OldMateJon

He just gave me to much satisfaction letting me catch him to kill him! ahh well

Wish i had a friend with me to actually take the straight tail for to head measurement struggled a bit with one hand and camera.. but oh well there you go! Managed to get the pics up

Have been itching for a fish as only got a small sesh in over the weekend. Got up at 5am and headed down to the local to flick some plastics and have a quick spin on the metals before work. Also decided to give a new soft vibe id purchased the night before a run. 2 small snapper off the squidgy pro prawn plastics and nothing from spinning my 18g metals I decided to whack on the soft vibe.. having used them a couple of times before I had a basic understanding of how they work. first cast and a slow retrieve resulted in nothing.. but the second cast I allowed the vibe to flutter to the bottom.. one hop.. two hop and a fast retrieve i feel a bump and then zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... love that beautiful noise. At first i thought it was a rat.. it hit like a freight train and did not stop until I had about a quarter of a spool left! I only realised it wasn't a king when I started to gain line back.. it was a clean fighter.. no dives just side to side and straight runs fairly close to the surface. after about 5 minutes I get my first glimpse.. I had a slightly disappointed feeling at first when for a split second i thought it was another salmon.. then a good look reveals Tailor! I couldnt believe the size of it. The shaking really set it as landing became imminent.. i didnt bring my net down (stupid!).. in one swift swoop I reach down and grab the leader and pull it up and onto land! Only way I can describe myself was ecstatic. Great way to start the day before a long day of work! For those who are wondering I was running 10lb power pro braid and with an illusion 20lb fluoro leader. I will try post pix now but im on my phone and not sure if you can without computer. If not i will when im home Equal 5th on tailor on lures leaderboard too im hoping, came in from tail fork to head at 60cm! P.s He was released to fight another day

Great report Razzell, still waiting for my first king! Reminiscing on that must have got you through that meeting!

Nice catches, was this off the point? or inside the bay? Jon

Read your first post to, wow you have been unlucky mate! Definitely recommend the shift to 10lb braid. Good luck!

Sounds like a great way to spend Valentines day Hooked!

Nice Flatty man. Some beautiful specimens being caught all over the place at the moment it seems!

Great effort and cracker flatty mate! Definitely agree about the dreaded crowds.

Awesome squid mate, nice work on the kings too!

Well done mate, looks like a fantastic effort for the weekend in my books! Can't wait to get back out there! :) Jon

Great report and congrats on the PB! Stinging to get back out for a flick!

Awesome ill be sure to check it out if it isnt to far out of the way. Got so many options with having the boat up there. Wanna get into the monster flatties drifting if i can find some decent spots.

Great catch mate, never considered using bream fillets as bait!

Nice catch mate!

Thanks flickinlures ill check it out. Hi Geshy we've rented out a little cottage in fishing point if you know it?

Hey folks, had the chance to have a quick fish up North. Couldn't get away early due to a rather big one the night before, but wet a line around noon. Threw out a few plastics in the smaller creeks back behind the main bridge and got onto something decently sized which I assume was a chopper as it threw the hook after jumping. No more action there after for about an hour so decided to hit the main channel near the bridge which as I expected was absolutely packed, an hour later and two throw back bream I packed up and prepared for the journey back down to Sydney. Im not familiar with the area and would be interested to hear if anyone else has fished round there recently and what luck they had? Also on the side, heading up to lake macquarie in the coming weeks with the boat, anyone got any pointers on whats biting and general know how of fishing the lake? Look forward to hearing what the raiders have to say and hope my first report was up to scratch! ?

Great read mate! I would have been happy with a rat, having yet to land my first king! Cheers Jon