cheezndave Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Decided to go for an early session yesterday morning with my mate Ben. Launched at Rose Bay (2nd time i've launched there and i think it's the crappest boatramp, especially compared to the ones around botany bay). Loaded up with about 10 live squid straight up and then headed to middle head for some yakka's. Managed to get half dozen yakka's and thought that should be enough considering i have plently of live squid. Anyways trolled 1st location with 1 x live squid & 1 x live yakka - NOTHING Then decided to try Longreef, trolled some skirts and teasers up there - NOTHING Messed around at longreef for a bit whilst on the drift - NOTHING Jetted back to Syd harbour and tried 2nd spot. 1st troll and bang, the yakka gets nailed. After a solid 5min fight and the TLD30 getting a good workout, i land this monster - 98cm Kingy 2nd troll and bang, the yakka goes off again. Bens turn to bring him in - 60cm Bonito 3rd troll we decide to troll 2 yakkas in lieu of the 1. And again bang, this time double hook up, Fortunately Ben was successful in bringing to the boat a 70cm king, my fish spat the hook. (sorry no pics) 4th troll and final yakka in the tank deployed - Bang, TLD goes off yet again. Ben lands another good size king around the 1m mark (between 8-10 kgs). See you guys out there next weekend, hopefully our special little spot will give me something to write about again. Cheers, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Some damn nice fish there guys well done!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yakka Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 That is such a dope effort... Im sooo jealouse ive spent ages in search of kings that big and still havent got one and you got 2 in one day... Good effort boys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'59Custom Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Onya Dave, your patience has paid off. Were you downrigging? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh191 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Nice fish there mate, well done. Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheezndave Posted February 28, 2010 Author Share Posted February 28, 2010 Onya Dave, your patience has paid off. Were you downrigging? I guess you could say downrigging, but with the poor mans downrigger. Snapper sinker onto an elastic band, onto the main line. It did the job. I also want to add that none of the squid got touched whilst on the troll, the preferred bait was the yakka. Worked a treat. Cheers, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adjustedpete Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Love your style mate. Who needs those fancy setups anyway. Looks like a great day out too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 looks like we have the try hards who cant get a meter kingie ( Im one of them) and we have Guys like you who just go out and smash them effortlessly, Damm Im jelouse. Good effort guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacer560 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 hey champ, so i assume you caught the kings trolling or did you stop and drop the yakkas down? If trolling, were the yakkas deep, or near the surface travelling about 3-4knotts? Sorry to sound confusing but just curious, last week at bluefish i had a yakka out on the surface, and coped a good hit and snapped my rod holder (plastic). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheezndave Posted February 28, 2010 Author Share Posted February 28, 2010 hey champ, so i assume you caught the kings trolling or did you stop and drop the yakkas down? If trolling, were the yakkas deep, or near the surface travelling about 3-4knotts? Sorry to sound confusing but just curious, last week at bluefish i had a yakka out on the surface, and coped a good hit and snapped my rod holder (plastic). All fish were caught on the troll. I was able to keep the baits down a couple of metres via the poor mans downrigger. The average water depth was about 10m. We did get 1 or 2 snags when coming a bit too close to the rocks and into 5m water depth but thats the risk you take when downrigging unless you know where the shallow sections are. Trolling speed - 2 knots (2.5 max), i know its slow but its the only way to keep the yakka alive and swimming naturally through the water. We didnt stop and anchor or drift as we were pretty close to the rocks. Regards, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve07 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Great session on some top kings,well done. cheers Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHARK Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Good Work Gents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czy0058 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Good fish. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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