houmous2001 Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Hi Raiders, Went out this morning with the intentions of chasing salmon or bream on sp's first stop we headed out to north head and found it a lil too quiet for our liking so we headed back in the harbour and decided to hit up some bream on light gear. Within minutes we were onto trevs and more trevs and the odd bream in between on the berkly gulp alive sandworms in camo..... decided to move on to a new spot ... spot XYZ and try get that big bream we wanted. A few casts and still nothing then on my 1-3kg lumis bream outfit and my daiwa sol 2000 BANG!!!!!!!!!!! and ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ what a hit .. i called salmon at first but within seconds i was screaming KING KING quick put the boat in gear and chase .... After a long long long and i mean long tussle and chasing this monster and a few heart wrenching moments when he dove deep i finally landed this unexpected visitor ... Must say the best fight i have ever had on my DAIWA TD Sol 2000 what a lil gem of a reel .... Hi fives all around and the rest of the day was wasted with just flatheads and taylor .... Here is a pic of the King just before i released it ... without a scale my guess was 8kg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frizzy Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 WOW!! What a thumper on such light gear!! Congrats on landing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigg Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Niiiiiiiice king. I am jealous Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osprey Rider Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Great effort Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netic Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Well done on a very nice king.........especially on such light gear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastspinna Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingsRule Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 HOLY F#%^ joe! thats awsome!!!!!, well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tumra Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 looks like the kingy season is about to start.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR@ZY OS@M@ Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 wow,the one hell of a whopper esp for inside the harbour. top stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Dan Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 great stuff mate that is a cracker catch. Ive gotta ask though, how come you chucked it back? She sure looks legal, could have been some nice fresh kingie cutlets for dinner. Well done all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 That is a brilliant effort on the light gear!!! Awesome stuff mate! Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Incredible catch on light gear... that is a very respectable King. Well done!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laredo Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 great fight, great fish, good release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfish Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 nice fish mate! well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Nice King there Joe, Good size too penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUBLiME Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 You are the king. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damariboyz Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Great effort Joe thats a rippa King Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Joe, Hard Battle, Solid King, AND a Release Priceless ! Wow! Bigfoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laredo Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 great stuff mate that is a cracker catch. Ive gotta ask though, how come you chucked it back? She sure looks legal, could have been some nice fresh kingie cutlets for dinner. Well done all the same. they tend to lose eating qualities when they get bigger, and they have more breeding potential at this size, so the smaller ones are better to keep again very nice fish on light gear, did you measure it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomahawk1999 Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Congrat's, an awesome fish on bream gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocofallon Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Heaps better than catching a bream on a kingie outfit Awesome catch mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ben75 Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Awsome catch Cheers Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billythekid Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Catching and 8kg kingie on light 1-3kg gear, thats fishing at its best. What a dream and congrats on winning the battle thats some effort. Billy The Kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregr2 Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 WOW!! What a thumper on such light gear!! Congrats on landing it! Nice fish.. good on you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 FAAAARRRRRRRRKKKKKK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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