b'KAYAK FISHINGBlair is relieved and stoked to land his king.After talking to a few successful kayak anglers, the overwhelming majority responded with; use a live bait and drop it down into a likely area with good bait fish and current. This method is much easier to learn than jigging and also tends to pick up bigger fish. Now that I knew what I was going to be doing, I put together the rig. This was just a simple weighted live bait rig with a ball sinker on top of a heavy swivel, then a short length of 100lb leader to my 8/0 recurve or circle hook. All knots in between were with the trusted Uni knots. REEFS TO TARGET Three different species for the table.With my set up ready for battle, I had to go find somewhere the kingfish were likely to be feeding. Hawkes Bay isntreef out from a place known as flat rock.summer starting around late November. renowned for kingfish but doing myIt was an easy paddle to get out here too.Sometimes catching the live baits is the homework paid off once again. PaniaOn a couple of scouting missions, Ihard part, but when this place is firing reef fills up with good kingfish over thestumbled upon mass schools of baitfish,its simple to load up on baits. I paddle summer months, but can have lots peoplegood structure, and a nice bit of currentonto the kingfish spot and catch horse around it, along with a good chance thetoo. I quickly turned my attention tomackerel from 3045cm. I dont even fish will be sharked by a resident bronzie.this location. Even though the water ismove from where I catch my baits, Not the ideal spot, so I looked morequite shallow (1520m) the kingfishreasoning if they are present then the north on the charts and found a patch ofstill turn up on this bit of coast everypredators will be nearby.78FISHING IN GODZONE JAN/FEB 2021'