Mickyd Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Here goes for my first post. We put the boat in at Roseville and went straight to Balmoral to collect some livies. We nailed a great range of large and small Yakkas and left enough room in the live bait tank for some squid. Unfortunatly the swell around middle head was bigger than we would have liked and made squidding a difficult task so we decided to not waste any more time and went in search of some action.... not a bird or splash to be seen anywhere east of the bridge. We slow trawled the livies around north and south heads without any luck braving the swell and finally gave up, moving into wedding cake for some easier target species. First bait down was nailed by a legal Snapper, then a massive Tarwhine an Octopus and some Trevally and Bream. I had a live bait out untouched for the first 30 mins so I checked it, swapped it for a smaller one and cast it out. Instantly I hooked up to a small King fish. Next livey out and another rat king, and finally a legal King. It all went quiet after that so we went back to the heads and tried livies, one on the surface one mid water and one on the bottom. We waited for an hour or so then noticed some bait moving through on the sounder and right on cue my livey started to freak out. At first I felt the weight and got a few cranks on the reel, then a few more then my Stella screamed! I managed to get the fish mid water quickly but another run down and I felt the line rubbing on the rocks below. I gave the fish a little slack, not much, but enough for it to swim away from the reef and then I really gave it to it. A minute later and a really nice King came to the surface. We fished for another hour without any other action but were pretty happy with the result on a day that wasn't perfect but gave us a great feed from inside the harbour and a fat Sydney king.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOE^MOE Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 thats a nice king mate great catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul.kenny Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Hi Mickyd, welcome to FR and great first post. What was the level of tide when the big kingie came through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooker435 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Thats a Nice Kingie!!!!! well done, Regards, Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyd Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 Thanks guys. It was about 2 hours before high tide. We tried to jig some of the bait moving through but couldn't get anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tf211 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Are you the guys who rented the aluminium boat from Boab? If so, I was the guy fishing on the wharf at Balmoral when you were getting your livies. Glad to see they worked for you - that's a nice Kingie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameldownunder Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 That is a beuty of a fish. Makes me wanting to go out !! Thanks for the report. Now I know I am doing some things right, and some things I can improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobson_c Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Cracker, well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.dawg Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 That's a solid fish mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redpump Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Nice report, I love your Kingy (jealous ) . I look forward to hearing more from you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinsoi Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Well done and great report Thanks for sharing your adventure with us and keep up the great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little marlin Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Nice report and good to hear kings are still about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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