Jack741 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Bit of a late report hereHeaded out with a mate up to Pittwater on Monday (21st) and was on the water at about 10am with a plan to find a nice spot out of the Southerly. On our way I decided to troll my new Rapala CD 11 lure that I had just bought over the weekend. Having never trolled before I thought I may as well throw it out to give it a try. About 3 minutes later, as we passed Royal Motor Yacht Club, zzzzzzzzz my rod buckles over.The next 10 seconds were mayhem, between me trying to get the rod out of the rod holder, my mate scrambling to the back of the boat to steer and the continual Southerly pounding us.With everything under control the fight began, mid way through the fish fell asleep and then sure enough once we saw colour he made a b-line for the bottom. Having not hooked up the sounder yet, I had no clue as to how much depth I had to play with. After a few minutes we got him in the net and into the boat. Both of us were so stoked as its the first legal king either of us have caught! He went 70cm and got turned into some delicious sashimi and dinner for the fam and grandparents Can't wait for summerYew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amkr Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Congrats! Sounds like a bit of an unexpected hookup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 A beauty - whack it in COTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350chev Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Congrats on your first legal. You now officially have Kingy fever lol. I love trolling lures you just never know what will jump on. Great work. Daniel Sent from my SM-N910G using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Well done. It's amazing how some times things just come together out on the water easily and other days they just don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfisherman Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 (edited) Well done on your first legal king. It's almost like your first ahem! Good to see they're taking hardbodys Harry Edited September 24, 2015 by fishingphase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest no one Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Great fish bro! Good to see they're on in Pittwater too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay88 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Great fish mate! Lure as well Did you just cast and reel back quick? Or you spotted them before hand? Good catch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack741 Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 Great fish mate! Lure as well Did you just cast and reel back quick? Or you spotted them before hand? Good catch! Thanks mate Nah I trolled it behind the boat doing about 4 knots, didn't spot them before hand but I know they like structure so thought there would be a chance they were hanging around the moorings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock&Beach Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Great fish mate. Plenty of sashimi there. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volitan Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Good fish. I find that red and white lure way outfishes any other colour or pattern when trolling in Pittwater. Cheers Arron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Great catch mate the trusty Christmas tree strikes again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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