Lane Cover Upper - Kingfish

[pacemode]

Hey All,

Have not been fishing much lately as I am very busy ... but thought i'd go this morning.

Grabbed a couple of squid from freezer to go for jew. As I was driving decided to go to Lane Cove.

Anyway no luck on jew. As water began to run out one of my rod buckles... Landed an actual legal Kingfish.

Wow I thought so I threw another piece of squid out and within 2 minutes got nailed again - however lost this one.

Then threw out another piece and was onto another King... I thought how cool is this!

Then I saw massive bubbles of water around the shallows. Grabbed my 2 pound bream outfit - put on a 3 inch softy and waited. I then saw the bubble approach me so I threw the softy in and started jigging.

Bang I was on at my feet - I only had 125 pound of 2 pound fireline on... Almost got spooled - then it tired.

After 5 minutes I landed a 68 cm King -- how cool 0 sushimi for 2 night..

Always new kings go all the way up river during winter -- they were chasing hardy heads.. This time it was my turn to get them .. tight lines!

[tan the fisherman]

Well done for getting out there in the cold.

A great catch!

[Tiger Cam]

Great morning session Pacemode Kingies caught in upper Lane Cove

Cheers,

Cam

[monch]

Oh my gosh that is some hot action right there. Congrats on the captures

I'm still dreaming that that kind of action will show up when i go out fishing next time.

[hooklineandsinker]

sounds like a great time

well done you had better luck than i

[robeebee]

68 cm King on 2 pound line

that's unreal

would have taken some line ?

Edited June 21, 2009 by robeebee

[bongie555]

A legal king on 2 pound line, thats an awesome catch. I struggle to land them on 10kg..well done indeed..

[jim77]

Great work Pacemode!

As i live near there do you mind me asking whereabouts you were fishing?

[marcel haber]

Well done Jim , great to hear youre still around.

Mate we should hook uo for a winter jew or two.

great to hear you got some sushi,cant wait to get out and wet a line myself.

Twin 1

Marcel

[pacemode]

Well done Jim , great to hear youre still around.

Mate we should hook uo for a winter jew or two.

great to hear you got some sushi,cant wait to get out and wet a line myself.

Twin 1

Marcel

Hey Twin - I called you a while ago and I think I left a message .. Winter jew session would be nice. I now have a F/T job plus a busness in Newcastle so finding the time is the challenge.

Ye that was on 2 pound fireline - fish almost spooled me - but I tried a few rod techniques which changed the fishes direction. Kinfish don't go for very long though. It got tired - they also seemed very hungry as they were chasing hardy heads in the shallows.

Fish were caught close to Fig Tree - PS the water was slightly murky too.. which confused the hell out of me but I did not complain : ) Nice by catch - just ate one using the Kingfish recipe recently shown on master Chef - bloody awesome - lime and slightly cooked King is YUMMM..

[prawn*]

congrats its funny u say that u caught your kingy far in land i catch most my kingies in port hacking up in the areas u would not think they hide! spot x haha good to see they are still around i had couple landed sat before geting rained on both were rats and both caught on chicken how u figure that one,

[pacemode]

Here is my prized catch on 2 pound - you will notice the 4 inch watermelon berkley stick bait - plus my Shimano 1000 sized reel. - good fun!

[SimJ]

Nice as usual jim.

[squid hunter]

nice fish mate

regards

Squid Hunter