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Hey Trung when are we going to NZ again for those monster kingies? Bertrand

I had the day off and was bored at home When will U hit the bay again? I'm free tomorrow cheers Bert

1st of all, well done for the catch and nice to hear you had a great time But regarding keeping all those snapper..........hmmm I really feel uneasy with that. I totally understand it is all your right to keep them, and I am not having a go at you but I would expect fishing charters to keep what you need for a feed and a little plus and release the others. I went on a fishing charter in NZ not a long time ago and we caught over 50 xos kings, and the skipper allowed us only 1 to keep. It is not a surprise, day in day out they still catch plenty of fish Again, I want to clarify that I'm not here to judge, its just how I feel about it, may be it is just me kind regards Bertrand

well done Trung, yummy indeed. Nee to catch up with you guys one of these days Bert

Solution = Epic Adventures

Trung is a great dude and he will be more than happy to give you some good tips. Basically, as the kings are in plague proportion any jig of any brand will do the job, so there's no need to buy expensive jigs. Jigs were catching most fish but livies caught the biggest ones. You don't have to bring your own gears as they already have good gears on board - steles and jigging master. But, of course, you can bring your own if you want. I you are flying with Jetstar make sure your rod tube is not more than 1m90, Pete learned it the hard way and had to leave his SP rods in Sydney. One advice man, hit the gym asap as these hoodlums nearing 30kg will test your strength and endurance to the limit!!! Trung couldn't reach his back in the shower, so Pete had to help him....just ask him cheers Bert

Trung is a great dude and he will be more than happy to give you some good tips. Basically, as the kings are in plague proportion any jig of any brand will do the job, so there's no need to buy expensive jigs. Jigs were catching most fish but livies caught the biggest ones. You don't have to bring your own gears as they already have good gears on board - steles and jigging master. But, of course, you can bring your own if you want. I you are flying with Jetstar make sure your rod tube is not more than 1m90, Pete learned it the hard way and had to leave his SP rods in Sydney. One advice man, hit the gym asap as these hoodlums nearing 30kg will test your strength and endurance to the limit!!! Trung couldn't reach his back in the shower, so Pete had to help him....just ask him cheers Bert

Very sore mate, esp. My left biceps and lower back.....but its worth it

It was indeed a memorable and amazing 2 days fishing with the 3 musketeers in Trung, Tommy and Pete. A few months ago i replied to Trung's message regarding a 4th fisho willing to join and I have no regrets at all. My biggest kingie was caught in Sydney and weighed 3kg. Toby the skipper asked me if I ever caught kingies before, I said hell yeah but when I said it was 3kg he laughed at me and promised that I will catch at least one 10 times that. My first kingie was caught on a livie and guess what? Toby's prediction was very close, it went 29kg on the scale. And what a beast it was, I was in pain and instead of helping me the boys were laughing at me. Apparently my legs were shaking, but hey there's no proof of that! A big thumb up to Toby the skipper who worked his ass off the whole day to put us on the kingies. But the best part of the trip for me is that now I have 3 more friends in my life. I have the reputation of being mischievious, but compare to these guys I'm an angel. If you have your guard down, you'll a smelly in the face......and i had to sleep with 1 eye open!!! Awesome fishing, great company, beautiful part of the world, excellent food....what can you ask for more? Cheers Bert

Hey Trung, go to the gym instead of Botany bay.......u will need strong arms to handle NZ kings cheers Bert

Hi guys, I thought it was not legal to spear rock crabs and that you are only allowed to collect them by hands. May be I'm wrong, I would like to get some clarification on this. Cheers Bert

The baitrunner is a jewel of a reel for livebaiting, I totally agree with you

The shimano bait runner is definitely not appropriate for what he is looking for. Firstly it is a slow retrieve and if he is gonna spin for bonito, he will need a pop eye arm. secondly, it is way too heavy. A 3000-4000 size daiwa or 6000 size shimano is the way to go.

Sounds like you fished at jullieane. It's a very good deep water spot but hell dangerous. I wouldn't recommend that spot to any novice.

good reds mate. do you jig them slowly with these jap jigs or rapid like with thye common metal jigs? cheers bert

I don't think adam is breaking any site rule here as he is not promoting any shop. PFA is a supplier of abu garcia products, like daiwa aust is a supplier of daiwa products and shimano aust is a supplier of shimano products. one of the moderators here even recommended me to somebody from PFA for a service/repair of a reel. if i get good service, then i think there's nothig wrong to share that with other members. i would do the same if the service is bad. this is just my point of view, i might be wrong. cheers bertrand

spinning metal lures is great fun on sambos. my fav is halco twisty in 55g cheers bertrand

spot on, global tackle stock the 'Dango Wax Nylon' which is a floating line orange in colour with low memory, high knot strength and high abrasion resistance that makes it ideal for luderick. i bought mine a couple of month ago and i'm very happy with it so far. the 10lb dia is 0.268mm, 12lb is 0.288mm, 18lb is 0.341mm. hope that helps cheers bertrand

if u're fishing the rocks, be careful mate, i think this is where 5 people got washed away last month i think. cheers bertrand

check Global Tackle our site sponsor. Wahyu the owner is a top bloke and expert squid fisho. He gave an good talk on squiding a couple of weeks ago cheers bertrand

good mixed bag and keep us inform how u went today well done and hey, it's great to be out there fishing than working!!! cheers bertrand

thanks slinky for your help and i have already sent an email to john. i had the reel for 15yrs now and it hasn't been servived ever. the drag is a bit sticky and the the reel is not as smooth as it use to be. cheers bertrand

dear raiders, my abu ambassadeur needs a good service and i'm looking for a reliable person for that purpose. i would really appreciate your advice thanking u in anticipation bertrand

i wish i had a mcwork rod!!!! i'm actually using a daiwa seajigger but at 11ft its a bit too long for sshorejigging as it kills my wrist. if u cant get an mcwork rod, look at the daiko rod which is much cheaper. snag? well i fish a ledge where the water is around 20-30m+, so no snag so far, but the rish is obviously present. shame i cant read japanese cheers

shorejigging is not popular here in oz but is extremely popular in japan. it is a very effective technique and is deadly on bonnies, kingies, salmons and tuna. the 1st time i shorejig, i outfished 10 other fishos bext to me who were livebaiting with yellowtails. yep the rods are around 9-10ft designed to throw knifejigs up to 150g and popular brands are daikoh and mcworks. populars reels are twinpower sw8000 or stella and saltiga 4500 loaded with at least 50lb braids is the magazine u mentioned in english or japanese?