Kingie Heaven

[erroll]

Hey Raiders,

When out for a short notice session yesterday with a mate from work. Pulled up to get some livies and am always encouraged when that doesn't take too long. Started off with a couple out the back, one high and one low. It wasn't long before both yakkas got stolen in very short order. We hurriedly rebaited and kept going but in a matter of minutes the reel goes buzzzzzzz....... I just can't get enough of that sound. We had obviously stumbled across a couple of hungry ones. But we would have never anticipated getting amongst a really hot kingie bite and spent the next couple of hours fighting the beasts. The tally, 8 boated, 3 kept (72, 78 and 84cms), lost 6 or so during the fight. Had a nice one wrapped around the downrigger wire and I could feel him sawing himself to freedom, very frustrating. Normally that would have really pissed me off, what with some many on the bite, it seemed less annoying. Even ran out of yakkas and had to go back and get some more to continue the fight... I have not seen anything like it, amazing, all before midday. Plenty of high 5s, handshakes and yelling all round.

Just ate a feast of kingfish tonight. The good thing about all this is that the little lady never seems to mind me dissappearing to go wet a line if I return with a feed, problem is, not all days are like yesterday unfortunately. Here's a pic of the couple I kept.

Bring on summer....

[OSHISWET]

Where did you get them mate.

[erroll]

Where did you get them mate.

from NH to Bluefish. Thanks mate

Edited November 9, 2008 by erroll

[Josh88]

Nice fish mate, good effort.

Kingies always seem to win nearly as many as they lose-one tough customer

Did you get all of them downrigging?

Cheers

Josh

[erroll]

50/50 Josh to start with and bigger fish at the surface, smaller models on the DR, but later in the morning the DR seemed to be getting hits more often though. They were boiling on the surface at one point just off the back of the boat beating up my recently released surface yakka!

[tide'n'knots]

what an adrenalin rush that must have been! thats probably as close as we come down here to GTs pack hunting. AWESOME.

[aleung]

Well done, good hot action bring it on

[Penguin]

Sounds like a fun sesh, wish I were there to enjoy it also

penguin

[Kiwi Dan]

Well done Erroll

I think ill treat myself to a midweek fish this week.

[erroll]

Thanks Dan, I wish I could join in. Not complaining though, saturday was an absolute blast. Really going to have to manage my expectations now...... I bet I go zip for the next outing. Having said that, I will be living off this one for a while.

Cheers

Thanks Mark, I have not tried them on the fly yet, somehow I think my 6 weight might be a little light for these bruisers. Bring on summer.

[whi7eindustries]

Awesome fish well done, wish I'd got up earlier now. Had to wait for others and didn't get in till 3pm!!!!!!!! stayed out till 8:30 though, only had one hard run and just little uns all arvo.