Neil Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 It appears to be the week of first timers, another one here. As I sit in my office thinking about getting out and going fishing I thought I would post my first report. Motivated by reading Fishraiders reports for the past 4 or 5 months I managed to get out yesterday afternoon to check and see if the boat still goes, relax a bit and try a litlle SP'ing for flatties. Put in at Roseville and found one tailor in a bay in in M.H. (Kept for bait - just in case!) Then went round to The Spit/Balmoral. No luck there either too windy. Then after thinhing about some of your reports I thought I would check out North Harbour and try drifting between the boats dragging a strip of tailor and casting a SP, chasing anything. Second cast, flattie. It's now my afternoon became a bit more interesting. As the flattie came up to the back of the boat I saw it was escorted either side by two BIG kingies. (The flattie was around 33 - 35 cm and the kings were 3 times the length, they could have eaten the flattie in one go) I stopped winding and let the flattie sit about a meter under the water and watched for about 30 seconds as the kingies just circled it, they didn't touch it, just harrased it. I put the rod in the holder and grabbed the other rod with the Tailor fillet on it and hung that under their noses, still no result. I then quickley chopped the head of the tailor and put that on the hook but by this time the flattie had escaped and the kings had gone. I frantically went chasing a livie. It took about twenty minutes to catch a yellowtail and then spent another hour looking and livebaiting to no avail, the kings had gone or just weren't interested. (Probably just as well as I think in the middle of all the moorings the fight would have lasted about 5 seconds.) All in all a good afternoon, cleaned out the cobwebs, sat and had a , went home fishless but with a load of motivation to get out there again soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastspinna Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 (edited) cool... at least the waters warmin up.... last year we had a big flatty latch onto whiting we were catchin in the creek...he nailed 3 of our fish but we couldn't hook him... welcome to the site by the way.... never be afraid to ask a question because someone will be more than happy to help you out Edited September 14, 2007 by flathead fanatic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caine Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 that has happened so many times to me. i feel for ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Welcome to this place, hope you enjoy reading all the bits and pieces, I am going out tomorrow morning around the Lion Island area, so look for my report, enjoy..... CheersRay R..(central coast) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightmanager Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 to FR Harbour Bouy , too bad you lost the flatty! I have had kings chase my catch up several times , they do not appear interested in eating it , just giving it a hard time ( and me heart palpitations!). Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolan Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 What a top # 1 report !!!!!!!! Welcome to the Raider Family By the way ....................... it was a great report, but the ending SUCKED! I was sooooooooooo hoping you would have brained one of those Kingys I hope you have more luck with the fish because the next report you write,,,,,,,,,,should end on a better note! ( I bet you would have killed Harry Potter off in the last book if you were writing it) Cheers, Stumpy (Bored, but eagerly waiting for the social ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Welcome and what a great first post...you know how to build the suspense.....good luck for your next outing and I hope the kings come back and snavel one of you baits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElwoodBlues Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Top report and This site will keep you occupied especially while you are at work just remeber ALT + TAB is the quick way to switch between windows when the boss walks in ( I bet you would have killed Harry Potter off in the last book if you were writing it) Cheers, Stumpy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keenist Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 HB, whenever kingies follow a hooked fish up to the boat you can usually entice them to strike by casting baits or lures. Number 1 option is a live squid of strip of squid. If squid is unavailable, the second best option is a lightly weighted, or unweighted soft plastic - such as a sluggo, jerk shad or even a large squidgy wriggler - or a blooping popper, like a halco rooster. Fished erratically near where the kingies just were can turn the lookers into goers.. Tight lines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted September 16, 2007 Author Share Posted September 16, 2007 Thanks for the tip ElwoodBlues, but I am the boss. And to Keenist, thanks for your tip, I had a bucket load of plastics on board. I never even thought about it but I could have saved myself a lot of time tring to catch one live bait. It's tips like this that make joining this site worth while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Mate.. thats awesome... We have caught a few kings whilst plasticing for flatties.. you get a rude shock when a king is peeling 6lb Fireline off your 1000 and all you can see is the backing coming through until all goes quiet as a mooring chain is found.... North Harbour is a good flattie spot. I find that the flatties sit under the boats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted September 17, 2007 Author Share Posted September 17, 2007 Mate.. thats awesome... We have caught a few kings whilst plasticing for flatties.. you get a rude shock when a king is peeling 6lb Fireline off your 1000 and all you can see is the backing coming through until all goes quiet as a mooring chain is found.... North Harbour is a good flattie spot. I find that the flatties sit under the boats. Thank's for the tip Ceph. I wish I had joined the site months ago, everyone seems so helpful. Top report and This site will keep you occupied especially while you are at work just remeber ALT + TAB is the quick way to switch between windows when the boss walks in Thanks for the tip ElwoodBlues, but I am the boss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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