SPEARFISHING TIPS - Attracting Kingfish 

Mad Fisho sweet bro, yeah just use what works for your hunting style.

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KOANXXL I’ll film that, can bring some power heads incase it gets out of control. Maybe some pepper spray for the boat ramp too

Nic Vickers yeah man it grows 10 fold.

Luca Waring cool and not cool. Next time

Chase and Gather cheers

Yeah that's the ticket. They are there when you need a big chunk of fish and the rest of the time just part of the aquarium.

bow72au interesting is that the old rotary bike bells? I could imagine that sound travelling a long way underwater.

@@AquaticRehabSpearfishing Yep that's the one. We mainly had home built timber guns so had to have something tinny.

JKG HBAY thanks man it took a while for me to start doing some outdoor narration. Pink maomao next and then GoPro tips

Cheers

Mike Otto yeah mate . New spearos need to get their kingfish fighting technique to a good level before jumping onto a reel.

I have been spearing for a couple years, but I’ve only been able to go in kelp forests and shallow (0-20’) reefs. I don’t have a reel on my gun right now, but I am heading to San Diego for a spearfishing trip next month. Would it be dumb to go after a king if I don’t have a reel? Also, do you have any recommendations on a good reel and line for a cheap price? I have a JBL 110 woody and would love to put a reel on if I can get a quality setup without breaking the bank

Phillip Esch cheers mate. Because I don’t have a boat I don’t have that luxury so I use navionics underwater topo maps to get a good idea and then just have to put the yards in under the water. I’ve included a lot of the underwater topo maps and diagrams explaining the maps in the how to spearfish series, I will look at making something for RU-vid once I’m done editing the current projects !

@@AquaticRehabSpearfishing Yea used your series to find my first kingi grounds, was super helpful!

Cheers man, i've seen a few vids of guys employing techniques but still very desperate, mad grunting all the way from surface to kelp and desperate movements. I have to say to any new guys reading this that the grunting is used sparingly as it is not that necessary but helps when fish are being stubborn.

Probably right about the smell, salt & fish blood etc. Cheers for the comment & story mate

Grunting is not really a technique to bring them out of nowhere if they are not in the area - it’s more of a technique to use when you know they are nearby and you want to increase your chances of them coming to visit you while you are down on their level. Kingfish are generally more curious of a grunt and in my tests (at depth) and they make a more notable turn in to me from a distance compared to when I’m lying on the reef and watching them out in the haze and strumming rubbers (should’ve included some footage). The size depends on where you are diving or what is in the water in your vicinity. I have to stress it’s not a surface technique it’s something I do on the reef when I know kingfish should be in the vicinity (just so ppl aren’t floating around on the surface grunting looking like something out of a fuct up horror film). In saying all of this strumming can be used on the surface to create some sounds and commotion as well as slapping fins on the surface or hitting the water but generally just descending into the right area and waiting is good enough to bring them in 90% of the time.

69fangs69lol I noticed that when editing

bonus soft-porn footage,lol

James hey mate take a look at these 5 videos. If you want one use the 50% off code ISOLATE - vimeo.com/ondemand/howtospearfish

He uses a 90 bro

good luck mate

I have almost zero South Island experience. The kingfish episode on the how to spearfish episode will tell you how, where, when etc to hunt them however so you can check your local terrain etc. (patreon link on RU-vid somehwere)

I lived in Aus and shot a bunch. I have a video of you scroll way back with northern NSW kings. From what I’ve seen there is bugger all difference in how they act - same species. And they act different depending on current, water temp and what else is going on. The best advice I can give is to watch the big video on Vimeo I made called “techniques for spearfishing yellowtail kingfish”. Use the promo code ISOLATE for 50% off - vimeo.com/ondemand/howtospearfish

Aquatic Rehab Spearfishing, I have watched it, I will watch it again to make sure I didn’t miss anything. I don’t have a boat so I’m having to beach start or rock start so I am a bit limited with spots. I see them all the time and can hang out with schools of smaller kings however the schools of larger kings don’t seem to want to play ball.

Fish feeding on surface

Just a 90 mate

Cheers mate

Watch out for them Lizards up there.

Tsanko Tsankov yeah mate found some big schools. I left out all the footage of when there’s hardly any fish there haha

@@AquaticRehabSpearfishing I am sure about that but still if you check out what spearfishing in Greece looks like you will see what I mean. You are lucky to live in NZ and have this amazing ocean full of life around you. Greetings from Bulgaria, eastern Europe btw :)

Tsanko Tsankov oh yeah I understand. This New Zealand fishery is bound to become desolate within the century also.

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yeah it helps but you can also shoot them out of the schools that will visit you on the surface for example 06:23

Cheers, ive been spearo for quite awhile but two things im lacking are breath hold and kingis haha must be where im choosing to dive aswell

Thorfinn986_doesn't_do_average it’s all subjective bro and there’s a lot too it so it’s hard to cover in a RU-vid reply. Essentially the basics are understanding co2 tolerance. Also understanding the dangers of over breathing / hyperventilating. I’ve made a 54 minute video on how to increase breath hold for spearfishing and the link is in the description to this video if you want to check it out. Also if you want info on breath hold courses locally DM me on fb or insta I can put you in the right direction.

@@AquaticRehabSpearfishing Cool, thanks bro.

It’s offline because I’m cooked with me so unable to afford the Vimeo payment to keep the educational videos online. For ppl that own it I am making private links.

Ok thanks for your reply Luke. It is great content

tane ngaronoa hey bro there is a techniques for snapper video there in the same series! Use the promo code ‘patreongb’ for a discount

Still in same place on Vimeo

@@AquaticRehabSpearfishing nah says no longer available

We get a lot of yellowtail in the summer months here in South Africa but nothing as large as you get.I think the largest I ever shot was about 18 kilos.

Maybe up Whangarei ways