12-14-2004, 03:31 AM
One way to find out...
We fished for Narrow Barred Australian Spanish Mackeral (another relative of Wahoo, itself a Mackeral) & other species of Mackeral by trolling CD18 Rapalas & Aussie lures similar to the Marauders. No reason the Kings wouldn't eat 'em, too. It'd be a way to cover more water, too.
One thing. Most articles I've seen on the Kings mention crowded conditions on the water. Something to consider when trolling deep divers.
Spooky fish? Consider Albies coming up behind a churning sportfisher & eating feathers on 80# line & then turning their noses up at any bait on heavier than 15#. None of the Mack species I've ever fished for were line shy in the least, but I understand the Kings can be? I'm sure that they, like most predator fish, are curious & will come up to see what's making that noise up there...
Fishslayer
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We fished for Narrow Barred Australian Spanish Mackeral (another relative of Wahoo, itself a Mackeral) & other species of Mackeral by trolling CD18 Rapalas & Aussie lures similar to the Marauders. No reason the Kings wouldn't eat 'em, too. It'd be a way to cover more water, too.
One thing. Most articles I've seen on the Kings mention crowded conditions on the water. Something to consider when trolling deep divers.
Spooky fish? Consider Albies coming up behind a churning sportfisher & eating feathers on 80# line & then turning their noses up at any bait on heavier than 15#. None of the Mack species I've ever fished for were line shy in the least, but I understand the Kings can be? I'm sure that they, like most predator fish, are curious & will come up to see what's making that noise up there...
Fishslayer
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