Channel Island Jet Ski Fishing

[@PeeexFishing]

Awesome Glen nice King well done. We are up north on holiday with Caravan and unfortunately had our car stolen so just starting to get back to normal now. new car had towbar fitted today so hopefully back on the ski next week!!

[@GCJetskiFishing]

Cheers Craig, that's a bigger about your car mate, what a pain...and even more painful not being able to tow the ski!

[@PeeexFishing]

@@GCJetskiFishing yep a right pain. Had to get the caravan towed back to Auckland. 😬 looking forward to getting into it again next week and getting the cameras fired up again. Not sure if the JetSki is even talking to me currently ☝️

[@Stonkslayer]

Your content is top notch! Really enjoyed this video! What a great adventure out! 👍🏾

[@GCJetskiFishing]

Thanks Dan, it was a trip I really enjoyed too, not a heap of fish caught but a few good ones and a good adventure to boot. Thanks for the comment!

[@ArmandJonker]

That's a beautiful tail

[@GCJetskiFishing]

Thanks Armand! Yes I think I may need a bigger cooler :)

[@captragnutz523]

Great day on the briny nice eating size kingis well done.

[@GCJetskiFishing]

Cheers Captain, thanks for watching!

[@lukepaul2882]

Nice kingy bro, good to see you back at channel where I started watching your channel on a vid you posted there ages back. We been hammering the work ups nor east and north of gannet rock/hooks bay. Also went Upto Omaha and went east of goat island and mangawhai got into some really good work ups. Had to stop fishing at about 10 bins were full of snapper. I’m hearing they east of Kawau/flat rock too. Gotta love this time of year when the snapper school up.

[@GCJetskiFishing]

Cheers mate! Yep that old vid is one of my favorites too, one of my first videos that ever gained a bit of traction! That Snapper fishing is exactly what I was looking for that day but I just couldn't find any... Wrong place at wrong time I guess

[@John-uh2cm]

Sick vid mate. Epic Kingies!

[@GCJetskiFishing]

Jeez your quick mate!! thanks for watching by the way, gotta love playing with the Kings!

[@FNMAD]

Nice vid. Ive seen heaps of schools like that at Channel, especially from October to March. Heres hoping the commercial guys dont come in and scoop up all the bait fish.

[@GCJetskiFishing]

Yeah it's really cool to see ay. 8 don't think the commercial guys would be interested in the kahawai... At least I hope not! Thanks for watching mate

[@Jetcast]

Really enjoyed this video GC. Thanks! BTW, you're gonna need a bigger chilly bin!

[@GCJetskiFishing]

Cheers Paul, it was good to get back out to a favorite area I hadn't been in awhile, and always good to get into some good fish! haha yeah the bin could do with being a little bit longer!

[@wadehumffreys2347]

Awesome video mate keep them coming, very impressed with the catch softbait rod just bought one.

[@GCJetskiFishing]

They are awesome rods, lightweight and sensitive but got a heap of grunt when loaded up, that king was the first actual big fish I've got on it and it handled with ease

[@hengseng9240]

Love the scenery! Good vid man 😄

[@GCJetskiFishing]

Thanks mate! It is a pretty special looking island, a wicked place to explore, thanks for watching

[@ruanhayward9200]

Great video and awesome fish mate!

[@GCJetskiFishing]

Thanks mate!! You'll hafta go check out Channel sometime

[@ruanhayward9200]

@@GCJetskiFishing I think I have to yes! Looks like a awesome spot!

[@GCJetskiFishing]

@@ruanhayward9200 it is pretty cool, plenty of big fish around too!

[@King_fisho_nz]

Massive fan I live in west auc so all these spots are somewhat but I'm stuck on a kayak 😂 limited my my own strength and endurance love the vids man

[@GCJetskiFishing]

Thanks mate!! Yeah kayaks are awesome for fishing but they do lack the ability of distance unfortunately! Still plenty of areas around to go slay in a kayak though!

[@King_fisho_nz]

@@GCJetskiFishing it's so much better than fishing from land but Im completely self taught and yet to catch my first kingy 😂 so seeing you haul in those monsters is sick so jealous

[@GCJetskiFishing]

@@King_fisho_nz I agree, I did a little bit of kayak fishing years back. You'll get into them one day bro, your day will come!

