fishmaniac Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 G'Day raiders, I decided to go for a fish today at very gentlemanly hours (10:30am till 1:30pm). I headed out and quickly collected some yakkas, 4 to be exact and a slimy makka. Soooo, with high hopes and a good vibe i headed out to chase some kingies. I set down a live yakka and a live slimy with the two overheads and started tossing around cut baits with my spinning reel, spooled with 8lb braid. The first king smacked the slimy makka (which itself was about 20-25cm) which after a good tussle was boated and came in at 71cm. Good start! Worth noting was the yakkas were hit but only very breifly. The kings were toying with them and would not take the biat properly. The result was no fish and baits that remained on the hook but were shocked to death!!! Now for the excitement to begin. Away go the penn reels and out comes the 1000 spinner. In the course of an hour tossing around pieces of my dead yellowtail and the humble peeled prawns left over from yakka fishing i managed 3 more kings and a bonito on the spinner. The biggest king went 76cm. The sporting aspect was absolutely incredible! The reel squeeled when the big kingies put their heads down. What really got the heart pumping was when oil and grease started spraying out of the drag washers as the line peeled off!!! Absolutely incredible!!!! I must also make note to a couple of decent blokes who saw that i was getting into the kings. They anchored near me (within about 15m) but had the decency to pull up anchor on my next hookup to minimise the chance of getting busted off. Thanks guys that's what the fishing spirit is all about!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Well done fishmaniac, go the Kingies on peeled prawns and thats some fine size Kingies on light tackle penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmoshe Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 What a great session..you must be thrilled with that result. Great to know about the yakkas going off the menu and using cut baits and Penguin's prawns..It may become the poor man's downrigger technique for the social. Were they unweighted? Did you try any metal slices as well? Good work from the courtesy of the other fisho too...hope it's contagious. Cheers, Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benb Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Nice catch, the 76cm king would have been a lot of fun on light gear I think i will be bring some prawns to the Kingie social just in case my livies get scared to death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloosh Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 well done - sounds like an awesome day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 That is a fine effort.. Kings on light gear in the Harbour are a challenge. I got a 60 on 8lb a couple of weeks ago and it was fantasitc sport. Heaps of runs and plenty of touch and go with the structure and downrigging knobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 must of been a good fight!!!,, more hours in the water more KINGIES!!! p.s must also have the bait to go with it!! great little session... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Dan Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 well done mate, 8lb and big kings thats a solid effort! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmaniac Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 I headed out again today after the buzz on thursday. Admittedly the action was not as hot but it was still a great day out. I managed 11 keepeer bream, only kept 6 (don't need any more), 1 big trevally (46cm) and three kings. Two kings were caught on the spin rod again with floating prawns, one was legal the other was about 55cm. The third king which went 73cm took a live yakka. There was one fatality for the day The clicker on the 1000 spinning reel snapped during one of the big kingie runs. The rate at which line was peeling off was incredible to say the least Just a little bit of maintanence work to do now, but well worth it for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gofshn Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Nice bonito there fishmaniac. Been looking for some bonito, But they have been hard to find. Snap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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