Robertos87 Posted December 30, 2012 Posted December 30, 2012 Hi guys, I hope everybody is having a good Christmas/New Year break. And I hope there is plenty of fishing packed into it!!! Headed to Rose bay this morning for a days fishing. Got on the water about 5:45am as the sun was coming up. Had prawns, squid, pilchard and chicken breast on board. Hoping to catch some yakkas to turn into a Kingfish! Still haven't gotten off the mark and felt like the right time to get my first! Tried at the white marker for a little while. We were getting little nibbles but no hookups. Then I had something take my bait and run. I could tell it wasn't a yellowtail straight away with the account it gave of itself. It put up a nice fight on 4 pound fireline. Suddenly up pops a 32 cm silver trevally which wasn't quite what we were after but a nice surprise given that it isn't a usual catch for us. In the esky it goes and lines are back out. Within about 15 minutes I was on again this time bringing in a bream which was maybe just legal. After releasing him we fished in that spot for maybe another 20 minutes with nothing to show. We decide to try the red marker before the heads as we had a good day at this spot last week. Unfortunately we were just getting terrorised by what we figure were small leather jackets. We were losing our baits as soon as they were hitting the water and we were feeling nothing. We decided to go past the heads to see if we could finally get ourselves some Kingfish. We stop in a likely looking spot in about 17-19m worth of water. Within not to long I bring in a Maori Wrasse. Then it was on for everyone as between us we pulled in 3 Wrasse, 3 Rock Cod (including a stonker of one caught by my brother) and a 50cm Sergeant Baker within the space of about 10 minutes. Then my missus' rod went berserk! She was using a heavy boat rod with 40 pound mono and she had no chance. She was dragged around the boat for a while and tightened the drag to stop getting busted off and tightened it a touch to much. I was left with a devastated woman and a real opportunity to grab bragging rights if I was able to catch whatever it was that she missed! Game on! We had a strong suspicion it was a nice Kingfish. About 20 minutes later my brother's rod goes off. He gets carted around the boat a bit and ends up bringing in a nice Rat King of 55cm. Might be small to a lot of you guys but for our first King we were more then happy enough! A few happy snaps and Mr King was released to grow a bit bigger for next time. Action died down a bit after that so we decided to go a bit further out. We found a spot that was registering between 30-35 metres deep. I fillet the trevally and put a fillet on a size 8 Gamakatsu Octopus Circle hook. This is on my Wilson Rod and I am running 20 pound Fireline with 20 pound Vanish leader. I figured I'm running pretty light if there are any decent size Kingys around but decide to chuck it in anyway. After about 15 minutes something takes the trevally fillet and takes off like there's no tomorrow!! I grab a hold of my rod and can't seem to make any ground on this fish whatsoever. Its peeling line off my reel and I figure it's going to bust me off. Luckily I eventually was able to bring him in, net him and get him into the boat. By the fight this thing gave me I was expecting to see a fish at least close to a meter long. It ended up being another 55cm Kingfish!! While I was stoked to get my first King I was amazed by the strength in this guy!! Now I understand what people talk about with the pound for pound power of these guys. Was a good feeling releasing such a strong little fella. All in all was a good day out on the water. Had a ball, brang home a nice feed and popped my Kingfish cherry. My obsession to catch a big King has now begun! Happy New Years to all. Tight Lines and take care, Rob.
Robofish Posted December 30, 2012 Posted December 30, 2012 Great story mate and now I am sure you have the bug. Big or small you have gotta love that fight! I don't think I will ever get tired of catching them at any size, particularly on light gear. Best of luck and I hope that you keep on getting into them. Dave Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Robertos87 Posted December 30, 2012 Author Posted December 30, 2012 Great story mate and now I am sure you have the bug. Big or small you have gotta love that fight! I don't think I will ever get tired of catching them at any size, particularly on light gear. Best of luck and I hope that you keep on getting into them. Dave Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Thanks mate. I well and truly have the bug. I can't stop thinking about getting out again to chase the buggers!!! They will be my main target now. I've got plenty to learn. I guess i'll be bugging people on here with my questions! Thanks for the reply mate hopefully I see you on the water sometime. Tight Lines, Rob
Paul Posted December 30, 2012 Posted December 30, 2012 Great report Rob! Got onto my first kingy on Friday and I'm very familiar with getting carted around the boat scenario on the first one too. Didn't know what to expect at first either. Got the bug as well and having a crack from the yak tomorrow. Tight lines Paul
Robertos87 Posted December 30, 2012 Author Posted December 30, 2012 Great report Rob! Got onto my first kingy on Friday and I'm very familiar with getting carted around the boat scenario on the first one too. Didn't know what to expect at first either. Got the bug as well and having a crack from the yak tomorrow. Tight lines Paul Thanks Paul. I read your status on it actually and it got me pretty geed up for this morning! Haha. I can only imagine how awesome a fish they would be to catch from a yak!! Good luck mate hopefully I see you on the water sometime!
brettmann86 Posted December 30, 2012 Posted December 30, 2012 Kings can only get better from there!! Next you'll be out all night squidding, then you'll be chasing hoodies!!
Paul Posted December 30, 2012 Posted December 30, 2012 Kings can only get better from there!! Next you'll be out all night squidding. True story lol. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
Paul Posted December 30, 2012 Posted December 30, 2012 Thanks Paul. I read your status on it actually and it got me pretty geed up for this morning! Haha. I can only imagine how awesome a fish they would be to catch from a yak!! Good luck mate hopefully I see you on the water sometime! Was pretty lucky on the very first one that about 4-5 other kingies came up to the surface as we were bringing it in. My mate tried to flick plastics at them but no use. Was still a spectacular sight to see. On the yak I’d be lucky to get one... can’t cover as much ground. But should be fun getting towed around and would be quite the experience! Yep hope to see you on the water. Happy new year. Cheers Paul Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
erroll Posted December 30, 2012 Posted December 30, 2012 Great report mate and congrats on your first kingie capture. I'm sure it is the first of many. Cheers
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