Botany Bay

[robeebee]

Dad and I braved the weather and hit the water at 5.40 am

slight wind and no chop as we rounded the breakwall

headed to the end of the runway and put a pick down

put out my tierra with some prawn and flicked a gulp shrimp on my 6 pound gear

wouldn't you know it , a king slams my gulp and it's hang on

let it take line for about 45 seconds before i thought I'd try to bring it in

bad mistake

turned up the drag , pump , wind , PING

GONE , oh well , now I have an idea of the power of these beasts

we stayed around for the next couple of hours for little nibbles before going our usual drift

changed to our 4 pound gear and headed for Lady Robinsons

things were pretty quiet till Dad lands a small whiting , put it back for next time

after 4 hours on the water I get a strike again , this time a 36 cm whiting , my neighbour has dinner

2 casts later and i'm on again and land a 32 cm Flounder , my neighbour has 2 dinners

Dad's turn again and its a small flattie , released

fish caught on Gulp shrimp 2 '' in molting colour

wind and rain picked up so we called it a day

[Hooked-Up]

Dad and I braved the weather and hit the water at 5.40 am

slight wind and no chop as we rounded the breakwall

headed to the end of the runway and put a pick down

put out my tierra with some prawn and flicked a gulp shrimp on my 6 pound gear

wouldn't you know it , a king slams my gulp and it's hang on

let it take line for about 45 seconds before i thought I'd try to bring it in

bad mistake

turned up the drag , pump , wind , PING

GONE , oh well , now I have an idea of the power of these beasts

we stayed around for the next couple of hours for little nibbles before going our usual drift

changed to our 4 pound gear and headed for Lady Robinsons

things were pretty quiet till Dad lands a small whiting , put it back for next time

after 4 hours on the water I get a strike again , this time a 36 cm whiting , my neighbour has dinner

2 casts later and i'm on again and land a 32 cm Flounder , my neighbour has 2 dinners

Dad's turn again and its a small flattie , released

fish caught on Gulp shrimp 2 '' in molting colour

wind and rain picked up so we called it a day

hehe badluck on the kingie mate, that happened to me once while flicking for lizards with 6lb i was lucky enough to get him in the boat after 45mins of complete madness, i was lucky there wasnt anything to bustoff on the bottom where i was but he tryed on the prop twice,

powerhouses and dirty too,

this sounds crazy but if it happens again try the softly softly coz the more you give them the harder they go, just go easy and you might be surprised

[abiasin]

unlucky on the king mate i guess thats to be expected if the gear is that light. more than made up for it on the rest of the day by the sounds of it. good read and some nice fish there.

[Kruzenvax]

Yes, when kingie grabs a bream lure you have a lot of fan. This kingie (apologies for "stealing" the topic by posting a photo) grabbed my son's 3" gulp in Port Hacking... 6lb bream outfit as you can see. 40 minutes chasing it on electric motor full throttle...

hehe badluck on the kingie mate, that happened to me once while flicking for lizards with 6lb i was lucky enough to get him in the boat after 45mins of complete madness, i was lucky there wasnt anything to bustoff on the bottom where i was but he tryed on the prop twice,

powerhouses and dirty too,

this sounds crazy but if it happens again try the softly softly coz the more you give them the harder they go, just go easy and you might be surprised