spongy Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Just a real quick report. hit the harbour from my kayak this morning. Found some kings near Old Mans Hat. First one was solid and took a livie and head straight down. My 30Lb braid which was tied directly to the swivel failed. Never again will I take a short cut and not use any shock leader. Second livie down, and this time Im guessing a big squid was interested and managed to steal my yakka. I landed a fat 80cm king on plastic (as I was out of bait). Whilst bleeding the fish, I managed to lose it overboard with my lip grippers still hanging from his mouth. Very Dissappointed, but I did have a laugh as my mate did the exact same thing last week. Good to be out on the yak again, so all good. Just need a new set of lip grippers now. Seems like the Sydney rats have grown a bit bigger, so good news for us all...... Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elite Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 bad luck mate!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quintrex480 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Just a real quick report. hit the harbour from my kayak this morning. Found some kings near Old Mans Hat. First one was solid and took a livie and head straight down. My 30Lb braid which was tied directly to the swivel failed. Never again will I take a short cut and not use any shock leader. Second livie down, and this time Im guessing a big squid was interested and managed to steal my yakka. I landed a fat 80cm king on plastic (as I was out of bait). Whilst bleeding the fish, I managed to lose it overboard with my lip grippers still hanging from his mouth. Very Dissappointed, but I did have a laugh as my mate did the exact same thing last week. Good to be out on the yak again, so all good. Just need a new set of lip grippers now. Seems like the Sydney rats have grown a bit bigger, so good news for us all...... Jeff Shame about that Jeff, but that's happened to me also. Never will I ever not use a shock leader now. Braid doesn't knot too well to terminal tackle. Good to hear the bigger ones are finally here or maybe it's because we have been feeding the rats for the last couple of months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Bad luck on the fish never the less you got some good hookups and its good to see some better size fish starting to show up.I might go old mans tommorrow morning and spin some gars see how i go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmac Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Just a real quick report. hit the harbour from my kayak this morning. Found some kings near Old Mans Hat. First one was solid and took a livie and head straight down. My 30Lb braid which was tied directly to the swivel failed. Never again will I take a short cut and not use any shock leader. Second livie down, and this time Im guessing a big squid was interested and managed to steal my yakka. I landed a fat 80cm king on plastic (as I was out of bait). Whilst bleeding the fish, I managed to lose it overboard with my lip grippers still hanging from his mouth. Very Dissappointed, but I did have a laugh as my mate did the exact same thing last week. Good to be out on the yak again, so all good. Just need a new set of lip grippers now. Seems like the Sydney rats have grown a bit bigger, so good news for us all...... Jeff Hi Jeff, u mean u can't tie the braid directly to swivel? I did it all the time as I dunno how to tie a knot for 2 line to join together. So what's the best proposal to join the leader with braid? Cheers, Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongy Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 Hi Jeff, u mean u can't tie the braid directly to swivel? I did it all the time as I dunno how to tie a knot for 2 line to join together. So what's the best proposal to join the leader with braid? Cheers, Phil I normally use modified albright. But now will be trying slim beauty - just for a change. Also if you really want to be super sure, tie a bimini double in the braid first, then the albright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle18 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 We might need a lost and found section the way we are losing gear. Fishos please note and return to owner if found. Grips that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledock Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Change your braid brand, i use to have the same problem with PE braid... Now use 50lb FINS braid with a trilene knot straight to a swivel, at least 8 turns. Never broke since. Good on ya on the 80 cm king:thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cut_loose Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Does that mean that poor kingy is swimming around with lip grips in his mouth ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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