gretsch Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 (edited) Gidday Raiders, I took some clients out on a charter yesterday despite the bad weather prediction. The Guide was happy to launch so what is a man supposed to do?? Off we went slowly putting into a 15 knot south south wester easter then wester then tending everywhere. We found some shelter and sent the squid jigs into the kelp. After an hour and half we had 15 squid in the tank. They were only little jelly beans but nonetheless, the were squid and they were live. We peeled out into the Harbour proper and commenced drifting around a few of the markers. Half an hour in, one of the rods buckles and the Spheros goes into overdrive. A nice 70cm King comes aboard after a good tussle. After a couple more drifts and a few undersized kings plus a couple of smoking runs which ended up with frayed traces and a re-rigg, we decided to anchor on the spot and seriously assault these tackle stealers. As soon as we anchored up, the action died. Luckily, we had a packet of Doritos which went straight into the burley bucket and soon, we had some interest again. Another howling run and lost tackle!! These fish were stubborn. We sat for a while longer and all of a sudden, the rods all start buckling at once. We had a few double hook ups and a few more lost fish. We started to get worried that the fish to too big for the gear!!! The next few hits were landed and they were nice 70-75cm models and fat and healthy. The next 30 minutes saw a hot bite come on and we landed another four and lost many others to pulled hooks or the structure. Squid was getting low, the wind was getting up and the waves were starting to make things unpleasant so, the last squid goes down, gets picked to death and we are done. Great day and I am certainly glad we persisted in the ordinary weather. Edited December 11, 2007 by Ceph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbark Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 glad you had a good day despite the weather. nice kings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Dan Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 you lucky buggers, great report Ceph. We had similar bite action on Sunday for about a half an hour with similar results. After about 10 hook ups and one was a triple hook up at one stage we only managed 1 landed at 74cm. cant wait to get out again. ps Ceph were you out on Sunday with about 4 blokes in your boat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankp Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Nice report Chris. Just a question, I just bought myself an upgraded spheros, do they have any chance of pulling a big king. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve07 Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 great session buddy,nice bag of kings & maybe you might need to take 80lb braid to stop the big fella's. Well done! steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_steve Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 well done mate some nice kings there cheers steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen801 Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Mate great feed you got there. Makes me wanna hook the boat up right now and get out there. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kantong Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 nice work on the kings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Nice work in some trying conditions!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braidbuster Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Well done nice fish ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damariboyz Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Top effort ceph it pays to brave the elements sometimes. What happened to the train of thought that Squid shut down in the wind. A healthy Barometric pressure may have made the difference I think for memory yesterday was around 1018. Anyway top effort mate Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zrealist Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Great action from the sounds of it. I think I know which charter u went on by the color and the build of the boat. They r a good charter with experienced guides. I went out in their boat earlier in the year and really enjoyed it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VA911 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Nice 1 there. sounds like its a good way to entertain some clients.. Hummmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Very well done fellas, plenty of Kings caught there makes for a top day penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laredo Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 what tackle did you keep losing? what was the mainline and leader? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STOCK Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Nice catch in ugly conditions! THat purple boat looks familiar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share Posted December 12, 2007 Thanks for all comments lads.. The tackle we were getting pinged on was 50lb braid and 60lb leaders fished off a couple of Spheros Reels and a big Baitrunner. I don't think it was the gear as much as the shallow water (15m) and the proximity of our baits to the bottom. By the time you hooked the fish and started to apply the pressure, he was in the reef.. A couple of them did take a big dive from midwater though. I guess they were just big fish and the gear probably wasn't being fished to its limits! Good fun all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloosh Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 thats a great catch Ceph - well done mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsalty Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Looks like u had a great day out. How did u rate the charter ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hook'm Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 ahhhhh im itchin to get out again after reading that!!!! Well done You can learn a lifetimes worth of knowledge in a day with the right person cheers jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 great day out there mate with some great captures. is it me or do those kingies look alot darker than usual? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davester28 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Great work Chris! Fantastic day on the water by the look of it! bet the clients were happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netic Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Well done, a very nice bag of kings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris 55 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Nice day out Ceph now that's a happy group of anglers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roosterman Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 well done ceph in trying conditions... now thats what you call looking after your clients forget the standard golf day,get em onto a kingy or 2 and they will love you forever...... now how to get my boss to let me take our clients out during weekdays...mmmmmmmmm... cheers... steve..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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