sootopia Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Went out off the rocks for the first time this year, high tide just around sunrise with a 3ft ese swell... Made the pain full walk in with our liveys....arrived with shoulders burning to find out our lone live squid had died Pretty average day with a bonito and sambo spun up around 9... Mate lived out the bonito but no interest until it gave up the ghost and a wobby decided to have a go but didn't find the hooks. Saw and hooked a few rat kings on squid strips but nothing decent... Went to have a nap for a hour then chucked out the last live yakka we had... 10 mins later hooked up and landed the first king for 2013.. mates who had kept fishing were spewing! Went 85cm and just under 5kg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libz05 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 nice catch mate! where abts was this caught ?>? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eholdn Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 and then you would have had burning shoulders carrying that king all the way back to the car cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sootopia Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 We were at curl curl haha its a good burn when its on the way back to the car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostproperty Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Is it me or does that kingy have a massive tail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfisherman Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Is it me or does that kingy have a massive tail?It is a noticeable feature of a wild caught king compared to one you would see at the fish markets to have a larger tail, as the farmed ones don't have to do much swimming to get their food.Fishingphase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostproperty Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 It is a noticeable feature of a wild caught king compared to one you would see at the fish markets to have a larger tail, as the farmed ones don't have to do much swimming to get their food. Fishingphase Fair enough but I will say the only kings I've ever seen have been on the end of my rod Tail just looks a bit larger than normal, probably grew up being chased by a big shark or something hahaha Great catch though we're abouts at curl curl were you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sootopia Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 Yea the tail look normal.... Might be the photo haha We were just around from the pool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginko Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 were you north or south of Curl Curl? I went by the south end about 2pm - bit of a nasty swell there on those rocks - and there was a hell of a lot of spray and pretty ugly swell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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