chevvyy Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 After what was a difficult week for me due to my father ending up in hospital ,i decided to hook up the boat and spent a few hours enjoying the beautiful waters of the harbour and hopefully bag a fish or two.. The weather report was not filling me with confidence ,but the morning looked good so i decided to go for it . Stopped at the gladesville bridge for a quick drift in hope of a jewfish but didn't get any love today so decided to keep going east . As i got to cockatoo island i noticed a large number of seagulls swooping and hovering .Lots of surface action so i cast out and hooked up a decent size taylor ( Great fun to catch IMO ) . With my next hook up to another taylor i noticed somethnig following which i recognised as a few kingfish that were a health size !!!! WELL this changes everything i said to myself ( I've been trying to catch a legal kingfish for about a year now.) I rigg up my go to lure the squid vicious ,let it drop and start to jig then i feel a pull the rod buckles over and line is peeling off like I've never felt before .My heart is pumping and the fight is on with me getting line back and then loosing it to another run . Back and forth we go and just when i thought i had the upper hand it screams off and SNAPS my leader about a foot behind the hook. At this point I'm gutted but not defeated . I proceed to hook up two more what feel like big fish only to suffer the same fate !@!!## . BTW I'm using 8lb braid and leader with a stradic 2500 and at this point decide to up the leader to 20b in hope of holding on to what ever is laughing at me from bellow . This proves to help and lands me a healthy 68cm kingfish after a five min war ,tripping over and breaking my tackle box wrestling with the net and trying to avoid the nearby moorings. Ahh the joys of the solo fish!!!! With a smile from ear to ear i let out a WOO HOOO that was loud enough to catch the attention of a passing ferry passengers . i go on to catch a 55cm JEWFISH and release ,more taylor and good size Flathead . The best part of the day was that all this took place close to Greenwich were i spent many a night with my dad as he was a very committed fisherman in his day . Due to his declining health fishing with him is no longer a possibility but will always be some of my best memories growing up !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katoe Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Great read mate. Thanks for sharing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevefish Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 The Jew King daily double! A great achievement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 4myson Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Top read mate ... Sorry to hear about your fathers health & Hopefully he gets better soon.. I'm sure he'll be proud to hear of all those times he spent in training you to be a fisherman has paid off !! Well done mate !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mii11x Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 kingy jewie combo, gotta be happy with that mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest123456789 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Great read well done mate!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock&Beach Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Great report mate. Sounds like you had a lot of fun. Good mix of fish. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farvos Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 sounds unreal. Fishing the spit tomorrow and surrounding areas. Should be able to hide from the wind. Get some livies and burley up. Fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevvyy Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share Posted November 14, 2015 sounds unreal. Fishing the spit tomorrow and surrounding areas. Should be able to hide from the wind. Get some livies and burley up. Fingers crossed. Good luck ,hope you get a hold of a few !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisholb Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Well done mate congrats Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Nice catch. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishhed Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 good work, never caught a jew, do they put up a good fight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevvyy Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 good work, never caught a jew, do they put up a good fight? They are a heap of fun and grow to monsterous sizes .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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