Mugen Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 (edited) Hey guys Decided to hit Botany Bay early today as the rain was threatening the rest of the week and I Just needed to go for a fish : ) After all im still on holidays just coming back from a week in Queenstown NZ ...So Anyway me and my old man hit the water around 6.30 and headed into the bay to get some liveys...After 45mins the tank was full of Yakkas and was time to start downrigging.. first run ,first yakka down I finally get my first Kingfish ever and I tell you what it was a great feeling .The rod half buckled over ,drag singing and that pulling power that I have only read about...Now this fish was only 67cm long and went alright for its size...But I cant wait to get onto some larger ones..After this fish was caught they went off the bite and we could'nt find them again...But I was happy I finally hooked onto my first Kingfish.. Just cooked up some Kingfish cutlets and they were delish.... Edited February 13, 2008 by Mugen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donjuarez Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Hey guys Decided to hit Batany Bay early today as the rain was threatening the rest of the week and I Just needed to go for a fish : ) After all im still on holidays after a week in Queenstown NZ ...So Anyway me and my old man hit the water around 6.30 and headed into the bay to get some liveys...After 45mins the tank was full of Yakkas and was time to start downrigging.. first run ,first yakka down I finally get my first Kingfish ever and I tell you what it was a great feeling .The rod half buckled over ,drag singing and that pulling power that I have only read about...Now this fish was only 67cm long and went alright for its size...But I cant wait to get onto some larger ones..After this fish was caught they went off the bite and we could'nt find them again...But I was happy I finally hooked onto my first Kingfish.. Just cooked up some Kingfish cutlets and they were delish.... Congrats on your first kingy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Congrats, virginity gone penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VA911 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 nice 1!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyt Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 now you're hooked for good, good luck, it gets tough in winter not many kings around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfishercam Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 nice one mate , i find sometimes the smaller ones go harder , untill they get tp the 90cm plus mark that is. keep chasing them and good luck mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 great fish there mate, well done on the first of many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Hooker Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Nice catch mate. I be out on the water this weekend usin my downriggers hope to land a few decents ones too and break the virginity for my down riggers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve07 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Well done on your first one,its a great feeling & there fight is always hard. Plenty of big one's around too lately & you will no when they hit as i no guy's getting busted up on 80lb braid & 100lb leaders before they can even get the rod out of the holder. Gets very addictive kingy fishin!! cheers steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Congrats on your first Kingy mate! Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankp Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Very nice work Hodgey and congratulations on a nice fish. Steve are you saying people are getting busted up in Botany, I thought I have been hearing that the place hasn't really been fishing well for kingfish except for the last 2 reports on this forum. Well done on your first one,its a great feeling & there fight is always hard. Plenty of big one's around too lately & you will no when they hit as i no guy's getting busted up on 80lb braid & 100lb leaders before they can even get the rod out of the holder. Gets very addictive kingy fishin!! cheers steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netic Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Well Done and congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vipernut Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Well done on your first Kingy It looks like the trend at the moment,Fishraiders breaking their kingy virginess. I hope they are still around for the Kingy social so a few more raiders can do the same. Unfortunately it wont be me,as my son has Soccer. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Dan Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Well done mate, theres no better feeling then getting your first king (well there is but its a family site ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarCrusher Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 headed into the bay to get some liveys...After 45mins the tank was full of Yakkas and was time to start downrigging.. GDay All, Can anyone PLESAE tell me where abouts in the Bay you get the Yakkas I have had no such luck... any assistance would be appreciatted!! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marus8504 Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Well done mate, you will be itching for the next one, if i could convince the , i would be out this arvo looking for kings, but unfortunatly she calls this day Valentines day or something and have been confined to the perimmeter of the house what is this no fishing day they call Valentines day ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR@ZY OS@M@ Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 (edited) Well done mate, you will be itching for the next one, if i could convince the , i would be out this arvo looking for kings, but unfortunatly she calls this day Valentines day or something and have been confined to the perimmeter of the house what is this no fishing day they call Valentines day ??? i second that Edited February 16, 2008 by Crazy John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Nice effort on getting a good supply of yakkas first off Mugen. At 67 cm your first kingfish would have been fighting very hard. They have a lot of tail power in them around that size. Cheers jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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