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G,day Ceph they were certainly around yesterday i got smoked on 50lb braid ,got me on the bottom 50lb flurocarbon gave way. It was a big fish i might have to switch to 100lb

Nice fish there Zenman , it,s a nice place Fiji, what island did you stay on , did you try cava ,there allways smiling there. bulla. Guy

G,day fellow fishraiders thought it was about time i put a quick post up. Bugged the all day yesterday to head out for a scenic cruise / swim in our beautiful harbour. plan was to get a couple of hours fishing in sunday arvo Mrs gathered some gear together ,food , drink, towels , ect whilst i screwed the down rigger on and grabed a rod Got to tunks around 4ish to find it still fairly busy mainly boats leaving. Headed straight to balmoral and picked up 2 squid within 10 mins. cruised over to clifton to find at least 8 other boats all anchored. headed pretty quick over to yellow marker , thats when the mrs asked me to slow it down as we were bouncing around a bit (plan was working) I backed off to idle grabed 1 of the squid from the tank and it was in the water in a heartbeat. within 2 minutes the 6500 was screaming and the tug of war was on, this fish was going hard taking lots of line, i gave the drag a few clicks to slow it down to no avail , then ping line goes slack quickly rigged up and got the other squid in as fast as i could , as soon as it hit the water i was on again and this one was not getting away, quick fight and a nice king was on the deck and coming home for dinner. Had no more bait so went for a quick swim and kicked back for an hour. Then headed home. All in all a lovely afternoon on the harbour.

Grab the herring jigs from any major shopping outlet $2.99 , youll be pulling in 3 at a time. 2 easy though the jigs dont last to long. Cheers

Josh for starters i reckon the squid around the usual spots (spit bridge ect ) have gone off (bigtime), this time last year i was alone pulling minimum 12 every outing , im not sure why its so hard now, wether its (fished out) from all the boats that gather there now , or all the rain we have had over the last few months has put them off , who knows (maybe the bomb steve dropped might have killed em all ) lol (What do other raiders think) You can get nice big southern calamari around the rocky shore over near balmoral near were the yakas are, though it can get pretty rough and very snagy and you may lose a few jigs. As for the kings i have been getting a couple or more most outings , but nothing like this time last year ,they have been a lot harder as well, why im not sure. Im sure other raiders may have been cleaning up. (maybe them raiders can inlighten us) anyway mate keep going at it as you will only get better cheers Guy

I purshased a 60ltr through ebay brand new for $15 from a lady at Blacktown. She has plenty of them as her husband brings them home from work. I will look for the phone number and post it up , or pm it (iff i find it) Cheers Guy

Well done mate good 2 see you and the young fella getting a few as usual Go the peeled prawns might sleep in next time , give the squiding a miss , and grab some servo prawns instead.

Nice fish , thumper size well done to the little bloke.

Well done. thats a sampson allright , they go pretty hard to , i allways think i got a rat king on when i hook a sampson , been getting a few around the markers latley. Good work better luck on the king next time.

Nice king there mate. good work

Yeah sure looked like top conditions to be out on the water today. petty you never landed that squid , you could of turned it into a couple a kings around shark island. Im sure you will next time though. practice makes perfect (with a little luck thrown in)

WOW Top fish there Rob, bet he put up a hell of a fight. well done

Congrats on your first king fish , they go hard dont they even at 60cm. im sure you will land plenty more. good work

Good to see your getting a few Ceph has been quieter than usual at this time if year. nice to see the little bloke braining the squid. good work

Nice king there mate. good to see fellas like yourself landing them off the rocks. Im sure theres plenty more to come well done p.s not much keeps up with the dato 1600 fj20t , sr20t,s had a couple myself.

na man was that u that downrigged my anchor rope ? and nearly chomped my anchor rope on ya prop? mmm can u get any closer??? at the wedding cakes? Yeah man that was me that downrigged your anchor rope at the wedding cake. I could have gone a lot closer by going between you and the cake , but thought id do the right thing and stay on your outside. P.S i didnt realize you had let out far to much rope. better luck next time on the kings , maybe you should try downrigging.

Nice squid there mate . I was also out today landed 3 kings biggest being 76cm lost 3 also. ran out of live squid. then downrigged yakas and squid strips around every marker in the harbour till 11 oclock with not 1 single hit. p.s was that you Shadda at the yellow marker with your mate.

Thats one healthy (chunky ) looking king there mate. Exelent work

check this out , way to easy . Cheers and good luck.

Sure was a nice flatty mate. good to see you set her free

Nice thumper bream there mate . well done

Tunks 4am maybe 3 Since the squid have been so much harder to catch i might as well head out now

Good work on the kings as usual fellas. I was also out today landed 4 kings by 7am all legal. best wind , water, conditions i have seen. what a top day. see u out there Sunday All the best to your 4 legged deckie basil:biggrin2: Guy

Sounds like a top day good work on the light gear fella,s