Penguin Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 (edited) Hi everyone, Took some time off from all the Christmas activities and went for a fish midday Thurs, I took my 6yr old son along as he was itching to catch a fish. We anchored up around Clifton Gardens for a couple of hours and managed to catch a half a dozen Flatties around the 38-40cm range. We decided on a move after this and as no one was at the Quarantine ferry marker, we tried several drifts and I threw all sorts of sp's and hard bodied lures around the place for a big fat zero. At this point we anchored up near the marker and my son and I put the PPP technique into action, we had instant success on rat Kings and a handful of nice size Trevs 38-41cm, we also caught a few fish on crappy old servo Pilly pieces. My boy had a ball catching and landing 5 Kings all by himself while I took some photos. All up we boated 15-16 rat Kings between us. A couple of other boats visited the marker while we were there, they threw sp's around but I never saw them hook a single King, and we never hooked any Kings while these boats sat on top of the marker. Luckily none of these boats stayed around any longer than 10 mins, soon as they would leave the Kings were in our berley trail again, we could actually see them taking the baited hook and run with it before closing the bail arm on them. Even though the Kings were small they were fun on light gear and the kid really enjoyed catching them. We took home 6 Flatties and 5 Trevs for the frying pan as well. penguin A lil King My son catching them The fruit of his labour The kid releasing his King Catching another Succesfully landed This King had a deformity of some sort in his tail A little King Another Edited December 26, 2008 by penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braddles Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 nice fishin mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aussie007 Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 nice fish i bet your son loved it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarraone Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 LOOKS LIKE A GREAT DAY.. i HOPE i CAN CATCH A FEW ON jAN 19TH AND ALSO JOIN THE KINGFISH CLUB AS I HAVE NEVER CAUGHT ONE .... AS YET WELL DONE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennmreid Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Great to see the kids into the action. Always rewarding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bent_Rod Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 i was out there that day too, i didn't catch any kingies, i was using some squids i had frozen up from about 1 month ago. I also used yabbies. We also caught about 4 flatties, a leather jacket and some snappers. It was a slow morning. The harbour was beautiful and so was the weather. Great to see the young kids learning fishing techniques. Well done Happy new year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werris Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 The smile on the young blokes face in the third photo says it all. Hooked for life. Great stuff. Onya Dad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorbad Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Hi Guys, I'm only new to fishing for Kingfish and just trying to learn the ropes. What is the PPP technique?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmaniac Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Hey Mate, Well done on getting into some kingies. It is amazing how the fish seem to shy when there are numerous boats on the scene. It sounds like you did well and they are certainly fun on light gear. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightmanager Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 The PPP technique is the Penguins Peeled Prawn technique. Was highly succesful at the 2008 Kingfish Social , and , as evidenced in many of his reports , on many subsequent fishing trips !! Go the Peeled Prawn ! Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 Here's a pic, use a medium size prawn, peel it then feed a size 1 or 2 baitholder hook into it as per the pic, and then free float it down into your berley trail, if the Kings are there and they are hungry they should jump on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Great stuff penquin! How good is it to see kids loving their fishing?! He'll be ready for a hoody now. Cheers, Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorbad Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Thanks guys for the info and pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr magoo Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 that is awesome,there is nothing like having your son catch fish ,even better are fish that take some drag.they just glow with excitement,its fantastic you cant buy quality time like that cheers arman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piss'n'Broke Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Well down on getting your young one into a few . Lucky u were there yesterday, I counted 26 boats on it today. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Great report John, and some terrific photos of the young bloke on the rod. I noticed his reel is configured left - handed ... is he a natural lefty? Any session spent with your kids on the water is great fun. To get them onto a school of rats like that is pure icing. Cheers Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simda Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Just read your report, we were fishing Clifton Garden for some of the time as well, Maybe you son and mine can start a Comp, I think yours has the Edge as you seam to know what you are doing Fantastic Regards David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 .......use a medium size prawn, peel it then feed a size 1 or 2 baitholder hook into it as per the pic, and then free float it down into your berley trail....... Well done John, good to see the little fella getting among the Kingfish. I reckon your peeled prawn photo should go straight into articles under the the heading of Best Fishing Bait for Mullet to Marlin and everything else that starts with the letter M. Cheers jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 that's great stuff good to see a Father and son fishing together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 Great report John, and some terrific photos of the young bloke on the rod. I noticed his reel is configured left - handed ... is he a natural lefty? Any session spent with your kids on the water is great fun. To get them onto a school of rats like that is pure icing. Cheers Hodgey Hes right handed like me, I just prefer to have the reel handle on the left, feels more natural to me, I got no prob using the handle on the right side of my overheads, but the right side on an spinning reel I just cant do. penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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