Thursday morning kingies

[Fish-On]

Hit the harbour just after sun up this morning, a quick run to the bait spot to stock up on yakkas (didn't bother trying to get squid) which were bloody difficult to hook. There were heaps of them schooling but they were so flighty and kept playing with the bait. Finally got 5 in the tank which took over an hour! Quick run out the heads and slow trolled. All quiet for first 20mins, than found the fish. Yakkas were jellybean size; they were getting absolutely beaten. Twice I'd just thrown the livie over and started feeding line out with it being not even a metre away and some hungry kingie smashing the little fella; wouldn't haven even know what hit him. Pulled in 3 rats then found the bigger fish lurking a little wider and deeper. Lots a decent fish on the stones, he was taking a good amount of line w/- drag at 8kgs. Finally landed a 69cm fish on the last livie & that was me done for the morning. Not a big fish but a keeper & dinner none-the-less.

On way back noticed numerous bust ups so went for a flick only to have some muppet drive straight through the middle of the school which sent them down. After 5 they came back up and genius muppet man did it again!!! Tried to calmly explain to him the error of his ways, but he just didn't care! It's people like that that ruin the fun for everyone!

So gave up, left him to what was looking like a day full of donuts for him (ha) & I headed back to base! Was back on land by 9:30!

It was an absolute cracker of a morning, hardly any wind and next to no swell. Love flying around the harbour at full throttle at dawn, awesome there's nothing quiet like it!

Good luck to all!

Steve

[Benzeenees]

Have you tried using sabiki jigs for the yakkas? Even better with a sabiki rod - $30 on ebay or make your own from electical conduit - there's a clip on utube.

How were you trolling the yakkas? With a downrigger or on the surface? What depth were you in?

We're struggling to catch kings down south at the moment.

[Fish-On]

Have you tried using sabiki jigs for the yakkas? Even better with a sabiki rod - $30 on ebay or make your own from electical conduit - there's a clip on utube.

How were you trolling the yakkas? With a downrigger or on the surface? What depth were you in?

We're struggling to catch kings down south at the moment.

I have a few jigs which I use on slimies, never had any luck w it on yakkas! Just trolling really slowly unweighted on the surface. If the fish are deeper then I'm using a running sinker to a swivel then leader to hook. Depth is pretty shallow about 5m leading to a drop-off of about 10m. trolling let's me cover me cover more ground till I find the fish.