b'LBG KINGSAs it was nearing the end of the fight, Ior even sneezed while I was trying tohit a helpless kahawai on the surface almost lost it against a sharp protrudinghold it up, it would have knocked me offwith nowhere to go. They nose it and piece of rock. They just dont give upmy feet without a doubt. I managed tosniff it but then swim on their way, so these fish. Snapper will have one goodrelease it, but I felt like I had encounteredeven though hooking them can usually run in them and maybe a second burstthe Chuck Norris of the inshorebe the easy part, even sometimes its not before they try to dive into the kelp andfish family. easy at all. bury themselves, but kingfish can run andFor every kingfish story of captureKingfish are worthy of great respect, run and run. on the rocks I have a few accounts ofnot just when fighting them but also Landing the fish took a bit of patiencefish lost and laughing at me. One of mylooking after them when killed. Trying and the gaff man nicely lip gaffed it so Ifavourite sayings is a king landed onto keep a fish fresh when land-based could release it. The frightening part wasthe rocks is worth 5 in the boat. Prettyfishing means finding a decent rock pool trying to lift it for a few quick photos. Iself-explanatory really but it sums upor bringing some sort of cooler bag with had to stand on slippery seaweed nearthe challenge of trying to capture theseyou. If you land on the rocks via small the waters edge and although the swellmagnificent fish. They will take lures andboat, a Precision Pak is a good option wasnt dangerous, if the fish had kickedlive baits, but sometimes they wont evenfor bringing some ice or ice packs and 24FISHING IN GODZONE JAN/FEB 2021'