Slink Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 (edited) Took a good mate out last week aiming to get our first kings for the season , managed to get a few squid then we hit our usual piece of reef and deployed our live squidlies , within about 10 minutes my mate grunts that he is on. I wound in and readied the gaff. He got a 10.55 kg off the bat , nice now he can relax. He waited about 30 mons , had a beer and gave me a chance to hook up. No good , I said to him to drop another squid , saying I bet you hook up straight away. Yep he did too , another about the same size. I was now getting anxious having seeing him land 2 good fish and me gaffing them too. Well it took about another 20 mins till I had a sudden bend in the rod and I was on , got him in the esky at about 9 kg. We had a crack for a bit longer before deciding to call it quits having enough fish and headed back to the ramp to clean up. Great arvo session , good to get one early and now ready to upsize. Looking for the 18 kg plus now. Edited November 1, 2014 by Slink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg126 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Amazing fish! Were you out from Sydney way? Would love some advice on the squid - did you keep them whole and down rig them live or would you recommend squid slabs? Congrats again, they look like a lot of fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slink Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 G'day Meg126 , Yeah these are Northern beaches fish , with the squid I find that the bigger the better , whole and live. I don't have a downrigger and not sure if you really need one. If you know where to look for kings then just sit at anchor with the baits at the right depth and the kings will find them 100%. Fish with a 2 hook rig and with your drag locked almost pliers tight , not kidding. All the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stephanb79 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Wow what a great fish and I cant wait to catch one over 70cm !!! What do I need to do LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaClH2OK9 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Amazing result Slink. Very impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Nice fish there slink! Hearing a few reports come through, should be a good season! Well done Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefisherman6784 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Wow great fish mate I would love to get a king like that Sure it put up a great fight Well done mate Cheers thefisherman6784 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydneyfisher12 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Great fish mate really want to crack that meter mark this season should be a good season Cheers sydneyfisher12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 some nice fish.. well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg126 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Thanks for that, I haven't got a down rigger so I'll give your suggestions a go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formosan Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Nice fish there Slink. Sounds like you know what you are doing without the help of a DR. Btw how do you find those rod holders I see in the background? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volitan Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Very nice fish and thanks for the tips on catching them. One thing though, I thought kings like that in deeper water were common in winter but rare in summer. Have I got that wrong? Cheers Arron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reubs Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Nice work mate! Feel free to drop me a PM if you don't mind sharing some pointers for Pittwater/northern beaches.. My boat is out of action at the moment which is killing me but hopefully I'll be out in a couple of weeks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erroll Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 very solid, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg126 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Went out today, was very keen to try your suggestions....BUT... couldn't get a damn squid to save myself! So annoying when you have a plan and can't get the basics right. Saw a lot of big fishing crashing the surface in Pittwater today and even managed a number of garfish but just couldn't work out how to 'tow' them without killing them. I've heard garfish are great bait (and were a lot easier to catch than yakkas today). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragmeister Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 G'day Meg126 , Yeah these are Northern beaches fish , with the squid I find that the bigger the better , whole and live. I don't have a downrigger and not sure if you really need one. If you know where to look for kings then just sit at anchor with the baits at the right depth and the kings will find them 100%. Fish with a 2 hook rig and with your drag locked almost pliers tight , not kidding. All the best. Nice Kings and simple sound advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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