Thread: Live Bait set ups for Kingies?

Hi All,

Yesterday whilst out fishing on the boat we caught a few jack mackerel and sent them out the back under a balloon and I rigged one to drop to the bottom, I set up a 8oz sinker up to a 3 way swivel, short trace with a 6 bar circle and a running 4 bar and had the 6 bar set in front of the dorsal and the 4 bar thru the nose. I would have lost 4-6 livies with a bit of bait action a good run then nothing, with livie gone so wondering if I have it set up right?

Running rod in holder with minimal drag. I did pick up a good Kahawai, ~4ft hammer head and a good 45cm snapper on the livies so just wondering if theres a better rig, or your go to rig to use for dropping to bottom on a sinker, we were in 25-30m.

Would also like to try for a kingie in Ohiwa harbor off the sand so any tips for targeting them in a harbor off the sand would also be appreciated? throw poppers about?

Cheers FBD