keenist Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 (edited) Managed a nice session on kings this Sunday. SP's and Jigs fished deep worked well, but live yakka far outfished artificials. Ended up with 6 or so kings, and a lone small Sambo. Biggest king for the session Almost learnt a valuable lesson the hard way... I was fishing a Shimano Trinidad 12 / Daiwa Saltiga Coastal combo, with a half-full spool of PE4 braid. This fish hit hard and I was almost spooled within seconds. Luckily we were quick enough to fire up the engine and follow the fish and after a tough few minutes, I managed to turn its head just enough to get the fish up into the safer water and eventually into the boat. Will definitely take more care in the future to make certain tackle is always up to the task. Edited July 8, 2008 by keenist
gretsch Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 (edited) Now that is a nice King. Where abouts were you? Harbour, New Zealand etc ?? Edited July 7, 2008 by Cephalopod
abiasin Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 Obviously not in Sydney put a shirt on............... its FREEZING!!! great fish BTW
Hodgey Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 That's a nice Kingy mate As the others have already queried ... where are you fishing that you don't have to wear 4 layers of clothing? Hodgey
keenist Posted July 8, 2008 Author Posted July 8, 2008 Boys In fact it was in Sydney. Was a cracking day on Sunday - enjoyed some rays... There are bigger fish down there!!!
the1murph Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Boys In fact it was in Sydney. Was a cracking day on Sunday - enjoyed some rays... There are bigger fish down there!!! hey mate if you don't mind me asking where abouts of syd did you get them..... ive been looking for some decent offshore kings for a while now but havent been able to track them down any info would be sweet thanks jack
g.t. Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Top looking fish there. Bet it got the adrenalin going as your spool thinned out! Can't quite work out you spot from the background in the photo ... Any chance of revealing some details- nothing exact, but maybe how far offshore, what depth etc?
keenist Posted July 8, 2008 Author Posted July 8, 2008 Not offshore, in close The usual haunts are holding fish, just got be persistent in finding them Good luck
spirit_fall88 Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Not offshore, in close The usual haunts are holding fish, just got be persistent in finding them Good luck lol arent we all? That kingie looks really skinny.
cflife Posted July 9, 2008 Posted July 9, 2008 lol arent we all? That kingie looks really skinny. I have to agree he,s a slim king. Most Sydney kings ive seen are the fattest ive seen anywere. Good work
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