b'FeatureDo not discount maomao whenas it saw my lure they smashed it.rises from 30m to the flat rocky looking for schooling fish that aI assume they were waiting for anplatform very quickly. I have caught kingfish may be shadowing. I haveeasy meal and took the opportunitykingfish all around this structure at caught numerous kingfish aroundwhen it came along. Watch thevarious times. It is worth heading schools of maomao. Surface feedingschool - do they suddenly splashto the side of the reef where the fish of the species I have mentionedand dive? This can be a surecurrent is hitting and work the (and blue koheru) are the placessign a kingfish has made a run atedges. Remember that kingfish you want to target. Understandingone of the fish in the school. If awill swim past at some part of school fish behaviour helps youbird just flew overhead and thethe day (often at the change of understand kingies. Kingfish willshadow spooked the school, thenlight and near the bottom of the frequent the places where you findyou know it was a false alarm. tide), so keep working the area.their food so target those locations. When is it time to change your I have seen and hooked kingfish inFLAT ROCK lure? If you get follows and no strikes the middle of a school of kahawai.Flat Rock near Kawau Island is ait is worth trying a different lure. You The kingfish was swimming withwell-known kingfish location - therewill often see a fish come right up to them, within a few metres. As soonis decent current, and the reefthe boat as it follows your lure so be 32FISHING IN GODZONE MAGAZINE'