jamesf Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Hey guys, A mate and me are heading out to middle harbour on the weekend, never fished up there before, we primarily only fish the Hawkesbury. We want to get into the kings, but are only new to it. Can anyone give us some tips on where to pick up some yakka's and squid? And also what sort of rigs are you using and at what depths to bring up the kingy's? Thanks in advance for any tips or advice Oh and by the way we were thinking of heading around Rose Bay or Chowder Bay area. Thanks heaps! James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickman Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 hey james this is how we go about chasing kings.1;pick up liveys at watsons bay,about 5.00am 2;downrigg live yakka and fresh squid strip about 2 meters above bottom,old mans hat to blue fish point,looking for bait balls and arcs,there and back 3 if we have no result by 8.00 we drop a pick and berly up,2 liveys out the back,bream rods out the side 4;keep the berly trail constant.start catching pinkys and work your way up 5;i've caught more kings on pealed prawns this year on 6 lb fire wire than on the live bait gear hope this helps ps the 6lb fire wire is a personal choice most people would say i'm mad, but till you have fought a 750mm model for 15 mins and landed it,do'nt knok it regards brickman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesf Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share Posted March 14, 2008 (edited) Thanks for that Brickman, will give it a shot. Heard a few people mention that prawns have been the go the last month or so, have only been taking jew in the Hawkesbury on prawns also. Cheers James Edited March 14, 2008 by jamesf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my03 Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Thanks for that Brickman, will give it a shot. Heard a few people mention that prawns have been the go the last month or so, have only been taking jew in the Hawkesbury on prawns also. Cheers James it really depends how the kings are behaving at the time, sometimes, they wont smash a thing, other times they will smash everything even bread, yes ive hook one up on bread when mucking around for bream. ive found that persistence is key, if onething isnt working then try something else, the list of things to try are - livies (fish and squid) - larger artificials (6inch + slugos or other stickbaits) - smaller artificials 3 inch power minnows - unweighted squid strips - unweighted pillies - peel prawns its always good to wind in ure livie or whatever slowly, the kings are curious and many times you will see them follow in a bait ure winding in, its good to have a plastic riged up ready to go when this happens. kings even follow in a bush of kelp. im gonna make teasers for raising kings because of this. but not sure what to use yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickman Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 hey james,how about a little pinky,had a rat chase one up and would no leave it alone.after 3 mins off chucking every thing we had at it we let the pinky go the rat followed,next bait to hit the bottom[prawn]gets smashed by 750 model.been thinking off molding a pinky lead bomb for the downrigger regards brickman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh88 Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 hey james,how about a little pinky,had a rat chase one up and would no leave it alone.after 3 mins off chucking every thing we had at it we let the pinky go the rat followed,next bait to hit the bottom[prawn]gets smashed by 750 model.been thinking off molding a pinky lead bomb for the downrigger regards brickman We've had kings follow little pinkies up many times without touching it, once though we had a jew come up and have a go and it ripped most of it off, very unexpected and surprising! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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