mrj031 Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Was up nice and early with Joel, at the ramp by 4.30. Picked a Sean up from Gunnamatta Bay, the headed to fill the tank with livies. With the tank full we set our way out to drop the new electric at the mountain. 7km out from Browns we spotted a floating object, I put out a quick spread and within minutes the Stella was screaming, a rat king. Under the floating timber was hundreds of kings that we jigged and popped but they were all under size. I noticed a larger one trying to eat one of the rats, so Corey dropped a yakka deep, the Stella was off and the end result after good driving and gaffing by the boys was a 20kg beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooker435 Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Now that's a Kingie!!!! Well done, sounds like a action packed session Regards, Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hawkesbass Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 great king would put a smile on anyones face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmon_Hunter Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Great King, good work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kadavu Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Awesome fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisheyes85 Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Great job on nailing the big fella amongst the rats! good photo too- I assume that's the floating timber in the top right of the picture? might have to send a few wine barrels out to sea up my way! Sweet fish Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formosan Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Big Photo and Big fish. Congrats boys. That's stuff dreams are made of. Good tip , Don't sneeze at floating timber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Converted 2 Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Hey Mate, Congrats on that great king mate. Looks like the Stella got a work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewie Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Ripper king mate! Well done. I hope to tangle with a beast like that this season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little marlin Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 That a ripper of a kingie well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 you nailed a ripper, well done boys, sushi and bbq steaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pure spirit Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 nice work, looks super flat out there, did you make it to browns ? if so have any luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumb Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Awesome king, payes in dream fish to keep your eyes peeled on the trip out, hopefully I'll get to make a post like that one of these days... Luke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Nice king fellas, would have been great fun. Tell ya M8 not to wear his little sisters tshirts, not a good look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonfishing Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Top effort boys. Good king Correction: :1yikes: :1yikes: That's a freaking king. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballbags Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 nice!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Hooker Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 That is solid! Didnt know kings get that big off syd these days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRED-ATOR Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Was up nice and early with Joel, at the ramp by 4.30. Picked a Sean up from Gunnamatta Bay, the headed to fill the tank with livies. With the tank full we set our way out to drop the new electric at the mountain. 7km out from Browns we spotted a floating object, I put out a quick spread and within minutes the Stella was screaming, a rat king. Under the floating timber was hundreds of kings that we jigged and popped but they were all under size. I noticed a larger one trying to eat one of the rats, so Corey dropped a yakka deep, the Stella was off and the end result after good driving and gaffing by the boys was a 20kg beast. WHAT AN AWESOME KING!! so hard to find one that size around Sydney these days. are you putting it in for COTM? its got my vote Cheers, Stan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keflapod Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Hey MrJ031, Awesome kingie. They do occur in deeper water up to the shelf (on the bottom) but I didn't know they can be found under debris well out to see like that. Curious that there was just one big kingie amongst the school. Looks like he's got a cookie-cutter wound healing there - has he ? So did you make it to the mountain for an electric drop ? If so, how did you go ? Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrj031 Posted October 12, 2011 Author Share Posted October 12, 2011 hey all, Yes he had a hit from a cookie cutter, on his rear.. he was the only big one we found in the school, he was super aggressive as was nailing every 60cm king we caught once he was fired up,... had a drop for 0's on the mountain... was too stoked to drop more then 3x as i wonted to get home with his bad boy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOOS Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Wow what a Beast! pls excuse my ignorance, but what is a cookie cutter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slam354 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Thats a New Zealand king who lost its way home.What a nice hoodlum.Well done mate. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Beast is an understatement! Unbelievable fish!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lure-n-fly Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Wow what a Beast! pls excuse my ignorance, but what is a cookie cutter? Hey Goos, A cookie cutter is a shark that takes small round bites out of its prey. The bites resemble those made by a cookie cutting device. You'll see a wound near the rear of the kingfish. When they're fresh the bites are usually perfectly round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 (edited) GOOS, a cookie cutter is a shark. They are pretty awesome little things and get their name from the cookie shape cut they make from feeding. A perfect circle of about 50mm or there abouts and about 20mm deep is cut out of the fish. If you go to the fish markets you may see them on Tuna, Broadies, Marlin and kingies. They also love to take chunks out of certain whales and dolphins. They only seem to attack the pelagics. They sorta suck onto their prey and spin around using their teeth to cut the flesh. Their teeth compared to their body size are almost the biggest of all sharks and are twice the height compared to body size than a Great White. Think there is also a story of them attacking submarines. The US Navy had problems. If you goggle it youll find the story. Edited October 12, 2011 by finin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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