Hi guys, Just got back from a 5 day trip on "Enchanter' to the 3 Kings. The weather was crap, with 20-30knots each day, and a good swell. I havn't got many photo's, due to the salt water spray going everywhere.
This was my first fish, off the first drop, on the middlesex bank. 37kg, you can't start a trip any better than that!
This is Chris Quinn from Port stephens, a self confessed "jigging novice". His previous best Kingfish was 8kg, and on this trip he bettered that well and truely. I loaned him my Expedition/JM500 origional, and I have never seen any newby catch so many big fish.
Check out the wave in the background! This was the first of Chris's 37kg Kingfish.
Here is Chris hooked up on my rod, while i'm making a PR connection for him! Its the first time he has jigged with an overhead, and hooks up big time on the first drop...
And the result, another 37kg kingfish. Thats two 37kg kingfish, in a day, from a 'jigging novice". I know maybe 2 or 3 jiggers in New Zealand who have caught more than two 37kg kingfish in their life, let alone two in a day! Beginners luck at its purest!
Sean with a 38kg Bass, the first big Bass for the trip.
My 47kg (PB) Bass, biggest of the trip.
The 3 kings is a place for 80lb braid minimum, its no place for light tackle. You never know when the big boys will show up. Due to wind strength, 400-500g tail weighted jigs were the norm.
Lance (skipper) from Enchanter, as an awesome rough weather skipper for putting you on the fish. While we were catching trophy fish in 30 knots of wind, other boats were sheltering from the weather.
If anybody is after a shot at a big King fish, The 3 kings is a good place to start!
