josamill Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Always been an 'up the river' flathead, whiting & bream fisho..................but, living in Avalon and hearing reports of kingfish in Pittwater I figured it was time for me and my 8 year old son to act like men and chase a real fish! Have been improving the squid form in recent years but only managed one in hour at West Head on Saturday morning. Came back into Careel Bay and saw something going on on the surface...........something I will never forget. The patch was the size of a football field, they were kingies, and they were rolling and boiling on the surface. Great news...........no birds, so only one other boat with 2 fly fishermen found the school. I forgot about the squid and threw lure after lure at them.............halco blades, gold bombers, stickbaits, soft plastics............nothing. But for half an hour they stayed there moving slowly north and with just one other boat. Finally I got the squid going on a rig with a big hook and a treble stinger..................awkwardly cast it towards the school with a clunky old overhead combo, and gave the rod to my son. After 5 minutes, the school started closing towards our boat. I saw 20 fish up close and 2 of them were definately around the 1 metre mark after factoring in water making things look bigger. "Hang on mate.....this is it".........bang! Sorry to take so long to tell you about one 74cm kingie, but it was our first and I'm still buzzing!!!! The kingies were feeding on what I would call glass-eyes.................small translucent fish with big eyes. My soft plastic was a pretty good match I reckon. In hindsight, the only artificial we didn't try that may have worked was a popper?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtBundy Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Good stuff - hoping to get onto a kingy myself soon too! I saw a fair amount of surface activity with birds going nuts at North head all saturday afternoon - good to see so much activity about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Well done and a nice report, too. Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocler Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 There is something very exciting about being caught up in a fish boil. The rapid changing of lures, the numerous casts and the hopes of a hookup. It is something your 8 year old will remember for many years to come and the thought that he was out there with his Dad in amongst it all. You had a great day on the water. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragmeister Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Well done and no apologies required for the story behind the catch... makes it a whole lot more interesting. Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Well done on your first ever king!!! What a shame you didn't have a few more squid in the tank or a few livies. They can be real picky when they are schooling and in that frenzy mode. Actually they are fussy all the time except for the little ones! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Incredible Hull Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Nice work! I reckon the popper would have worked. A while ago we had a couple of rat kingys around our boat, but not touching our baits, mate throws out a popper and I saw the kingy dart over in a split second to take the popper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydneyfisher12 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Great work mate that's a nice sized kingy for a first I think I'll try pittwater this Saturday for kings Cheers sydneyfisher12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 A nice fish there, can be stubborn sometimes like salmon when feeding on small bait fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Nice kings mate and well done on the persistence. Hopefully one of many more kings to be cought this spring/summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snatcher Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Great report and well done on your first kingie John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaClH2OK9 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Well done. The buzz of that reel going is the thing long memories are made of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefisherman6784 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Great kingy mate Bad luck on getting more kings and squid but I would certainly be happy with that It a great first Like mentioned, I would of thought a pooper/stick bait or a plastic would have worked Well done mate Cheers thefisherman6784 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VBCB Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Don't be sorry man! 1st king deserves 50 pages of bullshit report Especially when it points at 74cm, not a bad one ! Well done ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikei000 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Oh mate your ripping my heart out I was there Sunday from bayview and all around Scotland Island and not a bite, and I hear of kings going off just up the road I gotta swap the kayak for a boat! Great work mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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