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Steve, yeah there were a few boats around but still worth a shot. Just be careful where you drop anchor, that is not over someone else's rope. God luck Kurt

Tony, I'd be interested in a trip as well. Cheers Kurt

Great fish there mate, Boat's been the best money spent (& spent and spent) to enjoy the harbour Cheer s Kurt

Yeah Dan, My mate and i were dancing around a bit. Don't mind the tangled lines when theres 2-3 fish on. We could stop laughing (after the fish were boated of course). Felt sorry for you guys being anchor dragged around when the Kingies were on. Thought you handled it pretty well. If it was me would have been pissed. Next time will come over and say hello. See you out there. Cheers Kurt

Thanks everyone for the comments. Dan, we were in the Haines Hunter 570 SF near the drum. Were you the guys behind us who had your anchor dragged by one of the other boats?

Gness, I recently purchased the symmetre 2500 with the raider bream rod and I very happy with it. Use it for squidding and plastics and the action is very smooth. For a bit of fun threw it out last Sunday and ended up on a 60cm Kingy and the combo handled it perfectly, I was amazed at the bend in the rod. best combo I've purchased so far. Cheers Kurt

This is my first post since recently joining, so hope its not to long. Headed off late (8am) from Roseville with a hangover (our girlfriends not happy being woken up either). Went to the Spit to try and catch a squid, have been trying a few times with no luck. This time my mate catches a nice size Southern and we were feeling good. Tried for a few more with no luck, so head over to Cobbity Beach for a try. Only stayed for 5 -10 mins with no luck and decided to head off to Wedding Cakes to try for some yakka’s. At that time of the morning the old fella’s are out in all their glory and we couldn’t take it anymore. Around 10.30 am by this stage and no yakka’s to be found. Confidence started to drop. Strange that when we catch yakka’s, we can’t catch a squid. Catch a squid and we can’t catch yakka’s. My mate says lets go over to Clifton Gardens and try for Kingies. I wanted to go out to Bluefish Point and try there. Decided to go to Clifton and try first, so we head over and drop a line. Ten minutes later with 2 rods out the back and us stuffing around at the front of the boat we hear zzzzzrrrrr. We haven’t caught a decent harbour king for a while so we are both jumping over each other to get to the rod. My mate was on with the live squid. A just legal King. Now I was excited and rig up another rod. While rigging up my rod goes off and I’m onto a decent fight and a 65cm King. It was like this for the next few hours. At one stage I had a double hook up with 3 kingies still at the back of the boat flopping around. I think the key was the 1 squid we caught which turned the others on. At the end I was fishing on 4lb braid with 6lb leader on a 2500 shimano symmetre and 3-5kg raider rod. Can't beat the zzzzzr of the reel and the 10 minute fight. By the end we had bagged out at 10 Kingies and decided to call it a day. After a drought last year, this was the best day fishing yet and the look on everyone's face when we came home with the esky full was priceless. Doubly sweet after all the ribbing we were getting after fishless outings. Not superstitious but hopefully we have broken the drought Cheers Kurt

Know how you feel manama, Bought a boat with a mate last year with very little fish caught. The laughs and smarmy comments from eveyone gets on your nerves after a while. Even went out with a charter guide in the harbour caught zip. But all is forgotten after last Sunday when we went to Clifton and bagged out at 10 kingies. At one stage we had a double hook up and 3 kingies at the back of the boat flopping around. I think the key was the 1 squid we caught which turned the others on. Best day fishing yet and the look on everyone's face when we came home with the esky full was priceless. Not superstitious but hopefully we have brocken the drought. Mate, just keep at it and soon enough you'll have a day that will make it all worthwhile. Also I agree with Davo's suggestion about going lighter. At the end I was fishing on 4lb braid with 6lb leader on a 2500 shimano symmetre and 3-5kg raider rod. Can't beat the zzzzzr of the reel and the 10 minute fight. Cheers Kurt

[Congrats Hookem,' I'm new to Kingies also and caught/boated my first a little while a go. I'm also addicted now.

Sounds like a god day out with a feed and some crabs at the end. Hopefully you'll hook up next time. Wonder what the brown slime was?

Top going Kingsrule, 23 hookups in a session. They're good days.

Great report, Sorry to hear about the rod. Never seen a porcupine fish but it sounds like they're pretty tough. The four squid was a good effort.

Great report Kelvin, It must be a rush knowing you'll hook up and getting ready for the oncoming fight. I'm going to start looking into cheap flights to WA. Which charter did you go wth? Cheers Kurt

Thanks Sharky, Got the Geoff wilson DVD. Have to practice. Am I right in tying to the main line or do I tie to a leader. Cheers

Kelvin, Another great report. You are the kingy king. I'm in the office and now all I can think about are Kings. Who did you go out with as I'm looking at going out with a guide to get some help and advice. Cheers Kurt

Thanks R_Zee Is there an easier way to change lures than having to tie onto the main line everytime? It's frustrating when I have to steer the boat and change lures while my mate gets to have fun out the back when the surface is chopping up. Thanks Kurt

Kelvin, Do you use a snap swivel to the lure?

Fella's, I'm also new to the site and would be keen for an organised night. Cheers Kurt

Good Work and great report. Just joined the site and learning how to squid (with no luck so far) at the moment. You report motivates me even more to keep going at it. Hope you son was OK. Think the fish fairy came and rewarded him for the tooth.. Cheers Kurt