Ali Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 What a story, the most intersting read for ages...edge of your seat stuff. Perhaps you might be able to hire some scuba equipment to complete the salvage..Good luck and thanks for the report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloosh Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Shame about the lost gear - but thats a corker of a kingie!! If you ask me, any gear's replaceable, but the fight with a king that size is priceless! well done mate. aloosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 That sounds like the capture of the year so far, and what a fantastic looking King penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katsuo Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Unbelievable! That's the best fishing story I ever heard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOOB Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 That's an awesome fishing tale. It had everything, action, drama and loss. That is truly a story to tell the kids and grand kids. Bet the Kingy went down a treat for you and the family. The unfortunate loss of your gear must surely be a bit easier each time you remember what happened. Memories for a lifetime. GOOB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boban Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 You couldn't pay for an experience like that Mike. So ask yourself, was it worth it? An amazing story that you get to tell for the rest of your life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimikin Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 G'day Raiders In recent weeks I have been attempting to catch a big jewie on a downrigger. Pete at GoFish has been very helpful at getting all the bits and pieces I need to get up and running. I had to get a special rail-mount to hold the downrigger. On Thursday I went for a trail run with everything in place. I did a few runs with a big river to sea rattle mullet and then a big paddletail and finally a Pakula Dojo Peche. I wanted to see how the boat and gear performed at low speed and see how the feedback was on the rod with the different lures. All worked very well and was stoked with the whole set up. There was some surface action and I went over to chuck a small river to sea "pinkie" at the splashing. Quickley got a nice slimey an then I had a bright idea! How about a nice downrigged slimey!! Got the rod rerigged and down went a slimey to 25 feet. Now the rod in question is a Wilson Live Fibre Texalium Six foot Spin and on it is a Baitrunner 6500B loaded with 80lb Tuff line XP sitting in a rail mounted Scotty Powerlock 230. I head off down with the current as the tide is on its way out. I decide I will just follow the flow and see what happens. About 20 mins into the journey I suddenly hear that amazing sound of the 6500 going off its head, I turned to see the rod absolutely buckled off to the side and then a sudden sharp CRACK and the rod, reel and rodholder head off at an angle into the drink!!!! kasploosh!!!!! Instinctively I grab the downrigger handle and wind like hell but its not caught on anything. WTF WTF All quiet... WHAT THE F&^$!!!!! Absolutely shattered is about all I could think. Stopped the boat sat there and contemplated the situation. How the hell can a rod holder snap like that??? I have had numerous really big rays and good sharks and the odd big jew take in that same holder and never a problem. I checked the bomb and as it was still a brand new bomb there was not a mark on so therefore it must have been a a frigging FISH!!! The DAMAGE - $600 plus Goooooone Wilson Live Fibre Texalium Six foot Spin (+_ $350.00 ) and on it is a Baitrunner 6500B ( +_ $230.00 ) loaded with 80lb Tuff line XP ( at least $50.00 ). Scotty Rod Holder ( +_ $ 59 ) All that remains... Ah well I figure I better start to try and jig up my gear. Find some sinkers and get a few trebbles off the lures and the cast and retrieve begins. At this point I remember back to Cephs posts about the Stella that got away not once but twice and he got it back so it motivated me keep on trying. I tried for a long time and it was starting to get dark and then in the gloom I see a fin slowly moving on the surface. Being a bit curious I motored over to have a look and there is a mother of a kingie just slowly lolling on the surface. Quickley grab one of the rods and try to put on a lure to have a cast. Then I notice something hanging out the side of the kingeys mouth - a slimey. Thats what took my rod!!!!!!!! As I got closer he turned and I could see my yellow braid!!! My heart starts pumping and now what? At this point he sees the boat and a swish of the tail and he's off like a rocket. Ok OK so now I know more or less where things are. By now its really dark and I decide to pack up and come back at first light. I got home and made up a few jiggin traces with the biggest trebbles I could find. Hardly slept all night and at 5 am I was off to the water. Got to the spot as the sun was coming up and there was nothing. So I figured I would try and jig the whole area. I had been jigging and draging for hours I was quite despondent. A couple of times I saw what a thought was an up-welling near where I saw the Kingie last night. I moved a bit closer and cast over the upwelling area. I think on the third cast I snagged something - the joy of seeing the braid on the trebble was amazing. I grabbed the braid and began to pull there was something there and it was moving. YES YES YES I took my time hand over hand making a neat pile on the deck and then I saw him...SHIT... landing net no, no no! too small get the gaff get the gaff. I guided his head toward the transom and lowered the gaff under his head and drove it home up and onto the boat, bloody hell this was a good size King. The measure sticker on my boat stops at 90cm and he was well pased that!! Yahoooooooooo.. NOW get the gear on the other end! I pulled the line in quickley ...BIG MISTAKE ... It was snagged on something and I guess I was a bit too hasty I had the line wrapped around a pair of pliers for leverage, but long story short - the braid bust down where it was snagged and my beloved texie and my newest 6500 lies somewhere down there. The Kingie made a fantastic dinner for 9 adults and a couple of kids. I am still in a bit of shock and will have to go back and jig and drag some more. As I stare at the empty spot in my rod rack I guess there are a lot of lessons to be learned here but I still need time to figure them all out! Cheers inhlanzi Mate, Top story pity you didn't retrieve your gear. I lost a rig off the rocks at Kurnell the cast out a lure and picked up my line, wasn't sure if I was pulling in a fish or my rig, in the end I got back the whole rig. Cheers Jimi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussie big bob Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Inhlanzi All i can say is wholly S---t that is one: 1fishing1: adventure that will be imbedded in the memories for sum time. Cheers bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug43 Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Well you had me glued to the screen with that report...Amazing! I suppose the fish is consolation enough to get the tackle back as well would be the stuff of fairytales. Excellent king. