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Went out both days.On Friday I landed two rats and and was blown away down deep by a bruiser.My 25lb leader had no chance. Today was excellent.Both days I saw very big fish.Today I landed an 82cm and a 78 cm king on fly. The bigger king went back and I kept the smaller one.The pic is of the smaller king. Mark
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The schools are variable and weather/tide dependent
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I return all salmon to swim away.I keep the odd kingie only. Mark.
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Good salmon action in Sydney in the last few a days on fly.During the recent wild weather I'd be hooked up in close with a 4m wave on my tail! it's good that weather has abated. Plenty of hook ups on fly and some of the sambos are around 70cm and fat. I also hooked up a good king on16lb salmon leader-no chance. Mark
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Dan, Once you get the hang of it,it's as easy as jigging or downrigging-and very productive.And you are always doing something.It's not what I'd call static fishing! Mark
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I think it works due to the bend in the 'long wand' and the reel at the end of the rod,rather than 1 ft away from the end. Mark
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Went out today and found good schools of cooperative salmon-boated a few on fly. Mark
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You Dont Need To Head Out Wide To Catch Kings
mgj replied to Piss'n'Broke's topic in Fishing Reports
Dan, I've been getting a few salmon lately, and a couple of kings in the harbour of late.The kings are there as you have demonstrated (and the sounder goes berserk at times)-but getting them to bite is another story! I fool them with the fly on occasion. Mark -
You Dont Need To Head Out Wide To Catch Kings
mgj replied to Piss'n'Broke's topic in Fishing Reports
Well done-I've fished next to Dan and Greg on occasion with the fly,and I am always impressed with their results.They always do well. Mark -
Went out on 30/6 and 2/7 and found some very nervous schools of salmon.I do not know why-they haven't seen a boat/fly/or lure for 8 months! I hooked up a few on fly both days,rewarding because as usual they are hard to catch. Mark
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Rob, Thanks,I'll take that advice onboard. Luke, Unfortunately no video-but a video of those big queenies;GTs smashing the poppers;flies would have been good. Regards, Mark
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I have caught Black Bass in PNG-I had a world record,as the category had just begun,and I got a big one to the boat on fly ;landed it only to find I had 30lb leader on-all WRs on fly are only allowed 20lb leader! I got another big one later in the week to the boat on 20lb-and lost it-these are the breaks. I've tried to upload the pic of the big one I landed but it has too many bytes. I'll try again. Cheers Mark
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Finally hooked up on fly.
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Here are some of the GTs;Fingermark and Spaniards.They came around the boats repeatedly and could be caught on fly;jigs;lures etc. Mark
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Just got back after spending two weeks on a mothership which had 2 jet dories.We went between Kunnunara and Broome. We went to 'secret' reefs 40 miles offshore,and inshore.I used mainly fly and landed GTs;Spaniards;Queenies and enormous Fingermark-those things pull like Black Bass! I also used the jig on occasion-the takes were electric. Mark
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Great to see you guys handle those kings.I hooked up a few and landed an 80cm king and a smaller one-and lost 4 big ones,all on fly.One of those was at the boat.If I had known what was going to happen,I would have brought the big flygear and used 60lb leader instead of 25lb.It all bodes well for the future. Cheers Mark.
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The last couple of days in the Harbour have been unprecedented-I've never seen kings of such size.Today I caught an 80cm and a 67cm king on fly.I had a metre job to the boat,and lost it at the net.I also lost 3 more big kings down deep-one of which nearly fractured my hand as I tried to stop it by palming the flyreel. Great sessions! I can't upload the pics as my camera uses too many bytes-I'll go back to my old camera in future.I was using 25lb leader-I needed 60lb on those fish! Cheers Mark
