thesquidking Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Hi guys I hit the harbour quite late this morning with a 7am start, but with conditions so good i was confidant. Plan of attack for today was catch squid then fish for kings in middle harbour. I found the squid to be very scarce this morning and only managed 2 med size squid. With the 10:30am high tide fast approching i headed for middle harbour, sounded out a favourite wreck of mine and saw lots of bait and kings shadowing the bait schools. I set up the downrigger and sent the bigger of the two squid down, within no time the live squid got nailed big time!!!! With 50lb braid screaming off my reel like it was on free spool i quickly grabbed my rod and started to fight the beast. It was a torrid fight and i thought i would not see this guy as i hooked him very close to structure but for some reason he swam to open water, a few minutes later up comes a 93cm king! YES BABY! High fives all round and my day was done. What a great season we are going to have. Regards Thesquidking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob boban Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 THUMPER FISH MATE, WELL DONE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukunui Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 (edited) Awesome fish, well done. Edited October 17, 2008 by pukunui Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VA911 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 (edited) well done on the king!. looks like a beast Water looks very disturbed in MH today from that pic. great King once again Edited October 17, 2008 by VA911 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosliw Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Niice Fish! It's good to hear that things went your way... well done mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agro78 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 good fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Mate!!!!!!!!!! that doctored picture looks like it should have the wiggles in the foreground. If you dont want anyone to know where you are fishing ??? take the picture elsewhere as it detracts from the whole story of what you achieved. Regards Swordfisherman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 great fish mate but I've gotta agree with Stewy on the pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Nice fish thesquidking. Cheers, Slinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copafisher Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Excellent kingie Squidking, I have got to get the boat down to Sydney sometime. I come over the bridge every day, looking for sign and always wish i was on the Harbour. What rods & gear are you using, rods in the photo look fairly long, I am still using shorter 6' boat rods but am interested in a longer one (7') for the boat to give more control etc. Cheers and thanks again Copafisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar Up Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Looks like some very low lying cloud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VA911 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 and someone had a chew on his ear... I know its hard to find food on the water when your fishing but thats just plain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesquidking Posted October 17, 2008 Author Share Posted October 17, 2008 Hi guys, Sorry about the poor effort with the pic. I know for next time. The gear was a live fibre rod 15 to 24 kg, 50lb braid, 80lb leader and twin hook rig. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrold101 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 the water looks really rough for mh.. was it a rough day? nice king Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 (edited) Nice effort on that King cheers Penguin Edited October 18, 2008 by penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_steve Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 good work and congrats for a nice solid king, water too me also looks like somewhere else rather then middle harbour, still a god fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netic Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Well done on a nice king Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattwf Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 awesome king mate. great to see proof that they do exsist in mh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plankton Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Something is wrong with the background in the pic - Fix it up will ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesquidking Posted October 20, 2008 Author Share Posted October 20, 2008 Here is a pic of the kings holding up over the wreck in middle harbour on the day i caught the fish. For those people who belive the king was not caught in middle harbour, think what you want. Cheers Thesquidking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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