kbark Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 After seeing some very solid fish posted by a fellow raider in early July, I gave the same outfit a call. I took a day off from a conference in Auckland, borrowed a car, drove 2.5hrs in the dark, fished for 8 hours, drove back and presented a paper the next day. As you can see the effort was well worth it. A pb king of 23kg (beating my previous pb by about 18kg!, and a pb snapper too...about 4kg) There were three of us on the charter and we boated about 4 or 5 solid kings a piece, jigging in 100m. My 23kg was the biggest of the day and I had to take half an hour off cause I couldn't lift the rod again...4 days later and my left bicep is still healing. enjoy the pics kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 That is the KING Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishhunter76 Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Kit what the hell do they have in the water over there??? The fish are MONSTERS i say the kingy ang thats what you call a RED. Congrates on the catch AWESOME. Cheers LALA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Great fish Kit. The girth on that kingy is amazing. Look at the fillets on that red ... Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boban Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I KNOW WHY I HAVE TO GO TO NZ. Massive fish mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettm-c Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 After seeing some very solid fish posted by a fellow raider in early July, I gave the same outfit a call. I took a day off from a conference in Auckland, borrowed a car, drove 2.5hrs in the dark, fished for 8 hours, drove back and presented a paper the next day. As you can see the effort was well worth it. A pb king of 23kg (beating my previous pb by about 18kg!, and a pb snapper too...about 4kg) There were three of us on the charter and we boated about 4 or 5 solid kings a piece, jigging in 100m. My 23kg was the biggest of the day and I had to take half an hour off cause I couldn't lift the rod again...4 days later and my left bicep is still healing. enjoy the pics kit Kit, The kings are great over there and Carl is an awesome guy aswell, I hope you had better luck then we did with the weather. Congrats on the king Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Holy Cow!! That's the fattest king I've ever seen. Awesome fish Kit... Cheers, Slinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 just unreal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick 10 Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 nice fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Cam Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Ooh for king like that..........! What was your paper on - "The King & Me"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inhlanzi Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 (edited) Hooooooyeaaaaaaagh!!!!!!!!! 50 pounder... Any info on the gear you used? Well done cheers inhlanzi Edited July 13, 2008 by inhlanzi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbark Posted July 13, 2008 Author Share Posted July 13, 2008 thanks for the responses...fish of a lifetime. T-curve; Turnos 30, 50lb braid, 100lb leader, and what seemed like an eternity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushtaka Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Nice work Kit!!!!! That is a NICE KINGY!!! Its a bit bigger than the one you caught in Pittwater Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shefford Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 massive kingy well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scon Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 a very nice king there and snapper , was the snapper caught on bait or plastic's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod L Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 A couple of great fish there Kit, well done. I'd love to get a king like that one day...on fly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 great kings there mate, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR@ZY OS@M@ Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 awsom stuff,top king,fat as and nice snapper,makes me more determined to make a trip out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Dan Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Thats not a king thats the south island. Well done mate, theres no place like home!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbark Posted July 13, 2008 Author Share Posted July 13, 2008 was the snapper caught on bait or plastic's? the snapper was caught in 8 meters on a 5" gulp and 6kg outfit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m3rush Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Not much I can say that hasn't been said already. That is an amazing fish. Like you said, fish of a lifetime. Tell me something though, do you now have dreams of bettering your PB?!? Well done mate. Awesome work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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