: Kezza
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2010 at 10:06pm
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shot fullas....awesome...love your work!! ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: six guns
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2010 at 10:29pm
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you the man bro ------------- skull draging and taging |
Posted By: Photofisha
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2010 at 10:30pm
| Thats WICKED |
Posted By: green guy
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2010 at 10:49pm
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very cool the thing i like about stickbaits and poppers is i can do it land based cant jig land based ------------- http://www.facebook.com/hauraki.hillbillys |
Posted By: Boulder
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2010 at 11:41pm
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Great to see that area firing up down there Best I get onto Ginga and sort a couple of dates out as I have a new sticky or 15 to try and even a new rod surprise surprise ------------- http://www.boulderguiding.co.nz">  http://www.boulderguiding.co.nz">www.boulderguiding.co.nz |
Posted By: Falco
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 6:37am
| Nice mate looks like pretty good conditions,nice fish! |
Posted By: stellajigger
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 6:42am
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Choice one Lads,unfortunately the misses had her water break in the wee hours of the morning so i had to pull out .but am now the proud Dad of a Baby girl [Mia] and a baby lad [Seth] my team is now complete and im getting my balls cut off.
------------- Live Bait , the Lance Armstrong of catching KINGFISH |
Posted By: hookerpuka
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 7:24am
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Congrats CAM. awesome shiz looks like a Wicked day out on the water. Stickie fishing is definitely my prefered method of fishing at the moment as well but not always the go when the fish are deep. How deep were the fish you were getting to come up ?
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Posted By: Captn Phil
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 7:35am
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Awesome action. Well done.
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Posted By: unlimited
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 7:41am
i was using a nomad doggy 150g
we fished in 30-60m of water,the biger fish where found when we were in 50-60m ------------- keeping it reel |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 8:24am
Great fishing boys shame the forcast is howling westerlies for the next week PS seen ginga hitting that spot hard quite often -------------  www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: ginga
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 8:43am
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good stuff Ben.
Got some aussies over next week to do some filming, hope we get some action like that for the footage. ------------- www.extremesportfishing.co.nz. Agent for Carpenter, Orion and ASWB products |
Posted By: riga
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 8:43am
| mint fullas, looks like you got the pick of the weather too |
Posted By: Uncle
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 9:50am
Nice one Ben & good to see the solar panel getting some exposure out there
Hey Cam, congrats on the new addition.
Getting them bags sorted is fun thing to do mate
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Posted By: Seth
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 10:01am
Good name for a boy that
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Posted By: stellajigger
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 11:09am
Yeh mate i thought you might like that 
------------- Live Bait , the Lance Armstrong of catching KINGFISH |
Posted By: Boulder
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 11:11am
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Congrats Cam and Mia is a great name as my second Granddaughter is called that. Pretty piss poor excuse to miss fishing though IMHO ------------- http://www.boulderguiding.co.nz"> http://www.boulderguiding.co.nz">www.boulderguiding.co.nz |
Posted By: stellajigger
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 11:13am
sweet could you tell the misses that
------------- Live Bait , the Lance Armstrong of catching KINGFISH |
Posted By: Falco
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 11:17am
| I still think alf and colleen was the go |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 11:17am
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Ben, you using a single jobu 9/0 as the back hook and using a treble on the belly? Cheers Kevin ------------- www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: unlimited
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 12:19pm
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was using a single jobu 9/0 on the back with baker rig,was thinking of just using a single hook on the back next time cos the fish were all getting hooked the rear,the front hooks just damaged the fish,have to give it a go and see i guess ------------- keeping it reel |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 1:02pm
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Cheers Ben, looking sweet for mid of next week time to throw some plugs!! PS A side note. The baker rig is NOT IGFA legal so be aware for anybody using them.(doesnt matter if not fishing IGFA though) ------------- www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: Fish n' giggles
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 2:27pm
That's some awsome topwater action 
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Posted By: fish i
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 3:00pm
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Mean, mean, mean. Not exactly spot x, those photos are a shore give away.
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Posted By: andy2fish
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 5:42pm
Way to go Ben thought it would be a awesome day out there with the winds dropping out. Looks like you had some real good fish. Will have to give this popping thing a go, more money to spent.
The Mrs will be pleased, better not tell her
Some great pictures there
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Posted By: Accident Prone
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2010 at 5:50pm
| Good stuff mate, some very nice fish! |