Bass assassin Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 G'day guys,happy new years to you all!! Just a quick little post about fishing Botany Bay today.We hit the water about 5 with plans to start at Moll point for a couple of kings,and hopefully get a mate his first.It didnt take long for him to get one to the boat,followed by a couple from myself.Another mate was having a shocker,but he did manage to get a decent lizard to the boat.As the tide started to flow out,what little action there was started to taper off,with not even a follow on our plastic.We then decided to have a crack at the Salmon school that had busting up all morning a bit further out.On closing in on the school,we realised that it was a pack of King's feeding.We stopped the motor,then all hell broke loose!!It was mayhem for a good 45 min.I finally broke my 'King on popper' duck,with 2 in 2 casts,and the other 2 blokes hooking fish on plastics.All the King's we got were rats,but still fun on light tackle!Thing's slowed up for a bit with only a few small Bonnies hooked,till we made the decision to hit the Bream up on the flats.I got a few Bream on hardbods,and a decent lizard which inhaled my lure,shredding my leader just as she slid into the net,thank god for nets!I didnt wanna loose another hardbod,having lost a $25 lure to a solid bream a few cast beforehand. So 18 King's,4 Bonnies,2 lizards and 5 Bream,pretty good way to see in the new year i reckon Cheer's Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul.kenny Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Great report Adam and congratulations on getting your mate onto his first Kingy . I am hoping to bust my Kingy cherry tommorrow morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafinx Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 My first and only king was a lil 54 cm rat, they do launch on light gear, congrats on the fishing trip, and i feel your pain with the lures, i lost a $15 squid jig this afternoon . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovebulldogs Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Well Done on a Good Haul of fish there What lures did u catch the kings On ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high_speed_metal Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) G'day guys,happy new years to you all!! Just a quick little post about fishing Botany Bay today.We hit the water about 5 with plans to start at Moll point for a couple of kings,and hopefully get a mate his first.It didnt take long for him to get one to the boat,followed by a couple from myself.Another mate was having a shocker,but he did manage to get a decent lizard to the boat.As the tide started to flow out,what little action there was started to taper off,with not even a follow on our plastic.We then decided to have a crack at the Salmon school that had busting up all morning a bit further out.On closing in on the school,we realised that it was a pack of King's feeding.We stopped the motor,then all hell broke loose!!It was mayhem for a good 45 min.I finally broke my 'King on popper' duck,with 2 in 2 casts,and the other 2 blokes hooking fish on plastics.All the King's we got were rats,but still fun on light tackle!Thing's slowed up for a bit with only a few small Bonnies hooked,till we made the decision to hit the Bream up on the flats.I got a few Bream on hardbods,and a decent lizard which inhaled my lure,shredding my leader just as she slid into the net,thank god for nets!I didnt wanna loose another hardbod,having lost a $25 lure to a solid bream a few cast beforehand. So 18 King's,4 Bonnies,2 lizards and 5 Bream,pretty good way to see in the new year i reckon Cheer's Adam. Good to see the rat lord got into some fish!! 5am we were still a mess at my house haha... Good to see the Flatties aren't scaring the kings away this year Edited January 2, 2011 by high_speed_metal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnv Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 wow sounds like u all had a great time out there with plenty of fish Adam well done cheers john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slink Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 What poppers were you using ? I have a few and am keen to launch them at those big schools of rats that are everywhere at the moment .We have been using X-Raps and metal slugs to get amongst them . As you said , they are all around 60cm rats but great on light takle . Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass assassin Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 Cheer's guy's! @Bulldog..We got a lot on 6 and 4 inch plastic stick baits and poppers. @Slink..the mid size roosta poppers did ok,but i had good fun with a large 'Walk-the-dog' style lure just ripped across the top. @High_speed.......It was strange that when Jonesy got his flattie,all the action stopped!! Maybe that 1 lizard did scare the kings away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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