gretsch Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 (edited) Gidday Raiders, With all this talk of large Kings and plentiful squid, we thought we would give it a red hot go on Sunday. We launched at Tunks and went straight out to the squid grounds where we snaffled 8 decent Calamari in about a hour. We then headed straight back into Middle Harbour to try for a King. We soaked fresh squid baits around the moorings for a couple of hours without so much as a touch. On the high tide, we decided to give the Kings a miss and go searching for some dinner. On go the plastics and we started our quest. We fished the flats, moorings, drop offs and scoured some virgin territory picking up Flatties at each spot we tried. All fish were between 40cm and 60cm which are perfect for the table. We were fishing Squidgie Fish, Berkley Minnows and some strange little lure my brother found in the bottom of his tackle bag. All in all, a great day despite the lack of Seriola. Nick with a 60cm Dusky The Catch!! Edited October 1, 2007 by Ceph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Nice one ceph!!!! the kings didnt want to play with me either down the south coast.... i think the wind might have had something to do with it, at least you still got into a good feed!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Dan Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Good work Ceph, you and the plastics!! Kings didnt show me the time of day yesterday either!!! Picked up a few more squid but they just got picked apart. Ended just picking the up from the ramp and catching some sun over a couple beers in a nice sheltered bay!! The sun was the only bloody thing i caught other the the squid!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Nice feed of fish, Ceph. Well done! Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan777 Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 How fun is plastic fishin. Well done Ceph, great feed there. Could have yourself a nice seafood basket, calamari, flattie fillets, always tasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ophet Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 Well done on your feed Ceph, a feed of calamari and flatties is very nice indeed. Shame the Kings did not show up, will have to wait until next time. They should show up any time soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted October 2, 2007 Author Share Posted October 2, 2007 Well done on your feed Ceph, a feed of calamari and flatties is very nice indeed. Shame the Kings did not show up, will have to wait until next time. They should show up any time soon... I hope so.. no doubt we will see you there downrigging your ass off !!! I have new rod holders now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netic Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 Well done...thats a very nice catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutcho1 Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 Nice work Ceph, It's a great way to catch flatties and a great feed to boot. I remember a couple of years ago I used to get heaps of fish on hard body lures bp. (before plastics) at this time of the year, they are hungry buggers when their on. Well done. Regards, Hutcho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefa Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 Can almost taste it from here , all you need is a couple of and you are laughing..Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davester28 Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 Great haul, mate. Many's the time bouncing rubber for flatties has saved me from a donut session! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew399 Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 Nice work mate! shame the kings didnt show up but you guys did well anyway! Out of interest, and only if you dont mind saying, what size were the squidgy fish you used and on what size jighead? I have only ever had success with the little ones, say 85mm-100mm on real light heads in shallow water... The wrigglers have been most successful for me, probably because they are so easy to impart action in to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 Great bag Ceph! I'm envious... I only got a couple of mid 40cm models today trying a new spot in my kayak but you have cleaned up...congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ophet Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 I hope so.. no doubt we will see you there downrigging your ass off !!! I have new rod holders now.. Ha ha, I see you were holding your Stella !! How has she held up after the dunking? Any rust or faults? I can't wait to get stuck into the Summer kings. I haven't been out on my boat for a while, been bludging lifts from a certain fisho. Will be good to get out the Scottys again, see you out on the water soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted October 3, 2007 Author Share Posted October 3, 2007 Ha ha, I see you were holding your Stella !! How has she held up after the dunking? Any rust or faults? I can't wait to get stuck into the Summer kings. I haven't been out on my boat for a while, been bludging lifts from a certain fisho. Will be good to get out the Scottys again, see you out on the water soon... The old Stella is as smoooooth as ever after the 3 week swim. Time will tell though. I did have five of the main bearings replaced just as a precaution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deschanel Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 nice catch and a great feed! well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 Well done ceph, top feed and well worth the effort. penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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