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    Who wants to help me catch my first jew?

    in Adopt a Learner

    Posted

    Hey guys,

    Spent countless hours trying to catch a jewie and still can not manage to land one. Tried landbased of the breakwall at forster, spent almost an entire weekend in the hawksebury with livies and pillies and still no luck. Anyone care to help me land my first jewie regardless of size?

    Your name: Brayden Rumble

    Your Location: St Ives, North Shore

    Fishing technique: Jewfish in any manner

    Availability: Weekends and weekedays with a week notice to get off work

    Preferred location: anywhere

    Provide your own gear? Yes

    Provide your own boat? No

    Choice in Bait Runners

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted

    i just bought my first baitrunner, a shimano 12000 D and it is an amazing reel, runs really smoothly and also is very aesthetically pleasing. Shimano have been around for much longer and therefore i think have much more knowledge in reels and so fourth.

    Boat rod suggestions?

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted

    Wilson live fibre 7' 15-24kg awesome live bait rod for kings around the harbour, can take a lot of punishment as well and being a glass rod is almost impossible to break, paid around 220 for mine. can't speak highly enough of it

    Thanks for the recommendation, will note that down and go check it out

    Boat rod suggestions?

    in Tackle Talk

    Posted

    Looking to buy a new rod for use on boats around the $250 mark. It is to be paired with the new Shimmano Baitrunner 12000 with 60lb braid and will be used for big kings, jews, dollies and the odd small tuna. Has anyone got any suggestions or recommendations on any rods i should get?

    Thanks

    Quiet afternoon on pittwater

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Went out to pitty this arvo with a mate of mine on his tinny. Our goal was a flatty or bream as well as going for kingies. Head over to the first squid spot but after a couple of flicks and no luck tried the next squid location. Still no luck headed over to our first actual location. Threw a fresh squid head out in hopes for kingies and then started trying for live bait. My mate was using some mullet and squid strips in the aim for some flatties or snapper. The squid head got chewed up by pickers and a few big hits were also put on it but no hook ups. With no live bait and no other action we went to our second and final location.

    Before we had even anchored we had spotted one kingie and a large school of yakas. My mate stuck to the squid strip and mullet which resulted in 2 snapper and a trevor whilst i threw out a live yaka on my new Shimano Baitrunner 12000D with 30lb braid hoping for a king. Kept on getting the occaisonal yakka and also managed to catch a small snapper on a bit of squid strip on a different rod. We both noticed the line on the baitrunner going around in circles and moving around a fair bit so we knew something was around. All of a sudden the rod buckled over and as i was pulling it out of the rod holder it got stuck and the rod went slack. Leaving the bait in the water the rod buckled over again and i had a solid hook up. With 4-5kgs of drag being taken by some short runs we both thought i had hooked up to a kingie maybe in the 70's zone. When i brought the fish to the surface my first reaction was what the f@#& is that ... oh woah its a john dory. Never expected them to fight that hard. Went 34cm which is not too big but was a new species for me so i was quite happy. Good relaxing day out on the water overall.

    the strangest way you have lost a fish!

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    My mate was in forster with a gaff and was in the process of gaffing a 60cm + flatty from the break wall. First time he tried gaffing the fish it was deflected off the underbelly somehow but on the second gaff attempt it went straight through the head. AS the fish was being lifted out of the water it performed some sort of backflip roll off the gaff and fell straight back into the water. The line was cut on the rock during this process and it swam off from the event as though nothing had ever happened.

    Rod and Reel Combo for Kingfish

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    I recently just bought a landbased kingy combo for around sydney. I have the shimano baitrunner d 12000 (i can use this offshore as well for the bigger fish) with 30lb braid for the rats and an additional spool of 60lb braid for the bigger fish. I have a 10ft wilsons fishing rod.

    PB Snapper

    in Catch Brag Board

    Posted

    forgot about this post ... :1prop:

    Had frozen pillies and baby squid on board but came up with a "cocktail" bait that seemed to be catching fish left right and centre.

    It contained 2 squid heads with tentacles and half a pillie. Push the head of one squid onto the hook followed by the half pillie and the second squid head. Theory was that any fish that didnt engulf it straight away but sucked the first squid head off we have to swallow the hook to get to the second squid head. Worked a treat as you can see XD

    Sydney Harbour Kingfish Locations?

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Planning on catching my first kingy this upcoming summer and wondering and the best locations for kingies.

    Have heard of wedding cakes holding kings, sow and pigs holding kings and also have a heard of a place in rose bay called the sticks?

    Any other locations in the harbour and what techniques should be used?

    Will catch a kingfish

    in Adopt a Learner

    Posted

    This summer my goal is to catch a kingfish. Wondering if anyone out there can help me achieve my goal.

    Name: Brayden Rumble

    Location: St Ives

    Tecnique: Any techniques for kings

    Availability: Weekends and tuesday/fridays with 1 week notice

    Preferred location: anywhere basically

    Gear: Shimano Baitrunner D 12000 but only 10ft rod

    Boat: No boat but happy to pitch in for fuel

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