dlvbw Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 Lads (and ladies), happy to report that on Sunday I reached my summer goal and finally hooked and landed my first kingie. WOOHOO. Having just read the reports about kingies greater than a metre I feel pretty humbled but you have to start somewhere, and my kingie career commenced on Sunday avo in the Harbour. Having had not much luck raising yakkas and no luck with the squid around middle harbour we headed out to north head and started dragging some halco bibbed lures. No luck on the first two passes and then my mate nailed a nice bonito. Pretty quiet after this time so we headed inside the harbour a little to get away from the northerly. We got the lures out again and as we cruised past the first marker my reel start peeling line at a crazy rate. Battled the kingie for about 5 minutes with a couple of very nice runs (up there with the best minutes of my life!!) and then got him to surface. Excellent net work from my mate Sprotty and the king was in the boat and I was hootin and hollering like a maniac. Measured 65cm on the nose so he was kept Overall not the most productive day fishing I have ever had but definitely one I am going to remember for a long long time. It was also good to know that my late grandfathers Ambassador 6500C reel and Sabre rod combo, handed to me about 25 years ago is still up to the task. Dinner last night consisted of kingfish sashimi followed by pan fried kingfish with a simple garlic/butter/wine sauce. Very tasty and we still have two more monster steaks in the fridge. Cheers lads, and well done to all the lads who were catching monster kings on the weekend. Very solid form!!! Laters Duncs PS - Gareth, when are we going fishing again?????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Congrats on breaking your Kingy duck penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poseidon Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Nice one Duncs, well done on breaking your duck! They can only get bigger from here mate.. I'll PM you some tips about livies and bigger specimens Johnny G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
searunner525 Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Well done on the king mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james7 Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 (edited) Well done Duncs on breaking the kingy duck. Or did you mean "King Duck"? Anyway, I hope they get even bigger and better from now on! Cheers Peter Edited February 23, 2010 by peterS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmerrifield Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Congratulations on that big kingfish - fish girl wants to know when she gets a ride on the lady avocado??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim77 Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Good on ya Duncs. Now that you've caught your first you are in trouble as the obsession only gets worse!! Hopefully not too long before you get your second... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roosterman Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 congrats on ya first kingy may it be the first of many cheers...steve..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooklineandsinker Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 congrats on your kingy great fighters aren't they i myself only just scored my first king on the weekend just past though my was only 57cm and thus undersize mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 (edited) its a great feeling ay Edited February 24, 2010 by Groper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegroves68 Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Its good fun eh? You do realise you will become addicted? It will cause all sorts of problems............but well worth it. well done. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Jeff Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Congrats on the kingie mate From fishfinder707 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr kingy Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Congrats on your fist king........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryno_popey Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Congrats on the first king, theyre the best fish. Once i caught my first one i was hooked. Hope you get many more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Nice one! After you get your first kingie you wont want to give up on them! They will start coming easier too. Well done on popping the cherry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHARK Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adjustedpete Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 Ahhhh I remember my first kingi...................Those were the days. Now its an obsession. The missus and wallet are NOT happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yakka Posted February 27, 2010 Share Posted February 27, 2010 Good effort mate... I know hwo you feel only got mine a couple of weeks ago... Now you have got a first taste you will catch em non stop... hopefully Cheers SquidKing Combo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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