SZ1 Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 HI Raiders, What day of fishing, went out Saturday to jig forkings, There was kings everywhere for the marjority of the day we were landing rat kings and average 70cm plus models with plenty of throw back to boot. I can say it was a day i will never forget, all up we landed over 40+ fish for the day, the conditions was great not much swell or wind which made life easy. We were dropping a majority of 200g - 300g, by lunch time i was sore and tired so i gave the heavy outfit consisting of a t-curve 200 and a Saltiga 6500 the retirement and opted for a lighter option of 30lb outfit with a 4500j fream to have some fun as the fish we we're getting were all around thr 65-75mark, as soon I changed to the lighter gear, i hooked up solid to a 83cm fish which smashed my previous PB of 73cm, stoked as hell already!!! But this record didn't last, on the next drop two turns of the handle i am on solid again, this time it was right on the bottom over some nasty ground and line was peeling off fast, i had the drag crank right up and with 9kg of drag this thing was not stopping, I was in a position where i was going to be reefed, I made the decision to go for gold and hope for the best but with 30lb i wasn't very confident, the next few seconds went like this: line is still peeling off at a rate of knotes so i palmed the spool and ping the hook pull , this was a much better fish, At this stage everyone was jeered up so more jigs gets dropped, feeling a little disappointed as i know i have lost my chance with a good fish. I ropped my jig again, the jig hits the bottom i get it up 10 or so meter and get hit again, this thing was a machine! line immediatley was peeling off the little 4500 heading in one direction towards the reef, this time i wasn't going to lose him pump and wind pump and wind i gave it all i had, the rod butt was digging in to my stomach but this was the least of my worries as i still had plenty of to work to do, the next feel minute was heart in mouth stuff, i finally turned him and had him comming up, i gained some and he took some but i had him away already and had a sniff at the prize. The fish faught all the way up after i had him half way up the thoughts of is my knots going to hold, is the leader damaged or will a bloody jacket bite me off ran through my head. But all this faded when we had colour and with a good net shot I had my first Hoodie king on the deck. I checked my leader and there was damage shown but eveything held together and the fish god smiled upon me. Need less to say we stayed around and jigged more but the action dead of again and another mate scored a 83cm model and plenty more of of 70cm plus and undersized fish. All day the action was pretty consistent with fish coming over the side on every drift. towards the end the wind picked up and made our life very hard as we counldn't get our jigs down to he bottom so a call for the day was made, all up I am sore all over but that is all part of the fun. The stats: Size 105cm Weight 9.80kg Hope you enjoyed the read. Cheers, Sz1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshg_888 Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Wow Great fish congratulations One to remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleung Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Sounds like fun, great report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy69 Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 AWESOME! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegroves68 Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Well done ! you did better than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooker435 Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Awsome. Worth the sore arms I bet!!!! Looking forward to landing something like that one day... Regards, Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishhunter76 Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 WOW thats a great catch buddy..sounds like a very good days out fishing. congrates ont the monster . Cheers LALA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Gun Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Mate thats a cracker of a kingie!!! HUGE! Well gone and thumbs up to you for landing it on a 4500 size reel. Cheers YG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Awesome stuff mate congrats!!!!! And well written... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 (edited) Congrats that pb Kings gona be hard for you to beat Edited November 15, 2009 by penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogtooth Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Well Done on your new PB , and joining the 1 metre king club . Cheers Dogtooth... John... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankp Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Bloody great report. Congratulations. Also was that off sydney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGF Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 nice nice where was that caught? i was in the harbour chasing some kings for fun but they didnt want to come and play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SZ1 Posted November 16, 2009 Author Share Posted November 16, 2009 Thanks all for the replies, I am still sore two days after but as Nathan pointed it out it was well worth it. I never expect to crack the 1m that day and didn’t really expect much but as fishing is you never know, the fishing god must have been in a good mood, I just need to have a jig as my mate is WA is going next week to jig for sambos I didn’t want him to start send photos to me making me jealous. We were fishing out off shore in Sydney, as always the bigger fish always finds the lightest outfit to target, the little 4500 was buzzing and surprisingly held its own under