dogtooth Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Hi Everybody, Decided to fish good old Botany Bay today to see if the kingfish were still on the chew. First stop was to gather some prime live bait and from that moment on things got a little pear shaped , the water was the dirtiest colour I have seen in 3 months maybe the desal work and port work for the new wharf is having a huge impact .Considering it was high tide the water should have been cleaner. With only 4 fairy sized live bait I knew it was going to be a tough day. Now I would usually and always have run 9/0 live bait hooks but seeing that the bait was so small I downgraded to 6/0 live bait hooks as I still wanted the bait to swim . It didn’t take long and the rod soon buckled and a good kingfish was doing his best to find the bottom about ten seconds into the fight it was gone . Dam hooks pulled. ….. Felt like a good sized king. So deployed another livie and the rod buckled again another solid fish and the same result pulled hooks …. Now not wanting to go 3 in a row the 6/0 hooks were replaced by 9/0 hooks and the 3rd livie was sent for a swim this again got slammed and this time the hooks held so never again will I try to fish a smaller hook than the 9/0 . The king went 78 cm but the other fish lost felt bigger . . . another thing with the bigger hooks is that even with a lengthy fight on solid drag you wont wear a hole in there mouth. . Had another bait mauled and picked at and after that all was quiet . . . Another good result was finding a Jarvis walker rod and Jarvis walker reel floating in the bay just the rod handle was floating about 4 inches above the water . Botany Bay King 78 CM King Reel and rod combo that was floating Cheers ….. Dogtooth John…… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VA911 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) Great day again John. Funny that the combo didnt sink to the bottom. last time i lost one i wished it swam rather than sank Only the top end stuff sinks??? Edited February 5, 2009 by VA911 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Dan Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 well done mate, i didnt think you were able to catch kings any smaller then 95cms! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogtooth Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 Great day again John. Funny that the combo didnt sink to the bottom. last time i lost one i wished it swam rather than sank Only the top end stuff sinks??? I agree with you there in regards to top end stuff.... Another time we were out the shelf and found a 12 foot beach rod and reel on it . It was sticking up tip first 10 foot out of the water we first thought it was some monitering equipment of some sort as it looked like a huge black aireial , had been in the water for some time as had lots of growth on it . . Also found a shimano rod last week with what looked like shimano graphite reel under watsons bay wharf last weekend . . Lots of barnicles on it but would like to know how they lost it as it was well under the wharf not where you would drop it...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh191 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Found gaffs and landing netts floating but never a rod and reel. Well done on the king too. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr magoo Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 hey ,you should bung the saragosa on the new rod,fish the heavy setting,forget the jigrex and the blue rose the jarvis walker was made for kings,lol(you might turn it inside out) good to see your still on the fish mate ,well done cheers arman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g.t. Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Mixed bag! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherackattack Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 nice catch mateey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breamhunter Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 nice work mate, i wish i found some/any gear sometime, ive only got 1 rod left at the moment and if that goes my fishing days are over for the near future(got no money) , hopefully i find a boat or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zrealist Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I've had a fish/eel drag my unattended rod into the water. The rod soon float back to the surface after the leader was bitten through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 G'day Dogtooth I am not sure about the quality of the reel and rod, but your kings are always top quality mate. Thanks for sharing, Cheers Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simda Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 My Seven year old son caught a Chair of Rosebay warf this week, He thought he had a huge Ray And the guy next to hom caught a rod the was lost 1 hour ealier when it hooked up a ferry Nice King, Good to know ath you can Catch fish as well Cheers Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erroll Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 nice catch on both accounts DT. CHeers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmon_Hunter Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Did you end up scoring anything yesterday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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