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiphias_gladius Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Unreal read is all I can say!! The stuff urban legends are made of!! Hard luck on the gear, but I'm sure the kingy tasted even better for it... "revenge is a dish best served"... hot in this case?? XG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleung Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Great Kingie! I know how you feel when the tackle goes into the drink, it happened to me and I was looking at the water for a loooong time before I moved away from the spot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screech Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 mate i've had the excact problem of loosing a rod from trolling..... i thought i checked the drag before starting to troll..... 5min into it... hear the drag then a snap and my rod was over board attached to the snapped rod holder...... if anyone is daring to swim around the container wall and find an ugly stick you can keep it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inhlanzi Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 Thanks for all the replies Raiders Great to be able to share the experience with all of you. Thanks for the sympathy and the advice. It sounds like I am not alone in having gear busted out of rodholders! I will attempt to answer some of the questions you asked Tobyw - Didn't get an exact measure or a weight but on the boat I have a measure sticker which goes 90cm and the tail went past that. Netic - The drag was what I call hand tight, you have to give the line a good pull to make the spool move. Boban - I have kept a packet of fillets to give to your Uncle. Maybe he will get you over for some tasty hoodlum for lunch. He saw the fish when I got home. Ceph - I'm already starting to research stainless rodholders! Byron - I will never put a rod out on a downrigger without a lanyard again - I have already made one 3m long and it even has a crab trap float on - just in case. I will let you know if we ever find the rod and reel. Cheers inhlanzi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamtime Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 It sounds like I am not alone in having gear busted out of rodholders! Cheers inhlanzi I thought I would wait to see how many others had lost rods to this sort of freight train attack before I put my 2 bob in. Firstly the story, unbelievable, what perseverance, clever man, thinking on your feet under duress. Champion effort, as mentioned, a story to be regaled over and over again. Excellent reading. Anyway, a few years back I was live baiting for Papuan Black Bass using telapia, in the upper Galley Reach in PNG using GB1706 with Abu 7000 loaded with 24kg. The rod was left in free spool with the ratchet engaged leaning against the gunwhale, the familiar zzzzzzzzzzz went off and I reached for the rod only to knock it over, unfortunately knocking it out of freespool, only to sit there in amazement at the speed that the outfit went over the side of the boat into the water - like a rocket. All I could do was to look over at my mate, grab another beer from the esky, and sit there in silence. Definately a candidate for POM. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braidbuster Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Great read & story ,I wonder how many times Kingfish have done this to unsuspecting anglers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Mate, what a fantastic tale to tell. Get that photo blown up, hang it in a prominant spot and you can tell that one for years to come. Priceless!! Well done. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erroll Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 great post. I'm too afraid to use the rodholder on my cannon, just too expensive. Thats a great looking king, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softplasticsjunkie Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 mate sorry to hear that...over the weekend i was fishing with a mate off a boat in the bay, he had 2 combos with him, a crystal blue with a little okuma reel, probably worth about a total of $130, and his other combo was a daiwa sol combo worth about $600.... he baited the crystal blue up, cast it out, left it leaning, then cast out his sol combo...crystal blue bends like crazy, we both turn around,he grabs the crystal blue... then we both hear knock behind us, turn around... the sol combo has taken to the air, hit the water and disappeared... on the way back this is what i was hearing... "why couldnt it be the crystal blue combo?" cheers, harry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plankton Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 What waterway was being fished... call Brenton Osborne from Foudit.com... He has found wedding rings in the Hawkesbury for people before, so finding a rod in 25 foot of water will not be an issue for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagoon Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 That is an amazing story. Look on the bright side, if the rod didnt snag, you wouldna got anything, and your rod would be out at sea somewhere!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerko Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Top story!! Had me glued to the screen. Bittersweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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