Yeeros Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 (edited) Hi Guys and Gals I enjoy looking at the pics up here from all with their catches and i noticed a lot of new guys talking about boats and boats etc etc. To those that know me i'm a dedicated LBG fisho and love my rock fishing with a passion. I wanted to show you guys my catch from the weekend that surprised the hell out of me and a lot of my mates. It was caught of a rock ledge very close to Sydney and was caught on a live bait set wide. Caught on 15kg and didn't up too much of a fight on 15kg and 7kg drag. But the catch was rewarding due to the rarity of getting something like this in our neck of the woods. And to do it from my beloved stones makes it all the better. Please don't ask me the exact ledge, it wouldn't matter anyway as these fish are travellers, whats more important for the newbies is knowing what ledge to fish when. I just wanted to show some of the newer guys that with the right know how and practise what can be done from the shore. Enjoy the pic. Edited March 22, 2010 by Yeeros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Wow! He's come along way down in the East Aust Current, Yeeros! Well done on a nice reward mate. That's a 2nd place Raider record for that species. Great stuff. Cheers, Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssymmetri Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 wow very cool! what live bait do these guys like taking? (if you don't mind) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Great catch off the rocks mate, we know they look alot like a king but do they put up as good a fight? Congrats on your catch, that is a helluva fish.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lighthouse2k Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Nice catch, more importantly did you eat it and did it taste and good?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeeros Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 Nice catch, more importantly did you eat it and did it taste and good?? It didn't put up as much fight as a king about the same size Ray, only went about as hard as a 70cm king or so and they kick a bit but come up pretty quick. Lighthouse it tasted really good, very nice meat i must say, firmist meat i ever filleted which made it very easy. Meat had a nice pinky reddy tinge to it as well but cooked up super white and flakey! Good old yakka was the bait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 well done yeeros, the inshore beakies and blues shouldnt be far off showing either. great catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGF Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 well done nice catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor78 Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Well done mate thats a rare LBG catch The water is so warm off the coast this year anything is possible and you proved it. Im a fellow LBG fisherman and your right you dont need a boat to catch quality fish off the rocks the fish come to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
customcasting Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 well done ,the boys told me in the arvo .i still think you could have gone harder on the first hook up .you worry to much about your balls . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeeros Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 well done ,the boys told me in the arvo .i still think you could have gone harder on the first hook up .you worry to much about your balls . LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL Mate i like my balls way too much, i was running 10kg of drag on that thing and the thing was over 8ft long, 40cm wide at the head and over 100kg at point blank range! What is it with me hooking BIG sharks! Hey mate that leader i had on i was very impressed with! It stood up to all that time in the sharks mouth and only popped when i busted to overstrike at about 15kg and held on and shook the line to get th shark to bite off. I put it on the BG and i got 3 king on it, throw back, 67 and 70cm and i think it was what done the trick with the hook ups. Looked up those lures as well, best i could find is $15 and they look HOTTER on the net than in real life lolol. Good to see you again mate, will try and do it again soon Might head to where the longtails might be for a day this weekend............................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangus Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 mate congrats , whats that you that caught that a at avoca rocks we were ther in the arv0 cheers bangus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeeros Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 Bad form in my books to reveal the location of somebody else's fish when they specifically said they didn't want it revealed mr Bangus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPSGT Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 (edited) mate congrats , whats that you that caught that a at avoca rocks we were ther in the arv0 cheers bangus Hey Bangus, Next time PM the other raider - most tell you roughly where they were and will share a lot more info if you ask nicely in a PM Yeeros - Nice Rainbow runner! catching a fish not normal to the area is always fun, I didnt even know they got that big, on the tv shows I've only seen small ones caught for live bait If a king is a sedan, the rainbow runner must be the sports coupe version, they look sleeker and sportier than a king Did it taste much like a kingie? Jason Edited March 23, 2010 by Burley King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeeros Posted March 23, 2010 Author Share Posted March 23, 2010 Hey Bangus, Next time PM the other raider - most tell you roughly where they were and will share a lot more info if you ask nicely in a PM Yeeros - Nice Rainbow runner! catching a fish not normal to the area is always fun, I didnt even know they got that big, on the tv shows I've only seen small ones caught for live bait If a king is a sedan, the rainbow runner must be the sports coupe version, they look sleeker and sportier than a king Did it taste much like a kingie? Jason Nothing like a kingie Jason, more like a spaniard really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogtooth Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Very impressive Sydney rock ledge capture... Well done yeeros... , You dont get rainbow runners every day let alone off the rocks... Cheers Dogtooth.... John... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack29ham Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Gday, I wanted to post a report about last weekend regarding another rare catch of the rocks. The only thing is that I didnt bring my camera, I will be getting the photos of a mate hopefully this weekend. My mate caught a 1.2 mtr Hairtail on a half pilly just before sunrise. Will post photos asap Until then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr kingy Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Nice catch Yeeros . Iam also a landbased fisho and only caught rainbow runners up North. Great to see a rare capture of the rocks in an around Sydney Thats for all the effort we put into our fishing. Good luck for the rest of the season. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 (edited) YEEROS, i was only talking to a mate on Sunday about them, had to look it up to see one. Apparently they were quite common aroung the sydney area in the 80s, obviously fished out. Congrats on the catch and a beautiful fish too! Edited March 24, 2010 by finin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeeros Posted March 31, 2010 Author Share Posted March 31, 2010 They are more common than you think...when the water warms up like this year them and other northern tropical fish turn up... this was a fluke as Spryrou caught it.... Whatever you criminal! You doing any fishing this weekend. I'll be fishing that spot that jack fishes at a lot on Saturday. I reckon there might be some reds and kings around lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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