Syd Harbour 21/9/06

[Penguin]

Fished the harbour with my mate George on Thurs,

Set off from Rose Bay ramp at 6am,went to Balmoral for some

livies,got 3 yakkas 1 was a nice small size and the other 2 were

monsters,no squid about not even at Middle Head very dissapointing.

Trolled out thru the heads and went north past Bluefish pt and back

for zilch.Zillions of birds were sitting on the water between the heads,

but there were was no surface action of any kind,no sambos.

Went to Clifton burleyed up and got into some Trevs(5),Flatties(2),

Flounder(3)and 1 Tailor.I hooked a XOS Tailor on the small livey I

had put out only to be bitten off inches from the landing net.Things

went slow after a while and the wind was getting anoying so we

moved up into middle harbour tried a few spots for some pesky

snapper that ranged in size between 9-28cm.Motored into Bantry

bay set out one of my biggish yakkas under a float and proceeded

to fish with some peeled prawns on my other rod,5mins into it my

float goes under and the drag starts to scream,I lose about 50mtrs

of line and as soon as I tighten the drag and strike,nothing,and my

float comes back up to the surface,I wait awhile then reel in my yakka,

its dead but there are no teeth marks or much damage to it,only

damage was to the upper and lower fins that looked torn.I set the

last yaka up the same way only he was bigger again so I didnt think

anything would touch it.10 mins and 2 Bream later,whack there goes

the drag and float again,this time I let it run and it takes about 80mtrs

and stops,I give the reel a couple of turns and the fish is off again,

I tighten the drag just a little and then nothing,AAAAAAAAGH,I scream

out and some people come out of some of the moored boats there

to see whats goin on.I pull in my float but theres no yak on it,gone.

We stayed there another 30mins for 2 more Bream and a small

Snapper caught right at the end when I thought I'd give a sp a try,

was my 1st capture using sp's(3in Bass Minnow).That was it for

the day.

penguin

[netic]

Good report Penguin, Bad luck on the missed fish

Must of been some kings

[R_Zee]

good fish... unfortunately u couldnt land the bigger stuff.

wats ur guess?

kingies?

[Penguin]

good fish... unfortunately u couldnt land the bigger stuff.

wats ur guess?

kingies?

Not sure mate,I'd like to think so,that 2nd yakka I lost

was around the 30cm mark,and the one before that was

a couple of cm's shy of that,and they were very fat,

most Kings I have caught (50-80cm's)I think would

have problems getting yakkas that big down their gobs.

Who knows.

penguin

[abiasin]

spewing about the lost fish mate but it looks like a good feed was rounded up in the end.

my guess is decent sized kingies.

cheers.

[Flattieman]

Nice bag of fish, mate! - Despite the losses . Cobia are always options - they've got bigger mouths than kingies too... but they're fairly scarce.

Flattieman.

Edited September 22, 2006 by Flattieman

[James]

good stuff on what you got mate.

your theory on a 50- 80cm king being unable to take a 30 cm yakka is most definately wrong.

at the western wedding cake last year i was catching endless amounts of undersize kings on 30cm yakkas it was truly hard to believe the fish were lass than half the size of the bait.

i reckon you were losing kings today

sorry to hear that

[Guest IFishSick.]

Great looking bag of Trev's and Flatties great work.

[reefa]

Great report .Thats a great catch from the harbour.Those two runs you had might have been jews,just a thought??????

[James]

Great report .Thats a great catch from the harbour.Those two runs you had might have been jews,just a thought??????

doubt it.

jews rarely feed on the surface you would have maybe allowed it for an option after the first but two i very much doubt it.

would most probably been a pelagic schooling fish causing the havoc

[Penguin]

good stuff on what you got mate.

your theory on a 50- 80cm king being unable to take a 30 cm yakka is most definately wrong.

at the western wedding cake last year i was catching endless amounts of undersize kings on 30cm yakkas it was truly hard to believe the fish were lass than half the size of the bait.

i reckon you were losing kings today

sorry to hear that

Thanks for that input,I was hoping to hear if anyone indeed had any

experiance with Harbour Kings taking large yakkas.I dont normaly

target em this way,I usualy get em on largish peeled prawns.

penguin

[reefa]

in response James theory that jew do not feed on the surface, I have read a few stories with pro fishos talking about jew slamming into baitfish late at night.