Thread: Kawahai on lightweight setups

Originally Posted by Black Rabbit

Till now, I still can `t figure out what is the best way to cook it. But Kawahai is really good for sport fishing, and I find the lure fishing is the best. Last year I tried to use ultra light gear in CHCH at the river mouth. My rod is only 1.55m long, ML action, 0.4 braid line with 10lbs lead line. I am sure my setup will hold and the feeling could be like fighting with a king fish. The picture is in Auckland, everybody knows where is. I used 2.4m ML rod, 2.0 braid line with heave leader say 50lbs. Yeah, I did caught lots of Kahawai, just this fish has no taste at all....

Western palate prefers fish to be bland, almost tasteless and for many, kahawai is too strong in taste. My Korean mate has similar issues to you. His least favourite fish is snapper.