b'I was however, lookingby a good fish that took a to really test it out onlot of line at speed.It hadCatching two kingfish in a row, one was either big snapper or legalto be a kingfish and afterreleased and the other kingfish to really see howa quick scrap we nettedkept for fresh sashimi.it performed with toughera just legal kingie which opposition.My chanceI released.came in November when IWe caught several more was heading to Rangiputarats and the fishing died in Northland to fish overoff in the afternoon after 3-4 days and I knew thesuch an epic morning of big fish country we wouldaction.We headed back be fishing would offer suchto Reef Lodge to enjoy a test. a cold beer and plan our Fishing on the Saturdayfishing for Sunday.in about 30m of water straight off Houhoura andKINGFISH BEATENthe fishing went crazyOn Sunday morning it was after an intense stormflat calm conditions, but had passed through a fewthe fishing was terribly days before.The fishingslow, not like the hot bite was frenetic, my mateyesterday.We moved aThis was a good kingfish,pitch jigging.But it is also CJ and I caught snapperlot and finally found someand the rod was so wella good rod to use for a up to 60cm and we keptbetter-looking bait signbalanced during the fight,more experienced jigger several for the bin andand larger marks well upit impressed with itstoo, with its build design released even more whichoff the bottom that hadstrength throughout theand quality standing out.were healthy. to be kingies under theblank and when lifting onFor under $500 it is a good We drifted through a lotbaitfish.Dropping mythe fish.With only 20lbbuy and gets two thumbs of bait sign, so I attached100gm Tana Aiya slowSunline braid, I took myup.Im looking forward a 100gm slow pitch jig topitch jig through it and ittime in 32m of water asto trying out a few more try and attract a biggergot whacked hard, as thewe were over a flat bottomTemple Reef rods this year.snapper or kingfish.OnElevate doubled over andwith no foul to bust off on the first drop it got nailedline stripped from the reel. and I enjoyed the fight. SpecsSoon a nice 85cm+ kingfish was in the bin toTEMPLE REEF enjoy for our large crewELEVATE 2.0as sashimi that night.We drove the boat back to the Length: 69 (2-piece)mark and with still good Blank Action: Slowsign we dropped down Lure Weight: 100 again, and both hooked up 300gm Rod Weight: 146gmon kingfish.Two fat legal RRP: $479fish under a metre were landed, which we released as one was more thanVIEW : For Temple Reef enough to enjoy fresh. rods and various slow The Elevate slowOverall, the Temple Reefpitch jigs, head to:pitch rod is light andPremium Quality forgiving, with theElevate 2.0 rod is very impressive blankeasy to jig with, it wouldFishing Tackle Snapper well balanced to jigbe an ideal rod for anyoneHead Tackle NZeasily with.looking to get into slow/FISHINGINGODZONE77'