lukeric Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Just joined forum and heres my first report.Fished the fad off Port on Friday arvo with unweighted pillies with no luck, dollies were there but wouldnt touch our bait.Managed to jig up some slimies for live bait but again they would just come and have a look and swim away. Decieded to to go back in to the islands to try for a King, had out a live slimie in berley trail. 20mins later drag starts ripping off as livie gets hit, after about 10 mins fighting a healthy 90cm King is landed.With no other livies left in tank and getting dark decied to head in. I usually fish Kiama area, and have no problems burlying up bait in close, but tried to get some at Port at end of breakwalls etc and couldnt get a thing, could any one recommend any good spots to get bait at Port? Cheers Luke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ophet Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Nice King, but have to agree with CFD, would prefer to use a net where possible. Welcome to the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingsRule Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Nice kingy mate & (does a gaff shot actually affect the eating qualities?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybee Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 Hey Luke Good fish mate. Sorry but I have to agree, not a nice gaff shot there. Cheers Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evets Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 lukeric, Nice king. Bait is really plentiful anywhere near the wharves/jetties around the harbour. Just drop a sabiki jig down to the bottom and jig it a little. I was there on Sunday and caught about 20 yakkas in 30 mins. Evets. Now if I could only find a spot to sqid in the harbour I'd be laughing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankp Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 nice kingie awesome stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeric Posted April 16, 2007 Author Share Posted April 16, 2007 Yeah i know not a good shot, nearly fell over as a both of us were leaning over one side and a wave hit just as i went to gaff him, at least it was landed though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfish Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 yeah luke welcom to fishraider! nice kingy to show off on your 1st post eh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR@ZY OS@M@ Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 nice healthy looking 90cm king,well done mate. i miss fighting those kings up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 very healthy king there mate, ive always had sucess getting yakkas at the breakwalls in close to the rock with soft plastics, plenty of pike and yellowtail in the offing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSHISWET Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Just joined forum and heres my first report.Fished the fad off Port on Friday arvo with unweighted pillies with no luck, dollies were there but wouldnt touch our bait.Managed to jig up some slimies for live bait but again they would just come and have a look and swim away. Decieded to to go back in to the islands to try for a King, had out a live slimie in berley trail. 20mins later drag starts ripping off as livie gets hit, after about 10 mins fighting a healthy 90cm King is landed.With no other livies left in tank and getting dark decied to head in. I usually fish Kiama area, and have no problems burlying up bait in close, but tried to get some at Port at end of breakwalls etc and couldnt get a thing, could any one recommend any good spots to get bait at Port? Cheers Luke to the site mate. top catch there. Dont worry about what the others say, a gaff is a gaff and it is to be used to bring fish into the boat and thats what you did. A fish this size is not worth losing at the expense of getting a pretty boys shot at the fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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