Ocean Addiction Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 With a bit of time up my sleeve yesterday morning (and completely disregarding WillyWeather for the more favourable forecast on Seabreeze) I decided to head out on the harbour for a few hours. First stop was around the Snails Bay area where I spotted some salmon boiling on the surface. Spent a while chasing them around with a couple of promising follows but no cigar. Plan B (well actually plan A before I saw the salmon) was to throw some lures around the channel markers for kingfish. I tried a few spots west of the Bridge including some of the buoys and fixed post markers. At one of the post markers a decent king grabbed my SugaPen. He played with me for a while... I was actually getting a bit excited that I was in with a chance here. Then he decided play time was over and effortlessly towelled me up on the post. Goodbye SugaPen... I tried a few more markers before going back to the salmon that were still at it. This time I tried a tiny clear stickbait which resulted in a few more follows and boils but no hook-ups. I was kicking myself that I considered bringing the fly rod but decided at the last minute to leave it behind. That brought us to lunchtime and I was hungry so packed up and went home. Overall it was very pleasant out there yesterday, only 4 trailers at the ramp, just a wee bit of rain and not too much wind or chop. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooker435 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Sounds like a great way to start the day. too bad about losing him but there's always next time. Regards, Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinsoi Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 (edited) Well done on the hook up and the action that followed. Nice write up too and sorry to hear you lost your Sugapen. Hope you have better luck next time. All the best Ian Edited October 22, 2015 by Chelub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Addiction Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 I've lost count of how many Sugapens I've released back into the wild. They are a great lure but quite expensive when you start losing a few! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike89 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 You must be happy at least to have seen a bit of action! Losing lures must indeed get expensive after a while.. Good day out on the water nonetheless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrone07 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Yeah was going to say your game throwing sugapens at kings, stick baits are getting up there as well these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickb111 Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Hey mate what size sugapen in the sinking or floating? That's twice I've heard reports of kings caught on them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Addiction Posted October 22, 2015 Author Share Posted October 22, 2015 Hey mate what size sugapen in the sinking or floating? That's twice I've heard reports of kings caught on them! It was a 70 floating sugapen in a clear/natural prawn colour. Works well on everything from bream, whiting, salmon, tailor and apparently kingfish have a liking for them too (-: David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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