locked drags. Was very happy with the fact that I did lose a big fish prior to this and to have a second chance at it was a great blessing, and to have landed the fish on 30lb in nasty reef was a great feeling. Can’t wait to go out and do it again, now just counting down the days till I make my way over to Perth to jig for the sambos January 8th can’t come sooner!!!! Cheers, Sz1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donjuarez Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Well done mate on cracking the magic metre! Haha.. jigging hurts doesn't it!! But all for a good cause! AJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGF Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 awsome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 mate thats a great Kingie well done top effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padfoot Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 That's a great fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle ray Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Great fishing. Went out today with a friend off broken bay. Jigged and live baits. Livies were not popular but got the better fish to 88 cm. A few rats on jigs but was hard going. Saw somthing very large make some disturbances on the surface. Could not identify it, though soon after we marked a massive return on the sounder at 60 meters. Smelt beaky to me. Water was warm 22c and dirty green though. Returning in we found a school of striped tuna on the surface, here the water was clean and still warm. Wind was picking up and with a large rolling swell we kept on going and left them to do their thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adjustedpete Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 That is one good fish, I hope to emulate you soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yakfishing Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Mate, awesome read and even better fish From a heartbreaking ping to a heartstopping monster, thats what it's all about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooklineandsinker Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 HI Raiders, What day of fishing, went out Saturday to jig forkings, There was kings everywhere for the marjority of the day we were landing rat kings and average 70cm plus models with plenty of throw back to boot. I can say it was a day i will never forget, all up we landed over 40+ fish for the day, the conditions was great not much swell or wind which made life easy. We were dropping a majority of 200g - 300g, by lunch time i was sore and tired so i gave the heavy outfit consisting of a t-curve 200 and a Saltiga 6500 the retirement and opted for a lighter option of 30lb outfit with a 4500j fream to have some fun as the fish we we're getting were all around thr 65-75mark, as soon I changed to the lighter gear, i hooked up solid to a 83cm fish which smashed my previous PB of 73cm, stoked as hell already!!! But this record didn't last, on the next drop two turns of the handle i am on solid again, this time it was right on the bottom over some nasty ground and line was peeling off fast, i had the drag crank right up and with 9kg of drag this thing was not stopping, I was in a position where i was going to be reefed, I made the decision to go for gold and hope for the best but with 30lb i wasn't very confident, the next few seconds went like this: line is still peeling off at a rate of knotes so i palmed the spool and ping the hook pull , this was a much better fish, At this stage everyone was jeered up so more jigs gets dropped, feeling a little disappointed as i know i have lost my chance with a good fish. I ropped my jig again, the jig hits the bottom i get it up 10 or so meter and get hit again, this thing was a machine! line immediatley was peeling off the little 4500 heading in one direction towards the reef, this time i wasn't going to lose him pump and wind pump and wind i gave it all i had, the rod butt was digging in to my stomach but this was the least of my worries as i still had plenty of to work to do, the next feel minute was heart in mouth stuff, i finally turned him and had him comming up, i gained some and he took some but i had him away already and had a sniff at the prize. The fish faught all the way up after i had him half way up the thoughts of is my knots going to hold, is the leader damaged or will a bloody jacket bite me off ran through my head. But all this faded when we had colour and with a good net shot I had my first Hoodie king on the deck. I checked my leader and there was damage shown but eveything held together and the fish god smiled upon me. Need less to say we stayed around and jigged more but the action dead of again and another mate scored a 83cm model and plenty more of of 70cm plus and undersized fish. All day the action was pretty consistent with fish coming over the side on every drift. towards the end the wind picked up and made our life very hard as we counldn't get our jigs down to he bottom so a call for the day was made, all up I am sore all over but that is all part of the fun. The stats: Size 105cm Weight 9.80kg Hope you enjoyed the read. Cheers, Sz1 that is a great fighting kingie all 105cms of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The President Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Very nice read, jigging is hard work but very rewarding when you catch such an awsome fish. Great work buddy. The President. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1975 Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 nice read, great fish, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
river_kid Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 cracker fish mate well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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