Balmain Fishin Trip

[hooklineandsinker]

i normally dont bore others with unsuccessful trips but this one was okay in my eyes as i usually dont catch much

the target was for the day was to catch my first king i felt inspired by all the reports

any how started at a wharf in balmain at about 530 am armed with bonito strips ,salted slimies <pillie size>and a box Californian squid and bread for burly

quickly whacked 3 rods out and started to burly for yakkas cound not manage to even find or have a yakka turn up instead it was small tailor first 1 then 3 then the hoards came over in the space of an hour and they stayed all morning not a yakka insight

to cut it short

saw a few large tailor and big mullet about 40cms and the highlight being the 3 kings that showed up and at the time i was flicking this thing around

but alas they did not go for it

some time goes by and i catch a small snapper

a couples min later my 6-10kg rod goes off but the time i get there what ever it was is under the pylons i toyed with it for a min or so only to find i have no hook

i re rig it then pop it in the same spot then it goes off again a few mins later but i bring in an eel

i think the earlier tussle may have been an eel also

any how my stories over i had a nice day out

mike

Edited December 26, 2009 by hooklineandsinker

[jamesds]

Hi there Mike,

Which wharf were you fishing at - Balmain East or Thames Street? I've been seeing kings in Mort Bay cruising along around the edge of the Bay but still haven't managed to get one yet.

I've never caught anything at Balmain East (not anything worth keeping anyway!) but Mort Bay often produces the goods (Bream / Whiting / Snapper / Flatties).

If you're in the area and would like a fishing buddy, PM me and we'll sort something out.

James.

[Day's Fishin]

If you see fish there, then your in the right spot. The reason you didn't get a hit is the lure you were using. You have to present something that the kings normally eat.

Regards Jeff

[hooklineandsinker]

james

i wasn't fishing any of the wharfs you mentioned ill try any of them with you its always good to have a fisho to help with that fish of a lifetime

ill pm you but was thinking mon or tuesday morn fish or if not we'll sort it out ive just started fishing the area so many places to fish i once worked close to snails bay and though i would fish the wharf near the fields so i did with sps nothing caught but it was worth a try

Nathan

ive read your posts on the kings cracker posts then your post with tide n knots with jews seems like your on fire

i dont know if it was a king or not the hook up was on a 6-10 kg 7 footer rod but i did not feel any head shaking but ive never hooked or caught a king

so i dont know if they head shake or not all i know my live liner was screamin and an other fisho telling me my reel was screaming but the time i got there and picked up the rod my line was in the pylons

days fishin

next time i go hopefully i may have fresher squid and an going to definitely going to have a floating bait about

mike

Edited December 25, 2009 by hooklineandsinker

[Krispy !]

It might've been a good sized surgeon if it wasn't on a fish bait. But no , Its most likely a king as surgeons dont tolerate slightly discoloured water.

cheers,

Seriola Lalandi,

[hooklineandsinker]

nathan

the set up is a 7 foot ugly stick tiger 10-50lb running yellow 30lb braid on a penn 560 live liner rig standard running rig no5 ball sinker with 20lb fluro carbon trace to a 2/0 big gun tied with a uni knot

i use sliding snells when i have squid on but this rod had a fish bait on it