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    New on the yak

    in Kayaks and Paddling

    Posted

    Hey champ, you won't look back. Just tie your shit down, haha i just had to buy another net :(

    I fish port kembla alot and the plastics do well. Just find a spot with a flat sandy buttom and bounce a plastic along the bottom for a flattie and work from there. Flatties are a nice simply starting point. Somewhere like grays point in the hacking is a nice spot to start

    Port kembla kayaking

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Ive got a formable plastic product that i plan to use to completely fill the sounder, but the other two are harder to fix... just the downfalls of having a bottom line yak. Still love it though. I plan to work on it, ill let you know how i go

    Port kembla kayaking

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Hi all,

    Like clockwork i went down south again on Tuesday (sorry, delayed report). I want to try elsewhere, bit i cant resist this place especially now that im getting to know it well.

    Anyway down on sunrise (damn non-daylight saving) and got a 10 livies, im reeling in the next one, and it's panicking, alot... next minute the bait jig loads up and takes off before snapping. So im happy to know somethings feeding and throw out a livie. 3 mysteriously vanish before i hook up to a 50cm salmon.

    Another yakka goes out whilst i replenish my livie stocks, and it snags the bottom. Balls i say, i try to get the rig back, and as i pull, the "bottom" moves ever so slightly. There were a few seconds of hope before i grimmly realised what it hooked. 15 long minutes later ive got the meter long wobby to the surface. Hooked in the lip, i cut it free as i didn't want it on the yak....

    Moved into the swell and got wet with a 1.4m swell and 15knt chop. Persisted and got what i wanted. The baitrunner took off, and led to a solid fight. 10min in, this king simply decided it had had enough and took its 3rd and final run at the wall. I could only watch and repeatedly say "no no no" until it went ping... took me at the top of my 5m leader, it was very much the pb that got away

    Rerigged outside, less than ideal and im glad i don't get seasick, let's just say that. Im ballsing around with the livie rig and the squid strip comes alive. A nice fight on 10lb and ive landed a nice, all be it a skinny, 75cm kingie. "DINNER" i say, as the damn thing 'free willys' out of the yak. "Not dinner" i say in a sadder tone.

    Headed in and buggered around a little longer with nice fish being around, but nothing landed except a 55cm tailor. Wind got to much and i called it quits.

    Good day out despite conditions, and that dinner got away. But ive never seen bait in that sort of volume before. Massive schools outside... and ive once again confirmed that my $500 ebay battle tank is less than water proof in such conditions. I pulled 5 litres of water out of it at the ramp, might need to work on that...

    Cheers for the read guys, enjoy your day

    Middle Harbour - day of firsts

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Good read, and a good day out.

    I took the yak down south today, but I keep eyeing off middle harbor, i just don't have a clue what's where. Hit me up if you want to take me for a tour, or if you want a crash course in port kembla. Always keen to have company

    1m King vs 1m jew

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    I think it also comes down to where you fish.

    The prestige of a 1m kingie is diminished by the ability of a boatie to jig up 3 in a day by being at the right reef on the right day. But to a lb'ed angler a 1m king is another class of fish.

    However after chasing both (and not getting to 1m..... yet) the jew would have be held as the higher achievement, but the kingie would be the more enjoyable fight. My 2c

    1m fish for all!!!!

    Cheers

    Circle hooks for jews

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Cheers guys. I went out today and continued to do what ive done, plus sizing hooks up to bait as mentioned above.

    I have 4/0 and 7/0's, and had no time to buy anything in between. I can't for the life of me see a 4/0 in a live yakka, i just see it getting lost in the bait... so i kept with the 7/0's. Todays score card, perfect hook set on a bonnie, perfect hook set on a kingie, missed hook set on a jewie! Ahhh! :( it was my fault though, i did switch the bait runner over and effectively striked the hook it off the fish... did manage a smaller 60cm fish on a snelled 4/0 rig with squid. Sooo i see no pattern other than size, but a 4/0 in a yakka...? Maybe if i bridle rig them. Dunno or maybe i just run the risk of killing a few with j-hooks

    Cheers guys

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