bharris Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Monster must of swam from nz:D Sent from my GT-I9100T using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freedom530 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 That is a monster king WELL DONE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerFisher Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Congrats on the monster, That reel looks tiny compared to that fish, what size model was the sargosa and how long did it take you to land ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssantoro Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Congrats mate that is just an awesome fish!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extradry Posted July 1, 2012 Author Share Posted July 1, 2012 (edited) Hi all Thanks for the well wishes, really still in awe of the fish. Tackle was Saragossa 18000 spooled with 80lb fins braid, mid knot to 130 black magic leader soft. 2 x 8/0 live baiting hooks tied not crimped. Rod is ugly stick pe8 5'6" jig stick. Fish was caught in 22 m of water. Bottom hook was straightened so we need to upgrade those Fight was 12 - 15 mins , man felt like 1 hour, thousands of thoughts processing all in an instant. Have several fish around the 16 kg mark and one 3 weeks ago that was 27 kg, we fished hard for 18 months just targeting kings. A lot of zero days in that. Squid always out fishes any other live bait for us, the downside is you have to put up with reds smashing them to pieces. Thanks again guys an awesome NSW fish out of JB Going to mould it and hang it. It was 90 cm girth around it's shoulders Still buzzing Extradry Edited July 1, 2012 by Extradry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooked-Up Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Hi all Thanks for the well wishes, really still in awe of the fish. Tackle was Saragossa 18000 spooled with 80lb fins braid, mid knot to 130 black magic leader soft. 2 x 8/0 live baiting hooks tied not crimped. Rod is ugly stick pe8 5'6" jig stick. Fish was caught in 22 m of water. Bottom hook was straightened so we need to upgrade those Fight was 12 - 15 mins , man felt like 1 hour, thousands of thoughts processing all in an instant. Have several fish around the 16 kg mark and one 3 weeks ago that was 27 kg, we fished hard for 18 months just targeting kings. A lot of zero days in that. Squid always out fishes any other live bait for us, the downside is you have to put up with reds smashing them to pieces. Thanks again guys an awesome NSW fish out of JB Going to mould it and hang it. It was 90 cm girth around it's shoulders Still buzzing Extradry thats a brilliant effort pulling it out of such shallow water and i bet he was trying hard to find some reef to bust you up on, simply outstanding capture mate, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonez Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Wow mate. Well done. What a great catch. Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryno_popey Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 One of my favourite vids on youtube is of some dude in NZ getting hammered by a 35kg King, I swear it nearly ripped his arms off, can only imagine how hard this bad boy went! Congrats!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzaraptor Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Amazing, anyone would be talking about that fish for a lifetime! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegroves68 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Sensational Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjayoz Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 (edited) I got a call last night about this capture from a friend. NZ style king! Unreal. Received a picture sms this morning of it. News of captures like this really travel... Great fish mate. I've been down there fishing land based the past few weeks, but there is nothing being caught off the rocks but seals. Well done again, fish of a lifetime. Edited July 1, 2012 by pjayoz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 mate what a spectacular fish, biggest king I've seen, great effort and congrats.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish311 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 OMG ... King of the King ... Well done . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captin Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Well Done. That is one memorable fish. You've got bragging rights for quite some time with that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 (edited) Currarong is going off tonight based on that behemoth , That is a catch of a thousand lifetimes! Brilliant! Edited July 1, 2012 by jenno64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Stalker Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 *Stands, Applauds, shakes head, drops shot of rum, takes another look, shakes head again* WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little marlin Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Awesome king. That thing is a horse:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extradry Posted July 1, 2012 Author Share Posted July 1, 2012 Another pic, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locodave Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 haha, mad photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydangler Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Mate I'm not suprised that beast straighten your bottom hook but I would have thought the top one would have gone first. What brand hook was it? Don't wanna risk looking a fish half that size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elite Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Really good to see the big ones are out there!!! Always hear about it, but that's proof!!!! Biggest I've seen by a country mile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Stalker Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Hopefully with the traps gone they will continue to get as big as this monster rogue. I was too blown away on my first comment to congratulate you... Congrats!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepi.. Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Mate that is INCREDIBLE!! congratulations, you must be the happiest guy in the world!! god thats massive..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rozza_b Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 that thing is insane for NSW congrats mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tide'n'knots Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 mate - YOU ARE THE KING!!!!! thats awesome :1yikes: :1yikes: pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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