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portland kingfish

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 12:29 pm
by Matthew drako
Hey all,
heading to portland soon and just wondering how people go about targetting the kings there. obviously fishing the north shore is shallow meaning jigging isnt practical. so just wondering some of the methods of targetting them. thanks

Re: portland kingfish

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 3:42 pm
by eddyt
Lee breakwall. Squid strip 2m under a float. I've never tried but there's a lot of good posts on this forum that all say this.

Re: portland kingfish

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 3:54 pm
by Matthew drako
eddyt wrote:
Thu Feb 02, 2023 3:42 pm
Lee breakwall. Squid strip 2m under a float. I've never tried but there's a lot of good posts on this forum that all say this.
thanks for the advice but not fishing landbased.

Re: portland kingfish

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 4:43 pm
by ben475
i'd say trolling would be worth a try. other than that i cant help much.

Re: portland kingfish

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2023 2:01 pm
by canned_tuna
You can do one of two things,
Anchor anywhere from the water tank down to the abalone farm in around 10 metres and berley like hell, this will do two things,
bring your fresh bait to you and also the kings. Have a bait under a balloon, one halfway down and one on the bottom.
You can troll as well, I use x raps but the lures are your choice, trolling in the same areas. If trolling look for birds working as there are a few school tuna and salmon around as well.
A high barometer is your friend.
Good luck