kingie Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 (edited) Hi raiders, Decided to take a day off today as it was such an ugly morning. Things got a lot better as we hit the water. The rain came down but the bay was calm and just the way I like it, EMPTY. It had a good feel about it as we headed off to to get some squid. We picked up 5 in an hour and thought we would beat the mad rush of boats and start downrigging. What boats, there was no one but us. There was plenty of action on the sounder and within 5 minutes, bang bang zzzzzzzzzzzzz, we was on. I struggled for a while and as it glided to the top I couldn't believe how big it was. One look at us and it had the same feeling and down it went. I got it to the boat with help from my mate Ace. It hit the deck and slaped us around. What a fish! We caught six others but only kept three of those. There were heaps of under sized ones ready for summer. 105cm 8.3kg Edited November 20, 2008 by kingie
Josh88 Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 Sounds like a good day out, nobody out there to ruin your fun either. How big were they? Cheers Josh
waterrat Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 Nice work. Kickin myself as I was going to head out in the bay this morning also but the wet weather forecast turned me off. Love to see a pic of that beast sounds like a thumper. Anyhow I'm going to have a crack on Friday, hope I do half as good as you did. Well done. Cheers...Waterrat
stephan Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 NICE FISH MATE UNREAL GOOD JOB WHERE DID YOU GO AND GET THE SQUID FROM ??
frankp Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 Congratulations on a top capture especially from botany. You are right about the undersze kingies to, there were heaps of them on monday and they were about 40 to 50cm to.
VA911 Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 Great king!!! Looks like botany is holding some good kings at the moment.. Well Done
loxo Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 Great to see the Bay holding some nice fish. Congrats on your catch.
kingie Posted November 20, 2008 Author Posted November 20, 2008 NICE FISH MATE UNREAL GOOD JOB WHERE DID YOU GO AND GET THE SQUID FROM ?? We got them around Yarra Bay. Just look for kelp and keep drifting across all areas until you find them. Plenty of time wasting but great when you find them. nice stuff mate... awesome fish... it looks so long compared 2 its girth... what lb line did u get it on? Used 30lb braid with 50lb mono trace
Guest Big-Banana Posted November 20, 2008 Posted November 20, 2008 Long but very light! Good stuff mate.
dibart Posted November 22, 2008 Posted November 22, 2008 Was it yours or did your little mate Ace bring it in ?
Jewhunter Posted November 22, 2008 Posted November 22, 2008 Was it yours or did your little mate Ace bring it in ? I think it's quite well described in the original post. Why would you ask that sort of question anyway? BTW, nice King mate. Top session. Cheers, Grant.
thesquidking Posted November 23, 2008 Posted November 23, 2008 Another excellent catch from Botany Bay, well done.
herdsman Posted November 24, 2008 Posted November 24, 2008 Hi raiders, Decided to take a day off today as it was such an ugly morning. Things got a lot better as we hit the water. The rain came down but the bay was calm and just the way I like it, EMPTY. It had a good feel about it as we headed off to to get some squid. We picked up 5 in an hour and thought we would beat the mad rush of boats and start downrigging. What boats, there was no one but us. There was plenty of action on the sounder and within 5 minutes, bang bang zzzzzzzzzzzzz, we was on. I struggled for a while and as it glided to the top I couldn't believe how big it was. One look at us and it had the same feeling and down it went. I got it to the boat with help from my mate Ace. It hit the deck and slaped us around. What a fish! We caught six others but only kept three of those. There were heaps of under sized ones ready for summer. 105cm 8.3kg what sort of downrigger have you got?
kingie Posted November 24, 2008 Author Posted November 24, 2008 what sort of downrigger have you got? Scotty strongarm 1085
rizzo Posted November 24, 2008 Posted November 24, 2008 (edited) Great fish Kingie congrats the bay is firing up woohoo Cheers Rizzo Edited November 25, 2008 by swordfisherman
Jewhunter Posted November 25, 2008 Posted November 25, 2008 Our friend, dibarts, is having a little holiday from Fishraider. Cheers, Grant.
GOOB Posted November 26, 2008 Posted November 26, 2008 What a beauty. I've had a fair crack at the Bay Kings and have been impressed with some smaller models, but that one would have stretched me. Looks like its time to hit the gym and work on the arms and back if I am going to stand a chance of hanging on to hoodlum's like that. GOOB
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