rkhosid Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT Bit late to post and my first one on this forum. Friday/Saturday 5th December, got up around 3:00 in the morning and thought what would be the best way to spend the morning. Its an hour drive to La Perouse and to get a spot one had to be early. yep...4:30 arrived at Browns rock and I'm trying to get some yakkas..no luck. Other fishos show up within minutes and seems to be much luckier catches 5 within ten minutes and has livies on three rods. Mine are sitting empty. Took me until 8:00 in the morning to get one and got one rod waiting with a livie on it. Within minutes the rod starts jerking, thought I had a salmon but turned out to be a 40+ Taylor. Managed to get one more yakka and by 10:00 am my rod went screaming must have taken at least 50 meters of line since I set my drag to only about a kilo or so, less lost fish . Took control and reeled the kingie in. Just over 78 cm and what a great barbie that Saturday evening. Using Shimano three piece rod with soft tip and same brand reel 4500's. Main line braid 20lbs and 40lbs mono lead. I just trow the line with heavy sinker to keep the line tout and attach a yakka with a hook behind the dorsal on a 1.5 meter lead which I clip on the main line and let it decent into the water. They seem to stay alive much longer compared to attach and trow method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zrealist Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Nice fish. Thats an interesting way of getting the live bait out, neva thought of it before. Good tip. tks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isabel Ciaramella Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 great report. can't wait to get out there this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hottyscotty Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 great fish! i've always wanted to try that spot when swells get a bit rough fishing off the rocks facing the ocean. are you allowed to park in the golf course parking lot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny doi Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 thats a nice king caught off the rocks mate,great work. where abouts is browns rock,is it near bare island?is it a safe ledge & how high is the ledge from water?& is it a far walk from the car? if anyone can answer my queries,it will much apperciated. cheers johnny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Great report, I find after thefishing trip always eat the fish fresh, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harold Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 wheres all of our invites to the barby? congratulations, great fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkhosid Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 thats a nice king caught off the rocks mate,great work. where abouts is browns rock,is it near bare island?is it a safe ledge & how high is the ledge from water?& is it a far walk from the car? if anyone can answer my queries,it will much apperciated. cheers johnny. Thanks mate.. The ledge is quite safe in any kind of weather as it is being sheltered by the north head, also there is an old concrete platform that use to house a canon, on high tide you would be about 2 to 3 meters above water. Easy to catch yakkas for live bait and it is much safer than Bear Island, that's one dangerous platform to fish from. One thing is, gotta get there early as late comers will find there is no places left to put their rods in. I always get there before the sun comes up to ensure a spot. I have attached an image that shows where the place is. You could park at the golf course but not recommended. The walk is about one and a half km and takes about ten minutes as its going down hill. Going home will take a bit longer and will knock the wind out of ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOUDSPEAKER Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 That's a really good report, BTW, I'm really new to this, may i ask you guys, what bait or live bait (how do you get the live bait) do you use for fishing king fish on the rock, also... what kind of rig and hook do you use when fishing them Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
out n about Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 very nice fish mate well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim bream Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 thats a nice fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Nice fish there mate, im sure u enjoyed eating him. penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongy Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Thanks mate.. The ledge is quite safe in any kind of weather as it is being sheltered by the north head, also there is an old concrete platform that use to house a canon, on high tide you would be about 2 to 3 meters above water. Easy to catch yakkas for live bait and it is much safer than Bear Island, that's one dangerous platform to fish from. One thing is, gotta get there early as late comers will find there is no places left to put their rods in. I always get there before the sun comes up to ensure a spot. I have attached an image that shows where the place is. You could park at the golf course but not recommended. The walk is about one and a half km and takes about ten minutes as its going down hill. Going home will take a bit longer and will knock the wind out of ya. Good report mate and excellent fish. Although I wouldnt fish landbased, you're description is fantastic and Im sure very helpful to those other landbased fishers. We need more descriptions as detailed as yours...... Keep them coming. