Jimikin Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I promised my nephew Liam a fishing trip for his birthday and finally worked out a day that suited us both, Liam's best fish so far was a Leatherjacket caught from Bundeena wharf. So off to Cape Solander with half a dozen rods, some slimy mackerel and squid. We berleyed and fished for Yellowtail but could only catch Mados and Sweep. Things were not looking good until we spotted some green shapes in the berley trail... Garfish. Liam soon snagged a Gar and it was swimming under a float with a double hook rig within minutes. We caught some more gars and put them in a rock pool. Within 15 minutes the ratchet on the TLD 25 was screaming, Liam grabbed the rod and pushed the lever drag up to strike. It was on... the fish ran north and stripped some braid from the reel, Liam stopped it and soon had it back to the rocks. A King and good size too, it took two more runs and found the bottom both times, back to the surface and washed it on to a rock ledge using the small swell, a quick hoist on the leader and we had our King. The 60lb Jinkai leader was badly damaged, we were lucky to land this fish, it went 81cm and Liam is a happy boy. java script:emoticon('', 'smid_12') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagoon Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Cooooool!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double pluggers Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Nice work i hope they are around tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr magoo Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 happy birthday and congrats on your kingie cheers arman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Sounds like a lot of fun!!!! your making me jealous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve07 Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Good kingfish off the stones,always very tuff work to land them. But very rewarding when you get one at that size. Well done! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimikin Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 Some pix of Liam's fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrt11n@hotmail.com Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 SWEET!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Soprano Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Nice report mate.. That's a great fish off the stones, especially for his first. I'm sure it pulled a bit harder than the old leatherjacket. Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElwoodBlues Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 very nice report there mate and congrats to Liam on the first kingie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Nice one.. any pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimikin Posted April 1, 2008 Author Share Posted April 1, 2008 Nice one.. any pictures? Tried several times, I resized them and followed the instructions but still no go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domza Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Send them to my email and ill post them up for you if you like. How did u go today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimikin Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 Send them to my email and ill post them up for you if you like. How did u go today? Couldn't catch any baitfish, I've never seen such finnicky yellowtail swimming right up to a piece of fresh pilchard fillet and refusing it. Very clear water too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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