vinni Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 Gday guys.. Had a top day on the water today with a couple of mates.. on the water by 6.. straight to balmoral to collect some livies and back in to middle harbour by 8.. Baits down and 2 hours till the top of the tide things were looking good. With in 30min we had our first fun and and nice king in the esky. She went 70cm High fives all round but straight back into it. Baits down.. waiting.. waiting.. When BANG 2 lines go sreaming off 1x Shimano tld2000 charter special and 1x Shimano baitrunner 4500 at the same time double hook up! Its like music listering to those drags run.. a good 10 minute fight till we see colour when the fish cross up and make a couple of darting runs when SNAP! We manage to get one in the boat and but were dissappointed we lost the other. This one was 74cm and nice and fat. They slowed up after that so we went and got some lunch a couple of six packs and enjoyed the feeling of coming home with some fish..Definately off to get both my reels geared up with some braid ready for the weekend! Looking forward to a hot season they have def made a good start.. Sorry no pics. Vinni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayer666 Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 (edited) nice feed of kings good stuff to bad on the one that got away to fishraider hope your stay is enjoyable and informative as i have found it Cheers Joe Edited October 16, 2008 by slayer666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VA911 Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 (edited) Vinni, well done and great first report they have been doing that dissapering act like that a lot lately. nice fish. Vince Edited October 16, 2008 by VA911 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_steve Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 well done good effort scoring some nice kings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahajo Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 sounds like some good fish if you dont mind me asking where did you catch the kings i might be heading out tommorow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forliano Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 to the site mate... Great start to your reporting career here... Keep it up and job well done... Cheers Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaccaPoint Matty Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 G'day vinni Nice work on the kings - hope to be out there sunday chasing a few. Quick question, I also have a Shimano tld2000 charter special which i brought a few years back - Havent used it much lately and never caught a keeper on it (havent used it much in general) however i want to swich my line to braid... any tips on what line would be best to use..? Thanks mate, again nice work on the kings.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tackle Junkie Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Quick question, I also have a Shimano tld2000 charter special which i brought a few years back - Havent used it much lately and never caught a keeper on it (havent used it much in general) however i want to swich my line to braid... any tips on what line would be best to use..? G'Day Matty, Both myself and my "deckie" FishyPete use Charter specials as well an an array of other fine tools. They are a great work horse for the money and are no fuss. If you put braid on it, I suggest 30lb and use some backing if you don't want to go the braid all the way. The reel will hold 550 yards of 30lb braid and if you use backing buy at least 300m of braid as the reel is a good all rounder and it will hold a decent fish if you are lucky (with 300m you can have a real crack). Set up the lever drag to your liking and you are away. Make sure the rod can handle it and you have a great inexpensive Kingy set up. Cheers Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosliw Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Unfortunate mate! but at least you still got the fun of the fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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