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adjustedpete Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Great report there, and a nice kingie. landbased is a special kind of fishing and something I sucked at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkhosid Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 That's a really good report, BTW, I'm really new to this, may i ask you guys, what bait or live bait (how do you get the live bait) do you use for fishing king fish on the rock, also... what kind of rig and hook do you use when fishing them Thanks Fish for yellowtail (yakkas) get yourself either a hand line or a short kiddie rod with multiple small hooks smaller the better. Burley bread mixed with pilchard and sand to break it up. This will bring yakkas close to the surface so you can actually see them, for bait use anything from prawns, pilchard, chiken or best is mince. You have to be quick cause the bait will keep disappearing every minute or so. Once you get one, hook it just behind the dorsal and let it swim attached to the main line. Main line, just tie up a heavy sinker and trow as far as you can--tighten up the line. Live bait attach to the 40lbs or more 1 meter monoline with number 4 hook on one end a nd a clip on the other. Clip on the main line and let the live bait descend into water. The bait will tend to stay close to the surface thus attracting kingies, taylor or salmon. Bigger the bait, bigger the fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOUDSPEAKER Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Fish for yellowtail (yakkas) get yourself either a hand line or a short kiddie rod with multiple small hooks smaller the better. Burley bread mixed with pilchard and sand to break it up. This will bring yakkas close to the surface so you can actually see them, for bait use anything from prawns, pilchard, chiken or best is mince. You have to be quick cause the bait will keep disappearing every minute or so. Once you get one, hook it just behind the dorsal and let it swim attached to the main line. Main line, just tie up a heavy sinker and trow as far as you can--tighten up the line. Live bait attach to the 40lbs or more 1 meter monoline with number 4 hook on one end a nd a clip on the other. Clip on the main line and let the live bait descend into water. The bait will tend to stay close to the surface thus attracting kingies, taylor or salmon. Bigger the bait, bigger the fish. Great tips, thanks very much for your reply, gotta try that spot once i get a chance Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnk Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Well done mate - worth the walk. Was wondering what you are using to clip your leader onto the main line that will give you the strength during a good fight. Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkhosid Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 Well done mate - worth the walk. Was wondering what you are using to clip your leader onto the main line that will give you the strength during a good fight. Cheers John Hi John Use a snap swivel which rates at about 40kg break. Sample below: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulthetaffy Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Hi John Use a snap swivel which rates at about 40kg break. Sample below: I've been thinking about using this rig myself as it's been suggested many times on here, but am a little concerend about bite detection. Once the livie is in the water it can obviously swim anywhere from the surface to where the sinker is - when you get a take am I right that you wont detect this until the fish has taken the bait far enough for the snap swivel to slide all the way to the sinker? Or if you do detect it you can't set the hooks until you have wound in enough line for the sinker to meet the swivel? Couldn't this be many (10-20) metres if the water was deep or if you have cast quite far creating a shallow angle? Cheers Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnk Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Hi John Use a snap swivel which rates at about 40kg break. Sample below: Many thanks, thought it might have been - have read an article about the same thing and spent a few hours yesterday online trying to tack it down . Will have to give it a go one day. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooklineandsinker Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 I've been thinking about using this rig myself as it's been suggested many times on here, but am a little concerend about bite detection. Once the livie is in the water it can obviously swim anywhere from the surface to where the sinker is - when you get a take am I right that you wont detect this until the fish has taken the bait far enough for the snap swivel to slide all the way to the sinker? Or if you do detect it you can't set the hooks until you have wound in enough line for the sinker to meet the swivel? Couldn't this be many (10-20) metres if the water was deep or if you have cast quite far creating a shallow angle? Cheers Paul the way i see it paul is no real bite just a take <whole >and the run once fish has realized that its hooked or something not quite right gonna try it myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulthetaffy Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 the way i see it paul is no real bite just a take <whole >and the run once fish has realized that its hooked or something not quite right gonna try it myself Yeah sorry I meant that you wouldn't detect the run until it had taken it far enough for the clip to reach the sinker. Let me know how it goes! Cheers Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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