joshagius Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 (edited) Hello Raiders Friday arvo finished work around 4:30 headed home grabed the boat and a coupe of beers and meet one of my good mates nathan (naze) a fellow raider at bayview boat ramp to go chase up some surface action on pittwater. As we got out there we were greated with school of bonito and taior busting up on the surface also a small school on kings which got spooked by some Pirate who drove threw the school when he was trying to get in on the action so no kings were landed as the sun went down my mate spoted what looked like a school of something about to start breaking the surface. 2 mins later some fish surfaced first cast my mate was on he hooked something big on his 8lb spind rod and what ever it was smoked him in 20 seconds i threw out a 5gram gold halco spinner on my 20lb spin rod and start spinning like a mad man and managed to hook up, fish took off and the fight began. we were in about 6meters of water so my friend starts backing the boat out to try bring the fish out of the shallows he did well and 5 mins later a 65cm amberjack was landed high fives all round . Is this a common catch inside pittwater or could it be due to the king tide the day before ? here are some pics. untitled2.bmp Edited January 24, 2011 by joshagius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windredj Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 did you get any of the bonito or tailor?? what type of lures do you use for the fussy and frustrating schools of kings???? cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshagius Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 i get the bonito and tailor on 5gram silver or gold halcos. the kings seem to always be fussy but you can try small spin lures, sluggos, poppers, or skirted lures trolled at a decent speed around the schools just have to throw everything at them until they like it. i dont often see many schools of kings tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan.widz Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I got a small amberjack in pittwater late last year on a downrigged yellowtail. They usually swim with the kingy schools and are in a lot less numbers than the kings. 65cm is a good size for down here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hatte Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Great catch mate, there not really a common catch in sydney but have definately been on the increase over the last few years in the later stages of summer. Great table fish and they pull like a train, must of been a fun few minutes trying to land it. If your struggling with shy Kings Guys and they arnt responing to lures or baits ive always found that a live lightly weighted Nipper cast into a school of fish very productive. Ive seen them reject lollypop yakkers,slimeies and squid but they cant get go past a live Nipper, 00 ball sinker down to a 1/0 and your in business Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshagius Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 Cheers guys and thans for the tip Mick, it was a great fight felt like a nice king ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzlar Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 ive caught them in Sydney harbour on fresh squid & weighted stick baits but not that size well done. I think when we get the lick of warm water they show up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlayerOne Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Nice catch! We were out in Pittwater at the same time and only got a couple flatties! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewater Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Yeah there are a few rare catches around at the moment. A mate of mine recently caught a small Cobia in Brisbane Waters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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