Penguin Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Hi everyone, Myself and 2 mates fished the harbour, we set off from Rose Bay ramp around 9ish in the morn. Motored over to a spot and try our luck and get some squid. I got 2 very quickly but the dozen or so others we could see just wouldn't touch any of our offerings. We then went to spot A where within 5 mins we had a double hook up, just as Bill and I get colour Georges rod buckles over and all three of us are now doing battle with Kings. After a few mins off trying to avoid crossed lines Bill and I land our fish. A quick pic and a measurement later mine is returned as he only made 62cm, But Bills makes the 65cm requirement and is placed in ice. At this stage George lands his fish and it makes 70cm and this is put on ice also. We then sent our 3 baits out again and I put a live squid out on a heavier outfit also. My outfit came back, squid gone, . I sent out another, and same result, our prawn baits also kept getting taken, our leaders had little nip marks on them. This could only mean one thing, then George manages to foul hook one under the jaw, damn Leather jackets had turned up and were massacering our baits. Time to move to spot B, all we saw there were tons of yellow tails and more jackets and big ones too, coming right up our berley trail within site. Moved to spot C, sent out peeled prawns, pilly tails and chicken breast baits down and waited for something to happen, 15 mins later I tell the boys that I saw something flash by in the water. Just as i finished saying this zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz my reel sings and I'm onto a King as Bill gets a hit, I land a rat of 56cm, Bill gets a Bream, then George a Bream. Following Georges Bream are a couple of Kings, Bill and I feed them a prawn, then mine is taken for a run, then I land another rat similar to the one before, Bill hooks up to a good fish then some time later he is busted off. George hooks into a King then he gets busted also. The action went on like this for the next hour, we were landing Bream in between King captures and we had a few bust offs on bigger kings that would take us into structure. I have never had so many bust offs, at one stage I had all 3 of my lighter outfits out of action due to bust offs. There were definitely some bigger Kings in amongst the smaller Kings and Bream. The 10 and 15kg outfits we had out didn't even get a single bit of attention from any fish which is usually the way for us. We also caught 2 trevs during all the commotion as well. The bite shut down after about and hour when the leatheries found us again, so we called it quits. Most of the Kings we caught today had yellow or green tags in them, the smaller Kings had tags with Coffs Harbour written on them, and the slightly larger ones had Cronula. penguin heres some pics Bill and the our double hook up kings George and a nice King A throw back at 62cm About to be returned to Posiedon A quick flick of the tail and gone Another rat Rat King Lunch and dinner for 3 families today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexboss Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 great post penguin......................... jimmy looks happy......................... fish for tea/lunch ??........................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 What and action packed day you and you mates had Penguin, a great feed of fish and good variety. Congrats.. Cheers.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrinkley Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Sounds to me like you have caught few of the Rats that have just been released from the Kingfish study that has taken place in the harbour. I was advised that they had several fish caught only 10 mins after being released. Preliminary results from their study are great, with only 2 or 3 fish passing away from the sample that was taken. Great to see where some of our fishing licence monies are going wrinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmaniac Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Hey mate, Well done on the kings. Sounds like a fantastic day on the water! Its absolutely fantastic when you can see the fish come and hit the baits! I was out today and had a similar result (no bustoffs though). Had a live squid on a heavier outfit that was not touched and caught everything on the lighter gear. Also, the fish had yellow tags! Did you see any bonito and frigate tuna? They were thick today Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Did you see any bonito and frigate tuna? They were thick today Andrew Hi Andrew, We saw lots of them Frigates at one of the spots we fished at, tried several different ways to catch em but we had no luck. penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmaniac Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Hi Andrew, We saw lots of them Frigates at one of the spots we fished at, tried several different ways to catch em but we had no luck. penguin Yea mate, I had the same problem. I would throw in a hand full of pilles with the hook completely concealed and the buggers ate every piece but the one with the hook. They are smart buggers, I think lighter line (4-6lb flouro) might be the go. Tossed lures and they were not interested. I witnessed a great capture today! I was outside early this morning and some blokes land-based landed a longtail (northern bluefin) tuna. It was a solid fish which i would estimate at around 6-8kg. It was a great catpure from Sydney rocks!!! Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 I witnessed a great capture today! I was outside early this morning and some blokes land-based landed a longtail (northern bluefin) tuna. It was a solid fish which i would estimate at around 6-8kg. It was a great catpure from Sydney rocks!!! Andrew That would have been a good one to witness. penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Great Harbour Session Penguin! Ray's words "Action Packed" describes it well!! Cheers jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simda Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Looks like a great day. See you out ther next time I hope, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Top session Penguin... fish for dinner... YUM Cheers, Slinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarraone Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 great day there by the looks at things hope to get amoungst it real soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numbnuts Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 That is a great haul there From the pics it looks like some of those Bream are actually Tarwhine ,which taste even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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