PPSGT Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Hi Raiders, Had a bet with my boss - he lost so got to go fishing on company time Took two guys from work who'd never caught a kingfish and headed out at a lazy 10am Set them to work catching yakkas - after 1 hour decided the 5 they caught was taking to long, so dropped the handline in, and 10 minutes later we had 20 Had some tips were the fish would be from another Raider, but the best spot was out to far for Newbies so stayed close to the heads Downrigged and surface trolled the Yakkas - 2 minutes in and the surface one gets slammed by a rat - 65cm back he goes Another rat - then downrigger goes off - first bloke grabs it and struggles to hold onto the rod (maybe 5kg drag tops on a Charter Special) so i lift while he winds until he's got it - A Short fight and a fat 85cm lands in the boat, besides the 1 yakka he caught its his first fish ever. Bloke number 2 on strike - a couple of rats on the surface, until whilst we are all watching the next surface yakka has a torpedo racing at it - it slams the bait and clears the water - so I call it for a salmon until it dives to the bottom, he fits it better than the first bloke and a 75cm one is boated. Was keen to anchor up and burley hard - but one of the guys got sick everytime we stopped. They caught three rats between 63-65cm each plus their keepers, butI still hadnt picked up a rod - so over goes a jig - second retrieve 92cm king hooks up and boated. it was 3pm or so by then, we each had a fish so headed home They were happy - great day on the water big rolliing swell but with a big period between each one boss was angry as we kept sending pics of the kingfish (he's never got one) Boat home and washed and packed up by 5pm - great day at work Fish were nice and fat - even the rats Mmmmm. Crispy coated kingfish with Red Curry Sauce Harbour was 14c at 10am low tide the bridge low tide and 16c at 3pm on the incoming tide Heads was 18-19c and down to 17c in spots Heaps of dolphins inside the heads , lots of whale watching boats (we didnt see any) zero surface action on the way out or in No leather jackets, but salmon were around Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmandile Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Think I might have to make the same bet with my boss! Great day at work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Awesome report and good work on the kings! Hope your boss paid for the petrol Bet you've found a few new deckies too! Well done! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Couple of nice fish there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_ Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 hey mate,did you get your fish north or south of the heads? I'm heading out saturday so hopefully ill have the same luck! Sounds like you had a top day!Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Well done some fine kings there.Bet your boss is itching for some action. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Nice catch. Good to hear you fished in ur bosses time. They wast heaps of our time.haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinny1 Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Hi Raiders, Had a bet with my boss - he lost so got to go fishing on company time Took two guys from work who'd never caught a kingfish and headed out at a lazy 10am Set them to work catching yakkas - after 1 hour decided the 5 they caught was taking to long, so dropped the handline in, and 10 minutes later we had 20 Had some tips were the fish would be from another Raider, but the best spot was out to far for Newbies so stayed close to the heads Downrigged and surface trolled the Yakkas - 2 minutes in and the surface one gets slammed by a rat - 65cm back he goes Another rat - then downrigger goes off - first bloke grabs it and struggles to hold onto the rod (maybe 5kg drag tops on a Charter Special) so i lift while he winds until he's got it - A Short fight and a fat 85cm lands in the boat, besides the 1 yakka he caught its his first fish ever. Bloke number 2 on strike - a couple of rats on the surface, until whilst we are all watching the next surface yakka has a torpedo racing at it - it slams the bait and clears the water - so I call it for a salmon until it dives to the bottom, he fits it better than the first bloke and a 75cm one is boated. Was keen to anchor up and burley hard - but one of the guys got sick everytime we stopped. They caught three rats between 63-65cm each plus their keepers, butI still hadnt picked up a rod - so over goes a jig - second retrieve 92cm king hooks up and boated. it was 3pm or so by then, we each had a fish so headed home They were happy - great day on the water big rolliing swell but with a big period between each one boss was angry as we kept sending pics of the kingfish (he's never got one) Boat home and washed and packed up by 5pm - great day at work Fish were nice and fat - even the rats photo (7).JPG photo (8).JPG Mmmmm. Crispy coated kingfish with Red Curry Sauce Harbour was 14c at 10am low tide the bridge low tide and 16c at 3pm on the incoming tide Heads was 18-19c and down to 17c in spots Heaps of dolphins inside the heads , lots of whale watching boats (we didnt see any) zero surface action on the way out or in No leather jackets, but salmon were around Jason top report mate , nice job on the rice presentation by the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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