jim77 Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Went out for a quick fish this morning. Pretty windy first up but still fishable. Quick stop for some Salmon at North Head. Couple of casts for my mate on his fly rod, nice fish landed, job done. Off to have a look at a few jigging marks to see what we could find. The water has really warmed up in the last week or so which seems to have finally brought the fish with it. We were marking good bait schools with some solid looking fish hanging off them, but to start with we couldn't persuade anything to hit our jigs. After about 20 minutes of driving around and dropping on schools i heard those words from my mate that everyone loves to hear - "Yep i'm on". Unfortunately it was only a rat, and a micro rat at that, about 45cm! but it was a start. About 5 or 6 drops later it was my turn. After a solid hit the drag started to scream and line was pouring off the reel at a rate of knots! Not having caught a decent King for a couple of months i wasn't sure whether i had either gone soft or whether i was fishing pussy drag! I tightened up the drag a few more clicks and it was still taking iine - so i figured it was a decent fish. After a short but spirited fight we had colour and what looked like a decent King under the boat. I called it for a metre but it didn't quite get there. 96cm and just a touch under 10kg. A VERY fat fish in great condition. A pretty solid start to the season. Hopefully this is the start of another great season with some even bigger fish than last summer produced. Fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish2day Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Wow!! The kings are back early this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmaniac Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Nice fish Jim!!! See you out there tommorrow! Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul.kenny Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Nice fish Jim and great start to the season . How warm was the water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendong Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Solid King mate well done..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan.widz Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 awsome king there mate, well done, How far out were you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooker435 Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Woohoo this is what we all have been waiting for!!!! thats a solid King there..... Also wondering what the water temp was????? Regards, Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 well done Jim, the water is warming up, great news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day's Fishin Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Great King mate. The start of whats shaping up to be a great season. Regards Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taloyoak Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Hoodlums mate....hoodlums! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 A healthy looking King there Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framedtrash Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Nice work mate is that a little 6000 saragosa on a 150gm JM nice little out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prawn* Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 well done jim solid fish there good to see somemone finding the kings!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim77 Posted September 12, 2010 Author Share Posted September 12, 2010 How warm was the water? Basscatcher - the water was hovering around 18 degrees. I was out the week before and it was 15.6 ish so it has gone up a lot in a week! awsome king there mate, well done, How far out were you Prawnstar - we were about 4 miles out from the heads. Nice work mate is that a little 6000 saragosa on a 150gm JM nice little out A JM and a Saragosa yes... But an 18000 Saragosa and a JM PS 300. The pictures don't really do the fish justice - i always seem to be able to manage to make good fish look small! This fish was solid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erroll Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Nice work there Jim, Always nice to get the arms stretched by those big bruisers. I had a quick jig for nought yesterday arvo. Did manage some good squid in the harbour on dark though, so hopefully I can trade them in for a king or two next time. Cheers erroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle ray Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 There were kings on the surface at the boats at Clarevile on Pittwater late this arvo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olitay Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 well done Jim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingiemaster Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Nice work Jim. I couldn't find any yesterday. We'll have to meet up in the school holidays, assuming you're not go to some far flung fishing destination instead. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyFanatic Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Great Work, very encouraging. I can't wait for my first hit of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithd6041 Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Hey mate great catch We found the kings as well but we only hit the 85 mark thats a nice king you got must off been fat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogtooth Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Good fish Jim... Mate they will only get bigger in the next couple of months...Cant wait.. cheers Dogtooth...... John..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHARK Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Well done with the kings mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew399 Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Cracker fish mate good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebehy Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Well Done on the Kings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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