Three Kings 2016 - Enchanter
Hey All
Been a while in between posts. The silly season and constant travel to different cities has got a little to my fishing life. But im back and back with avengance!
Hit up the kings for a 7 dayer with some mates from NZ and a few from Aus and one lad i hadnt met yet (masterbait lures owner and designer).
This years trip was to target topwater and the normal jigging and if we were lucky a sword (just wait for it)
well, we were well and truely blessed, three trips to the kings and never had a nice glassy day till this trip. Where we got 7 of them
6 Anglers v estimated 350kg + Sword: Well night one we hooked a freight train, 9 hours the first angler went on him (we think when it jumped it threw the hooks and re hooked it self in the dorsal etc etc) and the rest of between 1-3 hours. The fight time 18 hours and 20 mins till the hooks pulled. Lets just say Lance was not a happy chap. If you know lance you would know his reaction to this. was on a 80w, and the fish owned us. He was no way near done, and happily say 60 m under the boat for a good 5 hours for before the hooks pulled. The sword deserved freedom. Yes we got a few good looks at him and surprizingly enough , it was the first 4-5 hours of the fight where we had it with 2 gaffs lengths of the boat.....from sunrize we never saw it again. and we battled through the next night , roughly to around 10 pm
Best Jigged Bass : 44kg
Best Bait Bass : 48 Kg
Best Jigged King : 40 Kg
Best Top water king: 27kg
Best Jigged Puka : 30 Kg
Best Jigged Blue Eye : 15 kg
Best Trev: 10.5 kg
3 tagged striped marlin between 90-140 kg
The kings were quiet we think due to the weather but the fish we got were quality. The bass owned us once again. came with heavier gear and got schooled once again....
Enchanter is an amazing charter and lance knows his shit!
Fishing with Lei from Master Bait lures was a blessing and he certainly taught me alot for a top water novice!
Enjoy the photos, got plenty more ...maybe one day
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Good size puka!!!!
Good size puka!!!!
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got bigger bryce! and in
got bigger bryce! and in about 70 m shallower! my taranaki best was 33kg from 34 m and i have seen 42kg come from 45!
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http://www.mbcustomlures.com.
http://www.mbcustomlures.com.au/blog
bit more of a write up here on the trip!
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Bloody heck. Couldn't
Bloody heck. Couldn't imagine spending nearly 19 hours on a fish. The devastation of loosing it must have destroyed morale lucky you nailed the rest of the trip. Bravo
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Cracking
Cracking trip. Great pics Terboz!
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epic stuff makes me want to
epic stuff makes me want to do another NZ trip
always looking for a new challenge!!
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Sounds like a cracker, good
Sounds like a cracker, good to see you and pirate getting into some solid fish!!
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Belter trip mate! Cracking
Belter trip mate! Cracking fish and premo winds! Gotta be happy with that...
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sheeeit. Nice work mate Some
sheeeit. Nice work mate
Some huge bass, but that Sword story takes the cake. Over 18 hours is one hell of a stint and congrats to whoever put in that first 9 hour session! heartbreaking
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dodgy
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Good work on the sword. Quite
Good work on the sword. Quite a few following that effort on fb both sides of the Tasman. Funny how even so far out there was updates online.
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Awesome trip, need to head
Awesome trip, need to head there myself one day
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That must of been a trip
Of a life time.good fish and pics
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Awesomely good stuff Brett, those YTKs are the biggest I've seen. I've got sore arms just looking at them pics.
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Awesome
Yeah those YTKs have fat bellys. Looks like another great trip.
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Awesome
Great stuff. Back breaking no doubt. Top post.
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Wicked trip and nice pics,
Wicked trip and nice pics, Followed the fight on the houhora Facebook page
Might be worth checking this link out, not very often this happens
https://www.facebook.com/TheITMFishingShow/posts/10153766373586539T