Thread: Whats your "Weapon" of choice for kings

The only thing I have that stands out is the 40 year old Betts fiberglass rod that has been rebuilt. I have a 750 Penn on it with 15# Momoi. I'm looking forward to having a new favorite when John finishes the stick to go with my Penn 550 bait runner with 20# braid and a top shot of 15# Momoi.

custom rod, batson 8-15lb 8ft blank. i can chunk a cig a few country miles. and my 704. manual pick up, bigger counter weight, drilled out spool.

A 30 year old zebco glass 2-piece rod and a shakespeare reel thats about 10 years old, not sure which model, loaded with 17# big game.

Penn Conquer 7000(not as big as it sounds) and a Rain Shadow 1027 for kings

Penn Slammer 360 and a MHX(white)S842-2-W-MHX for everthing else

I need a new shimano

Ugly stix medium with Okuma 65, lol, killed a few Kings with it, however, I have just today bought a new rod from John, and put my Okuma on it, would really like a pre-owned VS-200 reasonably priced : ) Oh, 15lb high vis top shot with 20lb braid.

Fin, I think you should let that grandson reel em in! oke1:

Stradic ci4 4000 on my American rodsmith titanium serie mf rod, 12 lb pp super 8 slick for lure or stradic fj 5000 on g loomis imx serie light action for live bait. those two are Lightest of my collection and strong enough for most inshore species. Maybe that's the reason I find myself picking those two setup over my collection of custom rods on van staals and accurate. I use my vs and accurate for surf fishing or offshore.

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Fin, I think you should let that grandson reel em in! oke1:
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[font=comic sans ms][size=12pt]He usually reels in his own fish, but this was a big Redfish and he yelled at me to take the rod. It finally got in the pilings and cut off.
btw, after that he started using my rig.

I don't always kingfish, but when I do, I prefer Penn 706 (15# Ande-clear) on my custom 7 foot Seeker (LB 704).

[img width=720 height=970]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/pierpounder/9904GSPPking.jpg[/img]

Stay hooked up, my friends.

:headbang: :fishing:

My cig slinger is a 704 with manual conversion on a John G custom. 12 or 15 lb trilene big game.

My artificials rig is a Zebco Cardinal 7 on a 7 1/2ft uglystick 12 lb trilene