zephi Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 (edited) Caught my first Kingy at Port Hacking today! 70cm, 3kg. Catching a lot of livebaits as soon as we arrived, caught a lot of pilchards , yakkas and gars. Had livies out as soon as we arrived. After about 3 hours, finally my first run ever! Slow but steady take, and I quickly picked up the rod to strike, tightened the drag and I was on! I took my time with this fish, and pumped retrieved every time it paused. After about 5 minutes, the fish was finally in sight... thought it looked like a big trevally as it was already on it's side, then saw the yellow tail! and knew it was a kingy. It swam around under my feet for about 5 minutes before it swam into the net... it still had a lot of go left in him. Had 20lb fireline with a 50lb mono trace, weightless with a single 4/0 hook. Caught it 1 hour after high tide, using livebait pilchard. Finally! patience and determination has paid off. After about 20 minutes, my uncle rod has a huge run! Seemed much bigger than my fish, it just pulled on forever, it did not stop once at all.With probably around 20 metres of line left in the spool, he tightens fully and it was still peeling line out, until he finally put some pressure on the reel and the line snaps! That's too bad.... But I'm so stoked about my first kingy! My biggest fish I've ever caught Edited June 29, 2009 by zephi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micksfishn Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 awesome work mate well done all your patience has paid off in a big way shame about not being able to stop the other one but hey thats fishing first kingy new pb now you got a new target to aim for a bigger one mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cupnoodle Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 good work, now i have to get mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmzbeast Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Congrats Zephi nice one you now have the bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squid hunter Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 awesome work mate well done regards Squid Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prawn* Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 good work good to see u catching kingys as well in port hacking were abouts landbased? looks like gymea side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephi Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 good work good to see u catching kingys as well in port hacking were abouts landbased? looks like gymea side? Dolans side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewiehaven Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 CONGRATS on the PB Kingie mate!!! Sounds like your uncles fish was a Noah if it ran that hard and smoked him then pinged him with 20 to go... Now you got the bug aim higher and remember persistance pays off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Congrats on breaking your Kingy duck zephi. Hope u get many more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jembro Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Caught my first Kingy at Port Hacking today! 70cm, 3kg. Catching a lot of livebaits as soon as we arrived, caught a lot of pilchards , yakkas and gars. Had livies out as soon as we arrived. After about 3 hours, finally my first run ever! Slow but steady take, and I quickly picked up the rod to strike, tightened the drag and I was on! I took my time with this fish, and pumped retrieved every time it paused. After about 5 minutes, the fish was finally in sight... thought it looked like a big trevally as it was already on it's side, then saw the yellow tail! and knew it was a kingy. It swam around under my feet for about 5 minutes before it swam into the net... it still had a lot of go left in him. Had 20lb fireline with a 50lb mono trace, weightless with a single 4/0 hook. Caught it 1 hour after high tide, using livebait pilchard. Finally! patience and determination has paid off. After about 20 minutes, my uncle rod has a huge run! Seemed much bigger than my fish, it just pulled on forever, it did not stop once at all.With probably around 20 metres of line left in the spool, he tightens fully and it was still peeling line out, until he finally put some pressure on the reel and the line snaps! That's too bad.... But I'm so stoked about my first kingy! My biggest fish I've ever caught Well done! Thats what life is all about. Got my first one in april. i know how you feel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh191 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Great catch Zephi, good to hear a report about kings in the hacking again. Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james7 Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 That's a great fish! Well done! Finally! patience and determination has paid off. That's what it's all about, patience and determination ... and sometimes a bit of luck! Cheers Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangus Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 congrats zephi on your first kingy anyway was that at wallys wharf? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robust Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 well done zephi.....congrats on a whopper mate....i'm so excited to see that is still plenty opportunities in port hacking. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnv Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 well done Zephi cheers john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tevoro Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Good work Zephi. Not to mention braving the cold to go out and fish. Well done indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screech Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 WELL DONE CHAMP!!!!! cant go wrong with the baits you had out!! now u have the king addiction keep getting em!!! thats great to see them in the hacking still..... must be chasing the gars that are coming in..... i wouldn't be surprised for the bay fishos to pick them up around woolaware bay. was that at wally's??? nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephi Posted July 1, 2009 Author Share Posted July 1, 2009 Thanks guys for all the comments.. And yes, this will be a start for mt to target for the larger species now. Even though I've been at it for so long without any success. I want to get out and do what I did to get this lovely fish again. Now I'm hooked, now all I'm thinking about now is how to get more lol... WELL DONE CHAMP!!!!! cant go wrong with the baits you had out!! now u have the king addiction keep getting em!!! thats great to see them in the hacking still..... must be chasing the gars that are coming in..... i wouldn't be surprised for the bay fishos to pick them up around woolaware bay. was that at wally's??? nick yeah it was wally's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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