DeanFish Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Hi Raiders, Headed just outside the Sydney Heads this morning with my mate Josh (AKA Devil Ray). We were on the hunt for Kingfish and had a good day out catching 6 Kings and 1 Bonito. Here is a clip showing some of the results. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oziodin Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Looks like fun ,Great footage . Cheers Oziodin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick54 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Great video, what lure were you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanFish Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) Cheers Oziodin! Hi Mick 54, the double hook-up were the first fish caught for the day and were taken on live yakkas (we only had 3 yakkas and they were gone within the first 10 minutes). The other kings were caught on Cali squid slow trolling with size 10 ball sinkers (after I snagged my downrigger bomb and lost it...). The Bonito was caught on a Rapala X-Rap 15. Edited February 8, 2014 by DeanFish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike2153 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Thats awsome dude good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasksta Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Nice, any legal? Plenty around at the moment, did you hit the artificial reef? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostproperty Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Nice guys, good to see the Bonnie's are finally here to play again, we got one yesterday and heaps of rats. Keep an eye out for packs of birds on the surface eating stuff, we picked up a super fresh large cuttle fish and used it for bait when whe stopped to see what one group was feeding on, we had no squid and it worked a treat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockett1985 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Nice work guys looks like a great morning. Did better than me today only caught 3 bonito before having to head back in as my mate was sea sick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Ray Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Was a cracking day, the only thing we tried and didnt succeed on was the knife jig. Doesnt matter how big or small those Kings are they just pull like freight trains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasksta Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 So true! I caught my first king on a jig last week, 15kg rod finally came up tight and was almost under the boat with the load. Called it for a hoody and turned out to be a rat at 55cm WTF. They go harder the harder you fight and all pull hard, gotta be one of the best sportfish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanFish Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 (edited) Nice, any legal? Plenty around at the moment, did you hit the artificial reef? Hi Taksa, No we didn't hit the artificial and 62cm was the biggest. Would love a few big ones but more than happy to catch 60cm types all day. They would have to be my favourite fish to catch. Edited February 9, 2014 by DeanFish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanFish Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 Nice guys, good to see the Bonnie's are finally here to play again, we got one yesterday and heaps of rats. Keep an eye out for packs of birds on the surface eating stuff, we picked up a super fresh large cuttle fish and used it for bait when whe stopped to see what one group was feeding on, we had no squid and it worked a treat! Hi DownToFish, The Bonnie's are great to catch and one of my favourite to eat, i find they are more likely to take the hard bodies trolled at a faster pass (5-7 knots) as opposed to dead/live baits slow trolled at 2 knots... Do you find the same?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanFish Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 Nice work guys looks like a great morning. Did better than me today only caught 3 bonito before having to head back in as my mate was sea sick! Cheers Rockett1985. What did you find was the best method for the Bonnie's? we got our Bonnito on an x-rap 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Well done boys! Great video of your trip! I agree with how hard a king fights. I can image your faces the day that 1m+ hits your line! Maybe it will be your next trip. Great work. Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanFish Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 Well done boys! Great video of your trip! I agree with how hard a king fights. I can image your faces the day that 1m+ hits your line! Maybe it will be your next trip. Great work. Cheers scratchie!!! Cheers Scratchie! Already plotting the plan for next trip... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockett1985 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Hey mate been having some luck on the Williamson 5.5" skirts any colour really and small shallow diving X-RAPS to about 6" in size. Like the Williamson skirts makes a nice bubble trail to get them excited been getting rat kings on them too! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockett1985 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Any small cheap skirts been working too Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostproperty Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Hi DownToFish, The Bonnie's are great to catch and one of my favourite to eat, i find they are more likely to take the hard bodies trolled at a faster pass (5-7 knots) as opposed to dead/live baits slow trolled at 2 knots... Do you find the same?. Definitely mate, I have a lively lures 4" Mack bait been using it the past 3 seasons and it has copped some serious damage, and kept me very well fed. I tried a new technique with the bonito last night, fillies at skinned and cut out the blood line, then blow torched like they do at sushi train (with teriyaki sauce and mayo ontop then torched) tasted amazing ! My mate swears by his Rapala he has, mack bait usually wins though I have heard of guys who chase marlin who troll large 3 hook flasher rigs for triple Hookups so next time we start hooking up properly to Bonnie's I'm going to give it a go. We get good results with Christmas tree skirts as well, never tried trolling a dead bait but got them at longy before free spooling an unweighted yakka a few times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamestown Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Is that motor not centre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALI-G Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Yeah I was out at the colours on Sunday, rats rats and more rats!!! Weird thing was they wouldn't touch live squid? But when we put out fresh squid strips they were smashing it! All around the 55-60cm mark. Great fun but no dinner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdragon Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 If you could tell us how many km per hour were you trawling at for the kings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanFish Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 Downtofish, The lively lures 4" Mack bait get a good wrap. I'm yet to try one but will make sure I do. Do you have a fav colour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanFish Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 If you could tell us how many km per hour were you trawling at for the kings? As slowly as my 2 stroke will allow. Which is about 2 knots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanFish Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 Is that motor not centre? Correct. These boats are designed accordingly. Rated to 2 x 50hp or 1 x 70hp. It's a little weird but performs perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erroll Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Very entertaining. Well done guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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