one fishes Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 G'day all, went out of port today in 30m of water to some well known snapper grounds in hope of a nice red using soft plastics and what did i get? something that i tried for numerous times in sydney without success! a well and legal Kingy she went 108cm or more precisely 1085mm of fish!. I thought i had the mother of all snapper! i was fishing a 7inch terryaki chicken jerkshad with a 650ss penn running on a 6-10kg crystal blue rod with 15 kg braid and a 10kg fluro leader and a 6/0 1/2 ounce jig head. The fight lasted long enough for me to breakout a sweat in a joggling sea and for the weather to turn nasty enough to come home.Anyway going out tomorrow to actually try for a red so stay tuned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hawkesbass Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 One off the best by catches around metre plus king well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Great suprise. Bet you were over the moon. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbdshroom Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Every mm of fish counts mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poacher Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Great fish, better than a snapper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parto Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I'll take that by catch any day mate.. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewdreamer Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Fantastic! Well done Let us know how you go today! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostproperty Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Well done on such light gear mate, we had a kingy smash one of the lightest rods on board yesterday and my mate could hardly get the rod out of the holder, landed it after a pretty tough fight and the bugger was only 63cms ! We were in 15m of water but 30m is only about another 5 second of line screaming off the reel anyway when your on a king haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one fishes Posted February 17, 2013 Author Share Posted February 17, 2013 Thanks for all the replies guys, we did go out again today but headed south of port this time,first drop my friend snags a 3kg ish snapper and that was it for the day as the tide/current and wind were working opposite of each other and made it difficult. As for the Kingy i was really impressed with the catch but i wasnt all that impressed with the eating quality even after all care was taken to remove the blood lines! i even tried it sushi style. I will from now on measure take a happy snap and then let it go and only keep fish like spaniards, pearlies, snapper etc as they are far superiour table fish, i'll leave the kingies for you guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostproperty Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Really you didn't like it? Did you bleed the fish when you caught it? I have it sashimi, pan fried, baked. You have to make sure you don't over cook it otherwise it goes chewy and not very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one fishes Posted February 17, 2013 Author Share Posted February 17, 2013 Really you didn't like it? Did you bleed the fish when you caught it? I have it sashimi, pan fried, baked. You have to make sure you don't over cook it otherwise it goes chewy and not very nice. Yeah i found it a very strong flavoured fish, it was bled and taken care of in the proper way. The sashimi was by far better than cooked. I never over cook any fish just like squid very fast and let it cook on the plate. We had some more last night in a thai green curry, we first blanched it in boiling water for a second or two then browned it but not cooked we then added it to the allready cooked curry. We found that it was still a strong flavoured fish i likened it with aussie salmon to be honest. Either way they are a great sport fish and deserve their place at the top of the gear testing ladder and i would still be thrilled with another capture like it as it was alot of fun with my mate on board laughing and commenting 'those bream fight hard hey' as the runs were very long and hard in fact we thought he had found the hole to China a couple of times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostproperty Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Yeah mate love the way a king fights, agree with the hole to china sometimes when we're in 20m of water I wonder where the hell the fish has gone to with all the line they take. They are pretty strong flavored I found they're best marinated as it reduces the flavour a little. Kikoman soy ginger and sweet chilli is nice with it, I assume you cooked it without the bloodline in? I think skinned helps too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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