Sydney Kings

[fishmaniac]

Hey raiders,

I headed out this morning but was pretty lazy and ended up leaving a fair bit later than i had planned. I got to the ramp at about 7am and it was packed (I had to park almost 500m away)! I had a chat to berley king on the way out and watched him land a nice king.

At this stage i had no bait so i kept on going. I had a look around the heads and the water was pretty green and not much was showing on the sounder. I decided to flick around some plastics for some snapper and landed a couple mixed in with some reefies.

After reading a report from another raider last night i was keen to hit 12mile but thought the better of it considering i was fishing solo. Instead i went up to long reef. There were rats galore -which was good and also bad. After i had landed 4 fish (including one on 8lb spin gear which i saw hit the lure!!!) i tried working away from this school to find bigger fish. Unfortunately it was not to be.

I then went back to the harbour and stopped past the heads to flick some lures. Only rock-cod so kept on moving. Got to the harbour and went past one of the markers which showed some promising marks. After two passes i got a hit. I put the reel in gear and felt some headshakes but no weight. I started winding in and continued feeling the headshakes. Was the fish following the boat or was it a super greedy mirco rat? Neither! As the squid hit the surface it was chased by a rampaging king vicously striking it. I quickly freespooled the reel and within a split second the king engulfed the bait and raced towards the bottom. What a spectacular sight! After a short but intense tussle in comes an 81cm fish.

I had a look around the marker as there were some promising marks but no more takers. Nonetheless a good way to end the day.

Edited November 21, 2010 by fishmaniac

[Penguin]

Good to see you got onto a few Kings and had some fun Andrew,

great to end up with a good eating size one to finish the day off to.

cheers mate

[quangvo1989]

Well done buddy!

I always seem to catch the best fish of the day at the last minute too, persistence pays off they say

Did you finally purchased a new stacer?

Cheers

Ryan

[kris]

Great work Andrew, awesome series of events leading to a nice kingy!! I was fishing Whale Beach this morning and only caught one small rock cod... Perfect conditions for boats outside...new boat??

[fishmaniac]

Yea, new boat. It's a quintrex.

Certainly more comfortable in the chop than before. Still need to christen it with a 1m+

[johnv]

nice kingie well done

cheers john

[leatherjacket]

Good to hear you got a fish mate - it looks a bit skinny but I'm sure it will be very tasty! I was in the kayak at longie but went home empty handed after throwing about four rats back, I should have just salt and peppered my calamari...

Next time... but glad to hear someone got something...

Andrew

[facebook]

very well done on your kingie! congratz in getting your new boat! i bet there is more kingies to come!

[robeebee]

nice King and congrats on the new boat

[barreduo]

Well done mate! We downriggednorth and south head fora total of 5 rats and 3 keepers. Was a little upset at some rock fishos catching a heap of rats and not releasing them. I think fisheries need a 1800 dob in a p$# number.