mitchie18092 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 (edited) So after a fairly long hiatus over winter, I've just been starting to get back into the swing of things over the past month or two. Haven't really had too many post worthy captures but thought yesterday would be a decent place to start. With conditions looking ideal, my hopes were perhaps slightly exaggerated but it was a good morning nonetheless... Got down to my spot with a mate around 5am and got underway burleying for some yakkas. No such luck for about 45 minutes, so I asked my mate to drive to watsons bay to get some and bring back - thankfully he duly obliged. While he was gone I had a crack for some squid but only managed two little ones. Half an hour later he got back with livies in the bucket, and we both sent one out in haste. While we had the livies out we were also sending unweighted prawns down a bread burley trail, which quite bizarrely didn't get touched all morning - not even a little pinkie? Thankfully the yakkas did some work and after about 40 minutes of being in the water, my rod started to bounce. I readied myself before my rod totally keeled over. The drag was already just about locked, and I barely managed to even get it out of the rod holder on the jetty. What transpired over he next 20/30 seconds was something I've never experienced... This thing stripped line off like nothing I've ever seen, nearly spooling me before taking me around a mooring. Though I was obviously disappointed to lose a fish of that magnitude, it was a fairly humbling experience having never hooked up to something so powerful. Big big hoodlum. Anyway another 40 minutes later it's my mates turn, another stonker but he managed to stay connected for a good 6-7 minutes - though he barely made any ground. Certainly some big boys around. Our final take of the morning was a consolation prize - (my first legal king actually) at just over 67cm. He had a few friends following him into the jetty too but had run out of bait. To put the first fish into perspective, this one literally didn't even strip an inch of drag in comparison to the other one nearly spooling me. If only I got a look!! Made a beautiful ceviche out of the king with pineapple, home pickled onions and a few other bits and pieces - was delish. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Edited November 23, 2015 by mitchie18092 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfisherman Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Nice report, getting smoked is still fun, I like that demoralising feeling that tells you your game needs to step up, it's almost like a slap across the face. Nice looking feed there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james3210 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Well done mate. Upgrade your reel. Then post another report with big hoodlum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameldownunder Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Best thing fishing is catching one of those things ( yet to experience ), next best thing, having one of those things on the line, even for a few seconds, and consolation price like you said is getting a legal one in. Well done. Quite tricky from land based. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisho.sid Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Good to see reports of legal inside the harbour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RU537 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 There are definitely some decent kings to be caught landbased. Mate caught a 99cm specimen off a wharf a few weeks back. Rubbed on to the pylons a few times when it got close to the wharf but his 60lb leader managed to survive (only just) before another bloke netted it. I've caught 3 over the last month as well ranging from 70-85cm. Funilly enough, the 70cm fish gave me more of a hard time than the others... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisholb Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Well done on your first legal kingy mate...if you are targeting kingys...better upgrade your gear...specially if you are land based to give you more chance of landing a hoody...good luck Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamski Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Unlucky on the bigger fish, there are definitely a few about at the moment milling around amongst the rats near the eastern harbour bay wharves. Well done on getting one for the table- that ceviche looks pretty darn tasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchie18092 Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 thanks guys. this one was on a sustain 4000 w/ 30lb to 30lb leader, which I thought would stop most* fish, but I'll probably have to invest in some 50lb for one of my other reels. and some heavy duty leader I guess... fingers crossed I'll cross paths with another one soon Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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