60lb class king on kite Sat

[e-money]

I had the opportunity to take one of my best clients (Chad) & non forum member Owen(aka THE BUCKSTER) for 1/2 day Sat 1/27.

While I was "foolin" w kite / sea anchor, Owen started bagging some nice muttons.



We gave Chad some more lead & he started getting muttons & tails.

Then I hooked / boated a nice dolphin on the kite & broke one off that ate on spin boatside.

Got in on the bottom bite as I have a fondness for mutton fillets :king:


Got to one of our SKA king honey holes & the kite gets smacked like you would not believe. Line is MELTING off my lt crowder/ torium combo & fish takes up all the "belly" from kite & runs off at least 250-300 yards in a matter of just a few moments. :worthy:

I was praying for giant hoo, but was astounded at the size of the king that came up & cruised by /then ran off another 100 yards real quick.(Have weighed 53,54 and 55.5 kings before, but this one looked to be 55-60lbs

Having some smoked for fish & dip & know some guys that would like to have caught this on SKA/Mayors cup :lol:



OK, we got kings & dollies, how bout a slam w some spindlebeaks??
Had a double come up (one tried to eat a grunt we had just released !!!!)
Got tight on the TLD25 & passed to Chad.
Fish went nuts, grey hounding & jumping & somehow kinked / broke a small piece of # 6 wire. pon inspection the wire had become brittle

Had a lot of fun, tons of laughs, these guys are a BLAST to fish with.

Hit me up if you want some smoked king / dip



Modified by E-money at 2:29 PM 1/28/2007

[Ivan11]

awesome catch guys, gj. im prolly going out for sails on tuesday morning, any idea where the bite has been lately and what depth? i was out at triumph reef lasts week and we hooked 2 sails but lost them both. that was our 1st sail hook up too, i think nerves screwed us up. we'll be rdy next time though!

[reefling]

were did you cacth the king and did you guys get any cut offs on the kite?

let me know sean

[e-money]

Sean:
After getting bit off by a double of wahoos(earlier in the season), it was decided we would be fishing wire traces on ALL kite baits.

[reefling]

ya where did you get em in palmbeach?

[Relentless33]

Awesome report!!!!! That's a slob, way to go.



Dakotah

[Boboe]

Wow! I've caught some big kings, but that one has got some LENGTH!!!

[DIRTYFOOT2]

Thats a pig slob of a kingfish.....congrats. Love catching kings on kite baits because of the arial show you usually get when they sky on the baits. Mix it up w/ a few gluttonz...thats just plain good times

[rollin]

nice fish e-money. have you ever had a problem with siguatera with the big ones? we had a 45lber that we caught in bimini a few years back send 4 people to the hospital.

i fish the small ones here off of ft. laud. not anywhere the size you get up north, but lots of fun and great smoked.

[pelagic predator]

sweet king!!!!!!, and rollin are you sure that fish that sent people to the hospital was not a barracuda?