Simda Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Hi All Went fishing Monday public holiday with my cousin Was a special day because we love to fish together since we were kids as we are only 3 months different in age but its real hard for him to get a leave pass especially since he became a father His wife was not happy he was going fishing for the day questioning why do you want to go, You never catch anything. Well that use too be true but I'm lucky and made a new freind that has been teaching me since July and although we dont always catch, we now often do So we set the plan and up at 4.30, in the boat ramp at 5.45, catching bait at 6.00, straight out the heads by 7.00 Lines down, trying a mixture of techniques, 1) live bait rod dead sticking, with a big penn reel 80 lb braid, 60 lb leader, medium size hook I (think 4 or 5) 1) soft plastic snapper setup, 30lb braid 20 lb leader 1) metal hard body jig 130 grams We put the live bait in the water and I put the plastic on, my cousin looked at me funny, whats that he asked but before I could answer a rat took it on the drop, I'm on and the little reel was screaming, Are you serious he asks We get the fish in the boat little bugger only anout 45cm and send him back. Drop the plastic back down and bang we are on again Give him the rod and hes have a great time when the live bait goes on the other side Land 2 more rats now these around 60cm, back in the drink Then we get the lines in the water and its on all over again anithe 2 rats Now we are happy catching rats, they are lots of fun on light tackle and after many trips when we did not catch in the past he can go home and tell the misses that we did catch but he asked would any bigger kings be with the rats? The bite went quiet so we went back to where we started the drift As I was putting the plastic back down the live bait rod started twitching again, bump bump Then I told him pick it up now and bang he was on. This time it was no rat. He calls, Dave this is heavy, the drag is screaming but lucky on our heavy duty setup we could put some pressure on the fish and stop it getting to the bottom When we got to mid water the panic was over but we knew the fight was not over The were long breaks in the runs so I thought it may be a jew fish but when we got sight we realised it was a big king The fish was just pinned in the top of the mouth and we could lose it at any time We tried to net it but it was way to big for the net Got the gaff and a few moments later we had it in the boat Weight 10kg length 102cm Sorry of the long post Spent 6 years trying to catch this fish Dave post Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manhands Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Beautiful well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isofish Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Well done mate that's a great king, did you have to go out far to catch it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg126 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Congrats, I can only dream of that one day... Where you North of the harbour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rev Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Well done - a lot of us are still trying for that elusive 1M King. Good on you guys for getting one!!! Was it inside or outside the Harbour? Cheers The Rev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimo1076 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Great work Dave!!! Happy for you mate, going fishing is always good but catching something like that is Awesome!!! Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Mate, great report, great catch and great story! A trip I'm sure you will both talk about it for a long time and I would have loved to be there to see the wives faces for that one! Well done Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Ray Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Awesome fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hawkesbass Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Persistence pays of in the end now youve got one more will follow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longy509 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Nice work mate, im going down JB next week for my first crack at kingfish hopfully i can come back with a similiar story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oziodin Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Awesome Report .Yes we Fishos are a patient bunch and when the long wait gets broken Its All worth it. ( now the mrs will expect a good fish every time you go out, even the more reason to go out and drop a line ) Welldone ! Cheers Oziodin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempch2 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Awesome post. Loved reading it. Congrats on the fish, a great way to prove the Mrs wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Mckenzie Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Nice fish mate. Macca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nich Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Great read. Thanks for sharing, and congrats!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockett1985 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Awesome catch well done still waiting for my 1m+ king Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formosan Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Congrats..good looking fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaulpang Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Great report, thanks for posting. 6 years waiting.....respect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfisherman Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Congratulations on your 1+ king, glad you finally got there. Harry If it's to good to be true, it usually is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickybeak Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Nice story simda Congrats on going over the 1m mark for a kingie Stil on my list one day Stickybeak Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdudfield Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 That's what we are all after! How exciting! Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulk001 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Thanks for the report, great read! What live bait did it hit? Yakka, squid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JET01 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Shame you don't have this months item in the photo otherwise you'd be the best contender for catch of the month so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasksta Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Awesome catch mate, i think we can all relate to the effort put into getting THAT trophy fish. Great job to pull a hoody out of the rats too, you must have done something right. Cheers Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stash Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Well done... Jealous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simda Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 Congrats, I can only dream of that one day... Where you North of the harbour? Not far outside Sydney South Heads, approx about 1km 25-30meters deep Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk - now Free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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