maltesefishman Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 going to go to Clifton wharf on Tuesday in search of those kingies can any1 help me in what sort of gear i will need eg bait and rigs to tackle them any help will be a big help thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piss'n'Broke Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Hey Mate Welcome to raider! I dont fish clifton wharf, but one of the members,,,, KINGSRULE does. Drop him a PM if I were you, and he should be able to help you out Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maltesefishman Posted January 13, 2007 Author Share Posted January 13, 2007 yer thats a good i dea he seems to know what his talkin about ay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piss'n'Broke Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Yup he sure does. He is landbased mainly at Balmoral and Clifton so he will be able to give you the low down on whats going on at clifton. He is a top bloke an regularly fishes with my brother on our boat when I cant make it due to work. An he always seems to get something Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maltesefishman Posted January 13, 2007 Author Share Posted January 13, 2007 ok yer ill give him a pm later on soounds lyk he will be a big help thanks 4 that mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlin_dc Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Clifton is a great place to fish. When I was still in Sydney doing my degree I was there several times a wk when the Kings are about. You would probably see quite a few blokes there with fairly heavy gear and heavy sinkers. and that was what I used whn I first started there. Unfortunately my catch rate wasn't all that great then. Then I started using much lighter gear and my hit rates soared. I used to simply use my bream gear with 10lb leaders, a pea size running sinker and a size 2 hook. By simply cubing with pillies, I have hooked up bream, snapper, flatties, trevors, bonitos, watson bonitos, jewies and kings. No doubt you burst up a fair bit but trust me mate, you hook up heaps more than any one else on that wharf. A decent tight drag is a must with huge confidence in you gear. The minute the king hits and start running towards the pillions you will know what I am talking about. We had a method of getting those kings away from teh pillions but that a whole different ball game. You lose some and you win some. Burley is a must but never feed the fish. There will be times where you can see teh bonnies and kings follow your trail up. Exciting stuff. regards Darryl Ps: Bring / construct a long handed landing net if you wanna land fish regularly there. Lost too many just by being stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifisho Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Couldnt agree more with the light gear. I reckon the fish are massively fussy down there, and I have seen them turn their nose up at baits on heavy lines. So use as little weight as you can get away with, and cosider using a longer rod so you can try to hold them out of the wharf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloosh Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Hey Daryl , Long time no see dude! frikin miss the good old days fishing with ya. Peeps, using light gear as Daryl's saying is 1000% right. Take it from me..lol. I used to go with Daryl and Mario all the time, and it would make me burnnnnnnn when theyd hook up with their light trace and me, going all out habib style, with the 15-20lb trace thinking i'll get the kingies - it honestly didnt work. The lighter the trace, the more hits you get! It took me a few times watching em hook up till i finally broke my pride/ignorace and tested it out...and it worked... Although the light gear sets you back more dosh, the investment is truly worth it. Even though you might lose more, you definitely get way more hook ups- and in the end, it really is about the adrenalin rush of the screaming reel *drool*. Ps: Bring / construct a long handed landing net if you wanna land fish regularly there. Lost too many just by being stupid.i was waiting for you to say "i lost too many coz i let ali use the landing net" Wish i was back at uni, when i spent more time at cliftons then class... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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