LONG LIVE THE KING
“Simple is always better when it comes to rigging up your terminal livebait gear so keep connections streamlined and to a minimum.”
HAVING spent a ridiculous number of hours chasing yellowtail kingfish with livebaits over the years without even turning a reel it was obvious these fish were earned the hard way, not gifted on a silver platter!
Kingfish are capable of testing your patience and we were often left scratching our heads at the end of recurrent fishless sessions with little to show for our efforts. Their reputation as an extremely cunning and wily species really started to hit home and I’m sure we very easily could’ve been forgiven for throwing in the towel at that point in time. However I’m extremely thankful we didn’t.
Slowly yet surely the momentum began to shift and results came in the form of hook-ups which was a great step forward in the right direction. We were undoubtedly flying blind in unfamiliar territory, but with renewed confidence after overcoming a few internal demons. With this next phase however came a whole stack of unforeseen problems to tackle and it became apparent things just got
