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    Kayak meets

    in Kayaks and Paddling

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    Rod, your PA weighs more than i do, so ill favor any site where wheels can be used.  Im not to fussed about sharks but there is only so much i can hear about my impending doom before i have to surrender. To a shark what's the differencebetween the island and the breakwall... nothing :)

    Im keen for port or the island, just got to ask what are we trying for off the island and can we get livies? Lungfai, you joining? Anyone else?

    Cheers

    Kayak meets

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    Posted

    Sorry man, im keen to go when ever but i got to admit beach launches are going to be wet in my kayak lmao. I went out to the island to the NE of the port entrance on sunday.  I got out there and a bloke in a boat kept talking about sharks and my imminent death so i lost my nerve and went back to port...

    Kayak meets

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    Hi all, ive got my eye on this Sunday.  Weather looks cloudy but otherwise good.  Anyone keen? Likely to head south to play with the kings that have been consistent down there of late.  Let me know if you're keen

    First serious attempt since injury

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    The drag-ability (for lack of a better word) of a kayak doesn't really increase your drag or power, but it instead reduces the net power of the fish (in most situations) it's an advantage until the bastards head for structure.... >:( 

    But yes i will forever keep my sea anchor with me from now on, just incase that list marlin takes the squid off the top water next time ahahah

    Wollemi National Park Fishing Suggestions

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    I know dunns swamp and used to go as a kid when they stocked it.  I don't think they stock it these days, but there are a few fish left in there even if they aren't breeding. Visited for nostalgia in april and got a nice yella and a baby cod (that would suggest they either are horribly stunted or they are actually beeding...) both land based.  So theyre sparse but they're there

    First serious attempt since injury

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    No idea how far i would have gone but at the point a pass the islands im cutting the line and choosing life haha.

    I had it pretty much as tight as i can run it without causing things to fail.  In the kayak you get dragged along which almost acts as a second drag system (the force goes somewhere other than straight on the line) so it's hard to tell at times. Im running a 4000 stradic if that helps?

    Rudder upgrades

    in Kayaks and Paddling

    Posted

    Hi all,

    Anyone that has listened to my crap knows ive done aloooot of work on my ebay kayak to make it more practical and user friendly. And im now considering upgrading the rudder. Currently it's your standard cheap 4m yak rudder that you see on all ebay/tackle store kayaks.

    Im looking at a bigger blade, and the suing the material from the old blade to craft a new raising mechanism to cope with the extra wieght. Just wondering if anyone (most likely hobie owners) have upgraded to a bigger rudder, and if they thought it was worth it. Im trying to work out if it will give improved turning power or if it will just cause drag. And i guess at what size (horizontal depth/width) do you transition from turning power to drag.

    Cheers guys. 

    First serious attempt since injury

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Cheers guys, and yes Lungfai ive relieved you of the curse. You're welcome i guess? Haha

    It was petty cool but obviously it's not uncommon to find them top-water. Ive heard reports from blokes down south of nice kings around the wall, alongside the standard rats. Hopefully next weekend is decent and i can give it another shot. 

    First serious attempt since injury

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Hi all,

    Took the kayak out to port kembla last friday for my first serious go at the kings since injuring my hand. Note from this point on, this report is a tutorial in how not to catch kingies. 

    Got on the water at sun up, out to the end of the wall for livies.  Lost my bait jig straight away so resorted to a squid i had.  Strips out and instant hit. It spat the hook but was a salmon for sure. Then the wind picked up from the west (more than forecast) and i was pushed out to sea. Paddled around and had no luck, the westerly was inescapable so i decided to retire back to the ramp, but as i rounded the break wall the 10lb set up starts screaming. Im like "yer kingie". Anyway this thing is stripping line like any good king and going straight east. Im now powered by wind and fish with land becoming a distant memory. I throw out my new sea anchor to reduce the drift (thank f#$@ing #@$@ for its existence). But now i realise that the fish has taken my 2nd line with it. Balls.... so i endeavor to man both rods and begin the untangle whilst the fish is headed to NZ. The second line, somehow, was half hitched around the 10 lb. I managed to get the half hitch down the rod, over the reel but got it stuck on the rod leash. It was out of the road so i left it there. According to the gopro recording it was 20 minutes before i got my first look at my fish as it surfaced 50m out from the yak. Big and lightly colored, and i thought maybe giant jew by the look of its mouth (i know, i know wishful thinking). Back off it went....

    Meanwhile im scooting along at 2km/h to the east and go straight over the biggest bait school ive seen on the sounder in a while. And with in it, biiiig arches, like the sort of fish you're out there for. And then, then i remember the 2nd line is still out, and that the 30lb braid with a big squid head on it is tied to the road leash, which is tied to the yak and the 10lb rod im holding. Odear.... so i endeavor to cut the leash to release the 30lb just in case. *cut* i look down to see the leash half cut and the 30lb gone. Enter swear words here. At least some behemoth fish wouldn't sink me. 

    At the 30 minute mark i had the fish down to the leader, and lapping the kayak. I ID it, s#!$.... hammerhead shark about 2.5m long. Yer that wishful ID was about as far from accurate as you could get.  I spent 5 minutes trying to cut the leader below the swivel, but when it started to dive i locked the gear and let it take the 8 meters of leader. Goodbye. At this point in buggered and depressed. I look at the breakwall, now 1.5km away, and as i think "this sucks" the wind kicks up to about 15kn. I quickly pull the reels and sounder apart and protect then in the hull and begin the long paddle home. 1.5km into the wind and chop, 1km across it.  Needless to say i was wet and bloody drained when i got to the ramp. 

    All in all, why did a big, useless (cool but useless) fish such as a hammer head take a squid strip being trolled in the top of the water collumn on the lighter set up of the two! Why! Sigh, always next time.  In hindsight it went in a straight line for to long to be a king, but it had speed unlike any shark ive hooked before.  It makes for a good story though haha. Thank goodness for the sea anchor i bought the day before. 

     

    Cheers for the read, hopefully ive got a more kingfish relayed tale next time. 

    Kayak meets

    in Kayaks and Paddling

    Posted

    I was down at port on sunday, few kings were caught, i got busted by a few. One was a decent size fish, the others were just enthusiastic. Keen to try and get out to the islands but need company/epirb thingy? Dunno. Im keen on a meet?

    Im back in the game!

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Hi all, 

    Im back! After hacking a tendon in my hand and spending 10 weeks in a splint following surgery, im allowed to fish again! :) So what happening, where's fishing, are there kingies about?

    A more structured question id like to ask is about drifting for flaties in open water.  I went south for the first time since my surgery and played with some kings (busted off by all) and there were some blokes drifting in open water (15-18m) chasing flaties.  Ive never had much luck doing it, and am just wondering what the general technique is? Plastics, jigs etc...

    Cheers

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