Yabbiehunter

Did you use the Gaff to land that beast?

thanks for the info, Very informative, i have been having GREAT success with the smaller Cuttles they get smashed by kings have not targeted the larger ones though, seeing this one in the shallows chase my yo zuri was a awesome sight. also top pic there on you cuttle, now i wish i did not throw mine back

What would you be trying to catch with a bait that big???? Loch Ness?

When you say it like that it makes a lot of sence, oh well i guess if it is not fresh i guess it would not be as affective, i will post some photos of the ink in the boat as soon as the weather clears up a littlebit

LOL yeah he is a regular on my boat, i dont like to post pics of myself so i post pics of celebrities instead

i offered it to a few people back @ the rosebay but it was pissing down rain when i came back in, nooone wanted it. oh well bad luck i guess

Was going to strip it up when my supply of live squid died but with the rain getting closer i decided to call it a day, i think it would have been a good bait though

Hey all just a quick harbour post, as you have read a lot of people did well today on the Harbour today, myself included and i wont bore you with the usual fishing stories......landed a few kings + Legal Snapper,but what i did want to share with you was this Nice Cuttlefish i got whilst squidding, needles to say he was a real heavy fellow, and lets just say that the whole boat is now BLACK with ink, cuttle ink. Not happy @ all. Would any1 know if a cuttle of this size is a good bait? i just threw this one back Enjoy YH

Wow not bad @ all, Where were these fish caught? and what were they caught on?? top effort though well done

Hi Raiders its 1am Wed here and i just had the urge to go fish, so i went down to Woodville Rd Guildford and scored myself some bait................at this time of night in the middle of the week, i got some pillies, squid and live nippers also he has a mobile # for 24 hr service incase the shop is shut..........bloody brilliant if you ask me. i am not to sure if any/many other places offer this service, Good to know there is place where we can score bait when the fishing urge hits us (Even in the abnormal hours like now hehe)

Where the hell are all these mackeral, i ran out of lives today and some mackeral would have been ACE kingies bait

Mate i might see you out there, i just got the green light from the boss to go out tomorrow. hope the kings are on the chew

looks liike lucky i didnt go out today... how were the squid? easier to get than in the last few days?

Kings LOVE slimies, but they seem to be a menace to baits when they are around, once you find 1.....you find a thousand, the worst part about slimies is when you hook them up and they swim in circles and tangle your other rods gives me d sheets......but for me. NOTHING outfishes a cuttlefish for a king... MAGIC bait

Champ the Yellow marker always holds kings, but lately they have been on the chew there early in the moring.

Good luck, let us know how you go, i did ok inside rose bay the other day, but the squid have been hard to get because of the recent rains, Cheers

Netic how did you go this weekend with the kings?

Thats 1 nice fish Well done

No downrigger for yesterday....saying that i got a scotty1050 installed but i dont use it much, i drifted with a small sinker just to let the bait sink, i have been trying to fish as light as possible when it comes to bait small or no sinker depending on where i fish, for the downrigger i have been having success @ the BLACK marker near the heads also in the morning @ the yellow marker seems good may i ask, what bait where you using? i wish you luck Cheers

Nah mate i dont eat fish............ ill fish everyday of my life if i could but i just dont eat them Cheers How did you go today? getting the right bait was a killer today, you didnt do any good? it was such a negative day, im so glad it turned out the way it did cheers, cant wait till Wed to hit it again

Hi all Headed out today to try my luck and get into some kings today, was a bit worried with all the news on the swell and so on and the weather report of showers, but decided to give it a go. so picked up my mate mick and headed down to Rose Bay, was greeted by rain and im my zombie state in the morning i left the prawns and pillies @ home so things were not looking the best and with the recent rains i knew squid were going to be a challenge but we persisted. went to my neverfail squid spot things looked bad......murky water squiding was slow, after multiple spots and a lot of time (2.5 hrs) we ended up with about 8 squid and 3 cuttles, not the best but still better than nothing...which is what i had for bait anyways. so drove around and sat @ the yellow marker, dropped a live cuttle placed the rod in the holder and tied the next rig....before i could tie the twin hook the other rod buckled over and we were on to a nice king after a nice little fight and some enjoyment things turn sour, when Mr King decides he like the look of our anchor rope moved again later to the wedding cake for ZERO then over to clifton for the same went for a drift near the entrance to Rose Bay saw another boat there cleaning a king overside that could not have been more than 50cm, just shook my head and wondered where the maritime where, went for a drift around there 4 Zero again, so i gave up on the kings and decided to try for some whiting near the shallows of rose bay, so setup for a drift between the boats mind you we were about 200m away from the boat ramp lot of small pinkies but nothing, Then my day changes, 1 of the last few remaining squid was already rigged so i threw it out behind the boat and to my surprise the rod buckles over and we are on. a nice fight with the fishing going straight down tells me this is a nice fish after a decent fight with the fish screaming of my 4kg drag i land this nice king of 77cm, Very impressed and shocked as at that time of day i was not fishing for kings BUT!!! ill take them anyway they come, after that tried for a few more drifts for nothing, called it a day and went home about 12pm, all in all 1 king 2 bustoffs but a good day, conditions were good on the water and i think the weather reports kept some people away. p.s the reason i tried dropping a whole squid near the moored boat is because 2 weeks ago i saw a king on low tide swimming 1M away from the boat ramp !!!!!!, you can see in the photo how close we were to the boats (No secret spots here hehe) Cheers YH

Cheers, Ill try my luck as soon as SHIMANO give me a reply

Thats a feed and a half, how were they caught? downrigging? drifting? either way top top catch, nice to see quality fish like that in the harbour.

Hi all i have a Stella Ar1000 which i use for squidjing, softplastics and bream fishing. after last outing it just would not wind as smooth as it normally would, i have just taken the reel to complete angler and they informed that SHIMANO may not service this reel as it is a overseas model. IF this is the case does any1 know where i may be able to take this reel to be repaired? i mean if shimano themselves reject me i dont see many other avenues. Any help would be appreciated Cheers YH

i got the shark bomb and to be honest i think they are a heap of shit!!!! next time ill be getting the normal bomb total waste of money.... you get the same hits on thr normal bomb