spongy Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Here's a report on yesterday's assault on the recent kingy school at Colours. Got to the spot just on day break looking for slimies but none found, just a heap of sweep. My buddy threw out an unweighted 6 inch sluggo and immediately hooked into rat. So I dropped a jig down as they have been doing the damage in the last few weeks. A couple of lifts and I was also on. Result was a 50cm and 64cm. A few more boats turned up and they too were getting into them. Our hook up rate slowed right down so we decided to go and collect some yakkas. 1 hour later came back to find the place chockers. The action was still slow and nothing like the previous weeks. A school of big salmon came by and demolished both our livies. Landed 2 fat salmons the biggest went 65cm. Didnt see anyone land any keepers so we took off to North Head away from the crowds. My mate had a big take on his yakka which reefed him even though he was fishing heavy, so really disappointed losing a solid king. The southerly picked up and made North Head uncomfortable so we decided to head in. Went to the Quarantine marker to find heaps of boats all huddled around the marker like it was a camp fire. Flicked a sluggo plastic and immediately had a few rats chase it. Gave my mate a go and he changed the retrieve speed and hooked up on his first cast. All rats so we moved on. We went back to Colours as it would have been sheltered from the southerly. By this time all but a couple of boats had left so we had the place to ourselves and we were out of the wind. We started burleying with yakka pieces and had a few rats come up but were hesitant to strike. 30 min later My TLD outfit has a big strike with a screaming run. I was in 25m of water and was fishing just off the bottom. In fear of getting reefed, I cranked up the drag and got back some line. This fish was real agro and the TLD was still screaming on the kingey's 2nd run. I cranked the drag up close to limit and had the biggest bend in my 24kg rod. I knew this would be my PB if only a could boat it. the fight lasted a quick 10 minutes and soon had it boat side. We forgot the net so my mate had to tail grab it. On his second attempt we had my PB in the boat. Hi-5s in the boat, and as Im measuring him, Fisheries come by to inspect the fish. Result was a PB of 95cm. We were happy to call it a day after that even though it was 5cm short of the magical 1 metre mark. Just means we have to do it again next week. Cheers, Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olitay Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 damn nice fish man, well done!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangas Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 awesome catch spongy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Nice pb King , congrats cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahajo Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Nice catch Well done on a solid pb king Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogtooth Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Well done on your PB king.... Keep at it with live slimies and the new PB will be broken .... Cheers Dogtooth..... John... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 95 cm, dammm I agree with you, you will just have to again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imaddictedtofishing Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Holy moly nice work . What gear were you running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caine1 Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Top report Spongy......and well done one the personal best..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Nice king! Congrats on the p.b. The conditions look great out of the wind! Cheers, Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickman Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 top king jeff well done and love the camp fire coment that realy sums up q point marker on any weekend cheers gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim77 Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Great fish Spongy. I was out there also yesterday in the same area - got a couple of decent ones as well, but nothing like as good as yours. What time did you get it? Shame fisheries didn't show up earlier as i saw a couple of blokes keep a very small fish. I gave them a gob full and they quickly drove off! Had to laugh at your Quarantine comment - i went there for a look on the way in but didn't even bother stopping. Why do people fish so close to each other - especially when they are only rats!? I am also on a mission to break the metre mark in the harbour (have caught them offshore and in NZ). There are plenty around just got to get one to stick instead of busting me off! Good luck in your quest. Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke K Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 That's a great harbour king Jeff, well done! Great report too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishaman Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 does anyone mind sharing the GPS co ordinates of colours, PM me if you dont mind sharing. thanks raiders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim77 Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 does anyone mind sharing the GPS co ordinates of colours, PM me if you dont mind sharing. Mate the GPS marks for the colours are no secret - do an internet search for it and you will find plenty of references... Just go out there and drive around and you will find lots of good ground to fish. Or at the moment just go out the Heads, turn right and drive to where all the boats are, especially if its a weekend! Yesterday it was like a boat park out there!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongy Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 (edited) Thanks for the kind replies. The gear I was running was a TLD25 2speed spooled with 50lb line on a 24kg Shimano Beastmaster. Glad I didnt hook it on my spin outfit - would have ended in tears. Had the kingey fillets for lunch today - soooo satisfying knowing I caught that. Jim, Caught the kingy around 11am, about an hour after high tide. Tight lines all. Jeff Edited December 20, 2009 by spongy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day's Fishin Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Great looking king Jeff. What a great time you had fighting him & then the icing on the cake for your mate to tail him & become a part of the whole episode was fantastic! Well done to both of you. Regards Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 That's a top kingy, bet he tested your gear out, he's a super fish.. Congrats buddy ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason baker Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Cracking King. Nice work. Jas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie Fish Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 (edited) Great fish Spongy. I was out there also yesterday in the same area - got a couple of decent ones as well, but nothing like as good as yours. What time did you get it? Shame fisheries didn't show up earlier as i saw a couple of blokes keep a very small fish. I gave them a gob full and they quickly drove off! Had to laugh at your Quarantine comment - i went there for a look on the way in but didn't even bother stopping. Why do people fish so close to each other - especially when they are only rats!? I am also on a mission to break the metre mark in the harbour (have caught them offshore and in NZ). There are plenty around just got to get one to stick instead of busting me off! Good luck in your quest. Cheers Jim long time reader, first time poster. sorry to make my first post such a shit one, but jim77 has rather offended me. the bloke he is referring to is me, and the fish in question was size. jim77, i wasnt aware your vision came with a built in ruler, and am amazed that you can tell the size of fish from over 50 meters away!! like our forum administrator says, if you dont hav anything useful to post, then dont post anything at all. the fish was size, and i dont appreciate being screamed at on the water. thanks frankie fish Edited December 23, 2009 by Frankie Fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 long time reader, first time poster. sorry to make my first post such a shit one, but jim77 has rather offended me. the bloke he is referring to is me, and the fish in question was size. jim77, i wasnt aware your vision came with a built in ruler, and am amazed that you can tell the size of fish from over 50 meters away!! like our forum administrator says, if you dont hav anything useful to post, then dont post anything at all. the fish was size, and i dont appreciate being screamed at on the water. thanks frankie fish Fishraiders ARE everywhere people . Frankie it is a damn shame that you joined up today at 1.52pm just to have the last word with jim77 in this public fashion, there really was no need to identify yourself. Perhaps you and jim77 may like to discuss this offline via pm - apologies all round might be the order of the day. Looking forward to reading some of your posts that share your fishing experiences with us Frankie Sorry to Spongy for ruining his post too! mrsswordfisherman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Knot Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Well put mrsswordie - The forum is not the place for airing grievances or settling on water disputes at anytime - but particularly 2 days out from Xmas Great post spongy and congrats on the PB John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Cracker of a fish well done!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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