[@saltwaterSyndicate808]

Here in hawaii we call those fish Rainbow Runner good eating fish🤙🤙

[@GCJetskiFishing]

Hey Bernard, really that's a cool name, they are great fighters and get really big too!

[@saltwaterSyndicate808]

@@GCJetskiFishing i wish they got that big here.. and yes they do put up a good fight👍 nice catch enjoy that fish🤙🤙

[@GCJetskiFishing]

@@saltwaterSyndicate808 cheers mate, happy fishing!

[@kingslew1866]

Fun day GC! Nice catch! The best kind of days when no one's around hey?

[@GCJetskiFishing]

Yes! It was awesome being there with nobody else around! All the other boats will be chasing the snapper fishing under the workups so it's a good time to visit these remote spots. Thanks for watching mate

[@matthewslatter8791]

I look upto you as a roll model 😚

[@GCJetskiFishing]

Thanks Mike!

[@jacobcoetzee4745]

Awesome bro hopping to get out this summer. You wouldn’t know any spots around waiheke island would you ?

[@GCJetskiFishing]

The first kingfish in this video was caught near waiheke. At the 14m pin just north of shag island

[@BasicFishingNZ]

haha far out been a while since ive seen a kingfish peeling the drag from ur reel.

[@GCJetskiFishing]

I really missed it too!! Gotta love the kingies!!

[@warwickgibbs6303]

Hi there Glen. How do I effectively fish a ‘work up’ from my jet ski for snapper? Cheers for the vid bro. 🙂

[@GCJetskiFishing]

Hey mate, basically get close but shut your engine off before you get right on top and always drive around slowly. You want to position yourself so that you drift towards where the workup is happening, once you figure out where the snapper are (usually slightly behind the workup) then keep repeating your drift to target them. Once again avoid driving anywhere at speed as you will make the workup stop

[@warwickgibbs6303]

@@GCJetskiFishing Thanks for your prompt reply. What fishing setup do you use in this situation?

[@GCJetskiFishing]

@@warwickgibbs6303 A hard metal jig around 80gram like a betabug or a double trouble on either an overhead slow jig setup or a softbait setup works well too

[@chutneykiwi1189]

What was your rod and reel for that kingi mate? love the vids as well

[@GCJetskiFishing]

Cheers mate! The rod and reel is a Catch Fishing JG5000 on a jig xtreme rod, wicked setup

[@chutneykiwi1189]

@@GCJetskiFishing thanks...ill look into that setup...Have a great Xmas

[@GCJetskiFishing]

@@chutneykiwi1189 happy holidays mate

[@flyryd]

Great video! What rod and reel are you using at the 24min mark (overhead setup with the kingy). thanks!

[@GCJetskiFishing]

Thanks Allan, that rod and reel is a JGX5000 reel and Acid wrap jig xtreme rod by Catch Fishing

[@flyryd]

@@GCJetskiFishing Thanks for your reply. What are the benefits for using the 5000 reel? besides higher line capacity, even the smaller reels have more than enough drag (i.e. JGX2000 and 3000). thanks

[@GCJetskiFishing]

@@flyryd basically so you can use higher strength braid. It is recommended to use 50 to 80lb braid on the 5000 size reel, the smaller reels are suitable for lighter line

[@flyryd]

@@GCJetskiFishing Ah yep. That makes sense! thanks!

[@OCEANOUTKAST]

wicked bro.

[@GCJetskiFishing]

Thanks bro!! It's good to be back at channel again!

[@andrewparsons3497]

Nice video. Where did you launch from? thanks!

[@GCJetskiFishing]

Hey Andrew, I launched from Kawakawa Bay

[@cullenmma1]

Cool vid mate. How much gas did you use in the end? I haven't done channel island on the ski yet. I did a trip 60km trip on Saturday and used 28L on my 2016 FXHO..

[@GCJetskiFishing]

I did 155km that day and used 56L of fuel, your ski shouldn't be too much different I wouldn't think! Thanks for watching and commenting!