Kooks Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 I hadn't done a kingie session for a while so on Sunday I did my early morning start (4am) and collected some squid before heading to my eastern suburbs land based harbour spot. The way I figured it was with high tide at 4am the kings would be desperate to eat at first light before the tide dropped too much. Boy was i right. A i chucked out my live squid i saw a few kings darting about. In the space of about 5 seconds i was on. It was a rat but what do i care…it's my first kingie for a while. As i got him near he spat the hook. For the next hour the kings toyed with me as they swam up to my squid and looked but didn't touch. I tried a surface stick bait for a one hook up but once again I dropped it. Eventually I decided to strip the squid after a chucking out a small bit of squid that got devoured by another king. The strips worked and I was on. Ater a 5 minute battle and a few tense moments it was landed. It measured just below 60cm and was put back much to the distress of the the old guy fishing near me. I had to explain to him if we all kept undersize fish there would be no fish to release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbdshroom Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Well done mate, top fish. You set a good example, good on you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linc Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Nice catch mate, glad it was you that landed it and not the old fella next to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfisherman Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Good stuff mate... Lol I've had old fisherman next to me pulling their hair out because I'm throwing back rats, and no matter how many times you tell them it's undersized they can't quite grasp the concept of throwing back a 64 cm fish Lol Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimDinh Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 top catch and good on you to release that king Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) Well done land based. Don't worry your good example will get rewards. Next one 80+, bet-ya! Edited March 11, 2014 by Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimDinh Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Well done land based. Don't worry your good example will get rewards. Next one 80+, bet-ya! +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest no one Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Good to see bro! Good Karma is coming your way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VBCB Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 sounds epic, these harbour kings can be fussy ! Glad to see that enjoyment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krispy ! Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Welldone mate, cant get past those rats at the moment, waiting for a big hoodie to come by, good karma for the release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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