Sinking Stickbaits For Large Kingfish

[frangkie]

what is in your opinion the best sinking stickbait for casting at large kingfish?

I'm interested in hard baits rather that softies.

cheers

[caranx]

These work. Sold here in different colours to these under blackjack or nomad brand. The daiwa version works too.

[scotty4fishing]

I have used the raider lures with great sucess as either a jig or wind flatout across the surface but in the deeper water say 50 m plus you cant beat the knife jigs

[Josh88]

For large kingfish i'd say the 9inch sluggo. They do get followed by smaller ones but they don't usually tend to be game enough to have a go at them. I find the bigger kings usually sit deeper on the markers so i like to either cast just past it and sink it to the bottom then rip it back or go directly over the marker and rip it back from the bottom.

Could always try jigging as well, heard of a few people catching kings in the harbour doing it when they've been fussy.

Cheers

Josh

[frangkie]

gonna be fishing off the stones at lord howe so jigs are pretty much out of the question.

i have some 10 inch soft sticks but want to fork out for some quality hard sticks cause i know how effective they are on gt's. kingfish must follow this trend.

hard sticks are the newest way to catch huge fish casting, better than poppers in my opinion. they are expensive jap creations but they catch every species of game fish. casting beats trolling any day of the week in my book. the problem is it's too pricey to test them all so i was hoping someone may have some experience with them to pass on.

thanks to the guys who have replied to this topic!

cheers

[caranx]

Make sure you get ones that you can cast. Some of the larger ones weigh a bit so your outfit needs to be up to it. The ones I use range from 80-150grams. Slow twitch them, or wind them in faster so they skip, or use the rod side to side. You will need to practice to see what works with each type. Smith runbohs are awesome looking- scary when throwing them off the rocks at kings as you dont want to lose them. They do work on kings, but at times they will just swim and tail them to have a look. Play around with them and you'll love them.

[frangkie]

Make sure you get ones that you can cast. Some of the larger ones weigh a bit so your outfit needs to be up to it. The ones I use range from 80-150grams. Slow twitch them, or wind them in faster so they skip, or use the rod side to side. You will need to practice to see what works with each type. Smith runbohs are awesome looking- scary when throwing them off the rocks at kings as you dont want to lose them. They do work on kings, but at times they will just swim and tail them to have a look. Play around with them and you'll love them.

cheers Caranx,

gonna be using a daiwa mm 8'3 pe 6-8 so casting shouldn't be a problem how much does a runboh retail for roughly? i'm guessing a small fortune. you get what you pay for though.

i have made some of my own sticks and poppers up to about 200 grams so i cant wait to try them also.

how much do the runbohs weigh? are they sinking?

cheers frankie

[wakd]

Lucky Craft Wander 95s might work, but you will have to beef up the hardware for big kings...

[caranx]

Baby Runbohs are 70g for the floating, and 76g for the sinking version. They cost about $50 or so. The monster mesh will cast them easily. The runbohs look awesome !