fishmaniac Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 With all the hype of Snapper over the past few months, a few weeks ago I thought I would give it a crack down south. The Coutas caused a lot of grief biting off hooks and making it difficult to get a bait past the buggers. I took my younger brother and we managed 5 nice size pannies for the table. It was a very different style of fishing to what I experienced in SA (where the snapper were also a hell of a lot bigger!!!) but we are now a little wiser and it was good to score on the first attempt. Many thanks to squidboy who guided me in the right direction. Fished middle harbour today amongst various moored boats downrigging yakkas. Scored a few kings, the biggest going a couple of mm over 100cm. After a measure and a few quick snaps, all fish were released to make more kings and grow a bit bigger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leatherjacket Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Nice mate! There are some solid kingies in the harbour at the moment!!! Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formosan Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 That's a great king. Good on you for throwing it back. Is that a saltist lever Drag? what size is it? Is it good for jigging? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Some nice fish there Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnopaparoulas Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 nicee andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmaniac Posted October 15, 2011 Author Share Posted October 15, 2011 That's a great king. Good on you for throwing it back. Is that a saltist lever Drag? what size is it? Is it good for jigging? Hey mate, That is the older model saltist, with the star drag. I know there are still some about but I don't know if that same model exists. It is a 40H. I have used i for jigging, cubing, livebaiting and I have been very happy with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim77 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Cant beat middle harbour...... Time to crack out the downriggers. Nice work mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgj Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Well done Andrew- superb king! Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tentonner Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Great stuff mate, did you use yakkas because you couldn't find any squid or do you prefer yakkas for trolling? Also do you know what stage of the tide it was when they came on? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidboy Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Great work there Andrew. Keep up the effort on the snappers too, they look like a fantastic feed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvbigfish Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 another top effort andrew , some quality eating there , good job! cheers paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bawley Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 great catch there...great kings and the reds look very tasty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewie Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Awesome King mate, + 1 for the Saltist 40h its my fav king reel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samboy Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Awesome king mate, we would have done the same thing yesterday had it not been for our dodgey motor!! Looks like a kingy summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Converted 2 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Nice catch mate . Good see someone also getting in to the Kingfish and Snapper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmaniac Posted October 16, 2011 Author Share Posted October 16, 2011 Great stuff mate, did you use yakkas because you couldn't find any squid or do you prefer yakkas for trolling? Also do you know what stage of the tide it was when they came on? Cheers Hey mate, I just felt like using a yakka at the time. I didn't really take note of the tide, things came together once i started marking fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamBradley Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 With all the hype of Snapper over the past few months, a few weeks ago I thought I would give it a crack down south. The Coutas caused a lot of grief biting off hooks and making it difficult to get a bait past the buggers. I took my younger brother and we managed 5 nice size pannies for the table. It was a very different style of fishing to what I experienced in SA (where the snapper were also a hell of a lot bigger!!!) but we are now a little wiser and it was good to score on the first attempt. Many thanks to squidboy who guided me in the right direction. Fished middle harbour today amongst various moored boats downrigging yakkas. Scored a few kings, the biggest going a couple of mm over 100cm. After a measure and a few quick snaps, all fish were released to make more kings and grow a bit bigger Nice catch! Spewing we couldnt get out on the water yesterday...best weather in weeks.. hope that Kingy has a lot of friends out there! Well done putting him back too..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRED-ATOR Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 With all the hype of Snapper over the past few months, a few weeks ago I thought I would give it a crack down south. The Coutas caused a lot of grief biting off hooks and making it difficult to get a bait past the buggers. I took my younger brother and we managed 5 nice size pannies for the table. It was a very different style of fishing to what I experienced in SA (where the snapper were also a hell of a lot bigger!!!) but we are now a little wiser and it was good to score on the first attempt. Many thanks to squidboy who guided me in the right direction. Fished middle harbour today amongst various moored boats downrigging yakkas. Scored a few kings, the biggest going a couple of mm over 100cm. After a measure and a few quick snaps, all fish were released to make more kings and grow a bit bigger What an awesome king mate, ill be down rigging the harbour this weekend. What was the water like? (colour, temp). I see your using the saltist : ) i got the same one, awesome reel. Stan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacosta74 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 That's awesome. We're heading out this weekend to try and catch our first kingy. Any tips on hot locations to start in would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formosan Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 For jigging kings and down rigging, Would you guys recommend the saltist leverwind or the lever drag? Lever drag does not have the guide , will it lay the lines in properly any issues there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzlar Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Top King mate. Done the same around the heads last thursday for 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoli72 Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Great work mate, that's awesome. The most exciting time of year for me is now as the Kingies start to come on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfishaholic Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Awesome Catch mate!!! Your the kingy master Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Nice fish from MH!!! Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wacko Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Wicked mate!! Well done Wacko. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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