The popper came back after the strike with the trebles broken off! ![]() I initially doubted Harley but after casting some poppers around a kelp raft off Godley Head and witnessing a brief but dramatic kingfish strike I was convinced! Unfortunately, the kingfish stuck at my ill-prepared friend’s $5 popper and not my expensive Pilli popper. ![]() Most importantly, they are very robust when chasing yellowtail kingfish.Īwareness of the fact that kingfish regularly turn up around rafts of kelp in the southern part of Pegasus Bay was brought to the attention of local anglers by the writings of local fishing enthusiast Harley Scott. They are 12cm (4.5 inches) in length and cast very well. Pilli Poppers were very popular kingfish lures back in the day. Yet as I have read more and spent more time on the water I am convinced that kingfish turn up in reasonable numbers and consistently in the same places in local waters, making them a realistic yet still elusive target species for local anglers. The first kingfish I saw locally was caught in a trawl net off Motunau and was vigorously flapping around on top of a pile of red cod on the deck! As our sea temperatures continue to rise from global warming your chances of catching a Canterbury kingfish are improving each year. By Peter LanglandsĪ few years ago I would have considered kingfish to be an oddity in local waters, a bit like the occasional snapper, trevally, john dory, etc, that turn up. ![]() ![]() Canterbury Kingfish, Where to Find Them, How to Catch Them, Tackle Needed, and More.
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