PPSGT Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 (edited) Hi Raiders, Went out in todays horrible weather to finish the mission of getting my cousin his first king before he flys back No early start, no livies and 2 shop bought squid. Downrigged a mooring at Seaforth with a squid head, first pass hooked up with the dragged maxxed - only after trophy fish It put quite a bend in the rod and a very short fight a fat 75cm king was landed. Second pass, foul hooked on a old submerged mooring line or anchor and lost our 2nd head. So we called it an early day and headed home in the rain for kingy and chips! and my PS ( personal smallest) catch yesterday - only slightly longer than the jig Did anyone else fish today? No one else was out fishing on the water, just sail boats We have all the spots (in the pouring rain) to ourselves Jason Edited October 24, 2010 by Burley King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen801 Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 Hi Jason, mate your keen to get out in this rain but the good part is you got the place to yourself. The kings are very healthy ATM. Haven't really got into my dr yet but wil this season. Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim77 Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 Well done mate - i thought about braving the weather as i knew there would be no one else out there... But i quickly thought against it. You deserved that fish just for going out! Now we just got to get you a decent one on the jig... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day's Fishin Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 Nice King Jason! You deserve it for braving the elements yesterday. Regards Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukeyboy83 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Whats kingy like to eat? Never caught one myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPSGT Posted October 26, 2010 Author Share Posted October 26, 2010 (edited) Whats kingy like to eat? Never caught one myself Bled, gutted and gilled then into a cold esky (not an ice slurry) straight away they are hard to beat eating wise Maybe king george whiting, john dory or mahi mahi might beat it in my books I skin, debone and cut all trace of the blood from the fillets so its pretty much sashimi grade When you buy them from the markets, they have sat around for at least 24 hours with their guts, blood and gills still in them. The guts turns the flesh a yellow colour around the belly and a lot of bacteria live in the gills all which effects the taste I like to cook kings asian style -steamed or BBQ'd with corriander,lime,chilli & fish sauce dressing or old style fish and chips - just fried up in Tandaco Fish coating mix with tartare sauce or Wasabi,Soy & Mayonaise dressing If you leave the skin on and blood in the fillets it still tastes nice, but it does increase the fishy taste The little bits of red you can still see run all under the skin and long the pin bones and this is what is what you need to remove for the best taste. With Salmon nearly the whole underskin has this red blood, and unlike Kings if you leave it in it makes the fish unpalatable. Australian Salmon also taste nice treated the same way - we caught a Salmon on Saturday and had it for dinner and the King on Sunday. I had the same people eat it both times and they loved both, although the king won hands down they certainly enjoyed the salmon, I did warn them before hand that they may vomit & choke on the salmon as they have a reputation as being the worst fish in the sea to eat I dont know why everyone is so negative on Salmon - treated properly after capture and cooked properly they taste nice, I woudln't rank it in my top five fish to eat, but better than most fish from the Fish & Chip shop such as basa or hoki Anyone that says otherwise maybe havent eaten it, or doesnt know how to cook it Although if someone served me a salmon fillet skin on I'd have to be hungry or have lots of tartare sauce I've eaten SeaBass in Italy, France and Egypt as the cooking shows always rave on about it and I made a point of ordering it- It tasted very much like Australian Salmon to me Jason Edited October 26, 2010 by Burley King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightstalker Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Thats a nice fat kingy - hopefully some real stonkers will be moving in around now - love to see a report of a real big one taken in the harbour this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 All in all not a bad result given you had to resort to the shop bought squid. Nice fish BK Cheers, Slinky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangus Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Hi Raiders, Went out in todays horrible weather to finish the mission of getting my cousin his first king before he flys back No early start, no livies and 2 shop bought squid. Downrigged a mooring at Seaforth with a squid head, first pass hooked up with the dragged maxxed - only after trophy fish It put quite a bend in the rod and a very short fight a fat 75cm king was landed. Second pass, foul hooked on a old submerged mooring line or anchor and lost our 2nd head. So we called it an early day and headed home in the rain for kingy and chips! and my PS ( personal smallest) catch yesterday - only slightly longer than the jig Did anyone else fish today? No one else was out fishing on the water, just sail boats We have all the spots (in the pouring rain) to ourselves Jason well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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