One fish i’ve always wanted to catch and have been trying to catch for a few years (2 trips to lord Howe Island) is a big Kingfish on a stickbait, that dream cam true this week in NZ with Enchanter Fishing Charters
http://enchanter.co.nz/
We had rough weather on day 2 of our trip so we went top water fishing in the morning. The islands still had big seas crashing into them so the conditions were still testing with a wet deck etc. I had seen a king chase a mates lure out from some white water so put a good cast right into the area it appeared to be sitting, had a follow on this cast , put another in right against the rocks and as the Sea Falcon stick bait was leaving the white water my lure got smashed, the take was explosive and the next 3 or so minutes i was doing everything in my power to not get reefed by this beast, I was basically owned and railed, dragged up and down the rail! As the fight settled down i moved to the back of the boat and eventually landed what is to me a fish of a lifetime! Estimated 27kg of Top Water Kingfish!!
Big Thanks to Phil the skipper of Pacific Invader for his expert guiding and boat driving skills, he is also a Top Water angler so knew exactly where to put the boat and what to do!