Stories had been filtering through work about the amount of kingfish getting caught in the harbour on surface lures so we set a day aside to give it a go on the fly with our mate Lucas in his boat Split Shot.
Cam and I packed up the car and left a foggy Hamilton morning behind and headed east towards our destination. Tauranga harbour. The weather there was perfect. Bluebird day, very little winds and the tides were all in our favour. Time to hunt the kings down.
We hit the water searching for the big dark shapes of stingrays cruising in the shallows, which quite often have kingfish following them. We found plenty of rays but no kingfish in the flats so we changed tactics.
We headed for the channel markers in the harbour where the kings hang around in the current and bully smaller fish. A few casts of the popper had a trio of angry kings chasing the lure out from behind the pylons. Flies were deployed and aggressively stripped in but nothing seemed too keen on actually biting.
After a fair bit of toil around the channel markers in the area we headed to our last chance flat before the end of the day but nothing was playing ball for us so we had to call it in for this trip.
Apart from not catching our target species, it was certainly a good day on the water and far beats a kick in the teeth. A few things were learnt for next time, a few new spots scoped out and even saw a pretty big bronzie (estimated 130kg) free jumping along the way. There is most certainly potential for some epic fun to be had! So because we caught no fish, the footage we got has little relevance and can go into the dump folder for a big collaboration video down the line.
Not all bad news though. I have this sweet video from the dude who used to run Fish Porn (but seems to have magically dissapeared) of some night fishing in the company of the city lights over in the states. The title suits as well!
I've Got Work in the Morning But.... from FP Media on Vimeo.
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