HUGE Kingfish Tries to EAT my fish While Fighting It!!!

This week I head to the flats to hunt down a Yellow Tail Kingfish on fly. It was hard work, with not much going but I manage a couple of shots and even had two HUGE Kings try and eat my smaller King while I was in the middle of fighting it!!

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[MarkLomprey]

WoW!!! I caught several Kingfish with "FROSTBITE ADVENTURES" out of MT. Maunganui. I can't imagine pulling them in on a fly rod. 😆 That's awesome.

[HighcountryFlylife]

another terrific video, Kingfish are good fighters, must of been a lot of fun on the fly rod, awesome effort, would love to see more videos like this, great stuff.

[donlundy]

snowed again last nite. trippin" and coffee this morning! Right on!

[davidream]

Great Kingfish. Looks a lot like tarpon fishing. I’ve got the same reel. Fun fun fun! Dave

[scottbakersb]

Great video Alex what an awesome looking fish and the fight they put up

[lawrencemacd]

I’d love to catch Kingfish I can remember Rex Hunt catching them on big poppers ever since then they have been on my bucket list Alex 🐟🎣😁

[alansandybulmer]

Sick video. Rats is a derogatory term. Hoodlums is a great alternative. I often use Princes….

[wayneclegg]

Great video looks real fun and very keen to try chasing Kingfish on a fly rod my self

[kiwifisherman]

Bimini is a great knot, another good one is the FG knot not as easy to tie as the Bimini but it's stronger. Love ya work as always!

[louieschmidt]

Awesome video bro!!! Cant wait for the next one!!!! 🤙

[rowanclifton]

Nice work mate. Bloody cool boat man. Your right about fishing, it wouldn't be fun if it was easy. Makes the good fish so much better. Keep it up

[mscustomlures]

Awesome, definetly do some more saltwater videos if you can get time. Caught a few "rats" when I went to Oz they go like stink freaking awesome fish, those kahawai pull a bit too don't they?

[alcapilit]

Alex! Mate, you've become one of my favorite fly anglers on YouTube. I recently just discovered your channel and it's pretty informative, straightforward and visually pleasing. I am currently based out of Germany so no saltwater fishing for me here (and if I tried, there would be a codex of laws, regulations, rules, by-laws and addenda to all of them I'd have to memorize in order to catch and kill a fish since 'catch-and-release' is not allowed here). What I do a lot of, though, is same as you: go fish for big trout. I do it mostly just across the border in France. I'd love to go try NZ someday once this zombie apocalypse runs its course and once I saved up enough money to go. The prices I'm seeing for a week of troutin' there are off the chart! Jeez. Anyway, thanks for the great content and keep it up. You'll get to 10K subs sooner than you imagine if you keep this quality up. AL

[markhoffman]

Super video - shows the brute strength of the yellowtail hoodlums even at just legal size! Are you still shooting video with the E-M10?

[jarrettlandreth]

Those kingfish make trout seem like lazy fighters 😂 really cool vid mate!

[fliesbychris]

Great vid Alex!, loved the tunes at the start.
Never tried salt water fly back home, I think standing arse deep in the north Atlantic wouldn't be conducive to a fun day out!!.
Keep the vids coming mate!!

[waynenaylor]

Wicked vid Alex, I definitely need to have a crack at those kingis. Thanks for the details on your set up as well, do you also go barbless for salt water?

[markflo]

They're called a firecracker for a reason.

[stuhastie]

Awww nuts. I need this in my life. Where do you stay up there Alex? Thinking of heading up, but probably need to sleep in the dirt to make it affordable

[alexjules]

Loving the variety and content! Keep it up! Let me know if you ever want to come fish Idaho, USA!