Best Lure For Kingfish!

[domza]

Could someone recomend some good kingfish lures?

I am guess the hard bodies are better then the soft plastics?

Would chrome colours be best? could you post a picture of the lure, if its effective with surface feeding kingfish

I was at botany bay today and could only get 6 rat kings, GREAT fun but!! im not realy a lure fisher so i didnt have many lures, thats why i think i wasnt more succesfull

thanks

Edited January 28, 2006 by domza

[Guest lbgking]

65 gram Knights work for me when spinning.

[Sharky]

6 kings in the bay all on lures is a great effort mate dont beat yourself up about it. I would keep doing exactly what your doing and when that stops working then try something different.

For soft Plastics my favourite are Sunamies in the paddle tail and curl tale shads. They have good strong hooks and are weighted well so you can skip them across the surface, work the wash line, but trolling has been the most productive for me.

Sluggoes have been geting a big wrap lately and I was blown away while using one with brian man that was awsome.

For hard boddies the Maniacs with the feather tails work well and you wont get chopped up by tailor. And I have used nilsy deep divers they are great for salmon tailor and kingfish, Red and gold is my favourite.

[Outnumbered]

my favorite hardbody was my bill normans 5 1/2 inch shallow diving minnow in orange and silver, untill i lost it to a monster a couple of weeks ago

as far as plastics go i have to agree with sharky on the tsunami's but also like squid lures with a bean sinker shoved up the hood

[mottyman]

G'day,

Our favourite this season have been Spanyid Maniacs (cheap as chips metal lure) as well as Xmas trees and smaller skirts trolled at about 8 knots. Try jet heads or anything that leaves a good bubble trail.

Cheers,

[domza]

6 kings in the bay all on lures is a great effort mate dont beat yourself up about it. I would keep doing exactly what your doing and when that stops working then try something different.

For soft Plastics my favourite are Sunamies in the paddle tail and curl tale shads. They have good strong hooks and are weighted well so you can skip them across the surface, work the wash line, but trolling has been the most productive for me.

Sluggoes have been geting a big wrap lately and I was blown away while using one with brian man that was awsome.

For hard boddies the Maniacs with the feather tails work well and you wont get chopped up by tailor. And I have used nilsy deep divers they are great for salmon tailor and kingfish, Red and gold is my favourite.

thanks, but i think i could have done better and maybe landed my first keeper king.

i did see alot of people around me keep under sized ones.. its really bad to see this happening, i hope they get caught out by fisheries.

also read your report with yourself and outnumbered, although did not see outnumbered all day which ramp did u launch at?

also where can i get most of these lures?

would big w , kmart ect..have them or do i need to get to a tackle shop?

[Sharky]

We launched at the St George motor yacht club and trolled outside instead of inside. This is the first time this has not worked for us you get that.

[domza]

We launched at the St George motor yacht club and trolled outside instead of inside. This is the first time this has not worked for us you get that.

yeah, well as far as i could see 90% of boats were inside around the container wall, amazing how many boats there were there. you could almost share a coffee with the next boat.

maybe next time u should try inside, however im sure u get the BIGkings offshore..