Salmon, not kings off the rocks

[ginko]

Given the super muddy estuaries, I figured the kingies were outside, and took advantage of today's offshore breeze to hit a northern beaches rock shelf.

Arrived at sun-up, and didn't even make it to my spot before a big bust-up had me casting. I had on the kingie rig - 30 lb line, 60lb leader, #5 truturn hooks and salted gars (unweighted).

Sadly, it was salmon, not kings. But great fun nonetheless, Landed 2, about 45cm and about 60cm. Mostly they were small, and another fisho with the right setup for salmon was pulling in a fair few of the 45cm models on what looked like half pillies.

The fish went off the bite about 8:30 and the swell was showing signs of the bigger sets expected in the arvo, and we were both off the rocks at ~9:30am.

Salmon miso soup for lunch.

Sorry no pics - they were just salmon after all.

Anyone fish in Pittwater today?

[Brendan_G]

Sounds like you had an interesting and adventurous day on the water. Well done on catching those salmon and your lunch sounds amazing!

[Krispy !]

Welldone on the salmon mate, surprisingly I got a king well inside yesterday in chocolate coloured water as well as 3 salmon so theyre not being put off from the rain

[ssalty]

What rocks were you fishing off?

[amkr]

Excuse the stupidity, is this the same kind of salmon that they make sashimi out of?

[SgtBundy]

No, Australian Salmon - a different family but the first settlers called them Salmon because they schooled like european salmon

[quochuy]

In NZ they call it Kahawai. Aussie Salmom are also nice in sashimi when fresh.

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[josamill]

Salmon are so much fun......I've caught a heap over the years off Palm Beach and in Pittwater but I can never remember what time of year they are most prolific? Is it basically all year but with a spike in Winter?