craigbutcher Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 HI Guys Fishing report 20th Feb 2011 – 7pm Myself, Chiam and Lochy went for a fish off the heads on some of the kingfish grounds off Sydney. Didn’t have much luck locating fish on the sounder, so we came back inside the harbour and hit the ferry markers with fresh squid. First cast for lochy he was on – zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! So powerful, his fishing reel snapped into 2 pieces while reeling it in… To cope with broken reel, we drove the boat out into deeper water with the fish still hooked and wound it in by hand. A couple of runs later, this was boated! 184287_10150106227580688_720935687_6341391_2826508_n.bmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elite Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 nice job hand reeling a kingy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framedtrash Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 here you go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) The Kingfish will always find any weakness in your gear in the first 2 seconds of being hooked up!! How are your fingers after handlining him in? Edited February 22, 2011 by Cephalopod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martymonsta Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 What was the reel that went snap??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigbutcher Posted February 22, 2011 Author Share Posted February 22, 2011 Yeh the reel was an online shop special which I purchased for like $1.00 with $11.95 freight. My Pflueger supreme (twins) stood the test of solid kings over the years - just these online shop specials cant cope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVZ350 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 nice king mate but a $1 dollar reel i wana give em a go lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boy53 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Glad he didn't cut his hand while he was pulling it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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