cflife Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 G,day raiders quick report Hit the harbour Wedns morning for the 1st time this year , fished middle harbour for 4 kings 2 keepers 2 throwbacks. biggest going 95cm other 74cm all fish caught on yellowtail. Kings went hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poacher Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Nice Work Cflife, Am going out tomorrow and would love to emulate you. The Poacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cflife Posted November 11, 2010 Author Share Posted November 11, 2010 Nice Work Cflife, Am going out tomorrow and would love to emulate you. The Poacher Will see you out there mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sienna2500 Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 wow what a nice kingie. so big :1worthy: :1worthy: did you catch it landbased or boat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cflife Posted November 11, 2010 Author Share Posted November 11, 2010 wow what a nice kingie. so big :1worthy: :1worthy: did you catch it landbased or boat? Caught em from boat mate. around the boat moorings on the Manly side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Well done mate, curious as to what depth of water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sienna2500 Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Caught em from boat mate. around the boat moorings on the Manly side just wondering do you ever fish at long reef? know if the rocks there are productive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzelle Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 (edited) Very well done mate. A very nice kingie Edited November 11, 2010 by bubblefish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooker435 Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Well done!!! some top fish there, I think ill have to try get out there soon, Regards, Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHARK Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Well done mate very good result for a quick sess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayKay Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Good effort cflife. What gear were you using, line, hooks rod/reel etc. i want to go out this weekend and dont want a repeat of getting smoked last week on light gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim77 Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Great Kings Cflife. Good effort cflife. What gear were you using, line, hooks rod/reel etc. i want to go out this weekend and dont want a repeat of getting smoked last week on light gear. JayKay - i would suggest 50lb main line as minimum, possibly 80, and leader anywhere from 60 through to 100++++. I caught some good Kings yesterday to 85cm. I also got smoked by a better fish which there was no way i was going to stop. I was using 80main and 100lb leader. You might hear people say that you won;t get as many hits if you use heavy leader... I'm yet to really see that make a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boy53 Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Nice catch cflife I'm going tomorrow too but land base around Syd harbour haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayKay Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Great Kings Cflife. JayKay - i would suggest 50lb main line as minimum, possibly 80, and leader anywhere from 60 through to 100++++. I caught some good Kings yesterday to 85cm. I also got smoked by a better fish which there was no way i was going to stop. I was using 80main and 100lb leader. You might hear people say that you won;t get as many hits if you use heavy leader... I'm yet to really see that make a difference. Thanks jim77. I was using light gear and got smoked big time. everytime I got a metre, he got about 5mtrs on me. had no chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim77 Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I would suggest instead on when you get a hook up on the rigger just keep driving the boat into open and sandy bottom away from structure, say a good 50metres away, being reefed yer not snapped so it leads me to say you need a tighter drag setting Thanks for the tips Shadda... I didn't actually touch the rod, just kept driving away. Not much sand to head for in this particular spot. The rod was buckled over that hard that the tip was pretty much in the water. I was actually worried the rod was going to snap it was loaded up so hard. As to drag settings... I learnt my lesson with pussy drag last year. My drag was locked up and still screaming. You're right it was the bottom that got me - the spot i was fishing has a drop off that goes from 6m down to about 14m. I had my baits at about 10m - the fish took off sideways and down straight for the shallow ledge. It got there before i got a chance to get away from danger. In shallow water you pretty much need everything to go in your favour and then you have a chance. So far this season its Bigger Kingies 2 me 0, but one of them will stick sooner or later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusky_Chaser Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 (edited) great fish mate ......they sure go well Edited November 12, 2010 by Dusky_Chaser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olitay Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Thanks for the tips Shadda... I didn't actually touch the rod, just kept driving away. Not much sand to head for in this particular spot. The rod was buckled over that hard that the tip was pretty much in the water. I was actually worried the rod was going to snap it was loaded up so hard. As to drag settings... I learnt my lesson with pussy drag last year. My drag was locked up and still screaming. You're right it was the bottom that got me - the spot i was fishing has a drop off that goes from 6m down to about 14m. I had my baits at about 10m - the fish took off sideways and down straight for the shallow ledge. It got there before i got a chance to get away from danger. In shallow water you pretty much need everything to go in your favour and then you have a chance. So far this season its Bigger Kingies 2 me 0, but one of them will stick sooner or later. Im waiting for the day Jim posts a pic of a 20+kg kingie from Sydney Harbour.. I recon its your year buddy. See you out there tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen801 Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 G'day, Yeah mate haven't seen you in mh for awhile. Very nice size king. Gotta get my act together and get into my dr. New boat came with one. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kajiki008 Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 GREAT JOB ! Am going on Monday. Hope the weather holds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piss'n'Broke Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Nice work, Greg was out yesterday caught 4, and got sharked as well, but was in the main harbour not middle harbour for a change. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cflife Posted November 13, 2010 Author Share Posted November 13, 2010 Yeah mate was squiding with him few and far between atm. was out this morning , got a monster king and a few rats. will put pics up l8r Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmaniac Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Yeah mate was squiding with him few and far between atm. was out this morning , got a monster king and a few rats. will put pics up l8r Well done. How big was your "monster king" mate? My mate and i landed 2 (75cm and about 82cm) but I was having a shocker and lost 2 others soon after hookup due to pulled hooks Looking forward to your pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piss'n'Broke Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 (edited) Yeah mate was squiding with him few and far between atm. was out this morning , got a monster king and a few rats. will put pics up l8r Yeh told me early this evening at a family party you were out there also!!! Nice to see some thumping kings back, cant wait to hear about your lovely monster! Hmmmm Im hoping that will tick Greg off enough to pull a 5 day back to back session! Hah ha, he already does 4 on 4 off...... Cant wait..... Dan PS Excuse the post and language, been at a engagement party, cocktail style Edited November 13, 2010 by Dan and Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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