night_rider Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 After a little advice from Krispy(thanks mate!) I left work in a hurry to wet a line yesterday afternoon. I was going to hit the change of low tide at ~7pm. I Grabbed some Bait n Go Pillies near Neutral Bay from the United servo and got to CG on 530, threw out a few cubes and burleyed pretty hard. There was a lovely little old Asian couple who were already setup, and appeared to be landing a few yellow-tail which I figured was a good sign. I used a few other Bait n Go prawns but kept missing the bites. - Just pickers... Whilst watching the sun go down, I decided to have a chat to my new friends about how they caught & cooked Yakka.. Meanwhile a couple of my mates played around with a camera and my 3rd rod... Old mate gave me a tiny Yakka and I threw him straight out using a 8/0 Gama circle hook with a 30lb trace.... This is when things heated up! No sooner than I could pick up my bait rod, I could hear my Sienna 4000 starting to wind a little... I thought oh I must of set the drag too light, but it was such a tiny lollipop yakka I thought this was a little strange... I picked up the rod to feel a bit of weight and some serious bend starting to show in the rod... This was it! Fish on! I wound up the drag a little, loaded up the rod and made my strike. The rod loaded up a lot more and the sienna started ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZing! Finally a decent fish. I wasn't sure what it was, but I knew it was big. I was loosing a fair bit of line, this fish took about half of my 12lb mono spool effortlessly and I was becoming concerned I was going to get spooled. I was confident in my Knot and the Black magic leader so I decided it was time to put on the hurt. I applied some thumb drag to the reel and walked across the pier in an attempt to turn the fish...It worked! Great success, oh wait the line is going soft, the fish started swimming back at me pretty quick! I picked up the RPM on the old forearm spin and regained a tight line. All of a sudden she surfaced, we could see the water breaking a little and what appeared to be a yellow tail, by now it was getting a little dark so our vision was a little off. I called it for maybe a king, as they love yellow tail and it had some seriously strong runs early in the fight....why not? No sooner did it show us a little surface action, did it take a massive run again.. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I could tell it was tiring a little, by this stage about 5-6 minutes had passed and the runs were becoming a little lazier. I could feel slow headshakes/tugs while she was swimming, which made me think maybe it was a shark rather than a king... It surface again and we caught a glimpse, starting to think maybe it was a Port Jackson... By this stage I had managed to walk her around from the front of the pier, negotiating the pilons. but there was about a 40cm drop to the water from the bottom of the steps... No chance of lifting it up that. Crud! I'm going to have to beach it... I decided I would have to run down the pier and onto the beach and convince her to me... Just as I loosened off the drag and started to move quickly down the pier, she must of realised sensed the lightened pressure on the line, and it was on again, a mad dash for freedom. I had to run back to my vantage point away from the pilons, getting stuck on one of them. I thought that was it. It's over, there's no way my 12lb will survive this..... but it was a miracle! I had opened the bail arm to prevent it wearing the mainline. I attempted to maneuver the fish towards the North side of the pier so I could run to the beach but it just kept running ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZ. By this stage I was becoming a little tired, my Abu Garcia Veritas was really helping and working hard to absorb the runs but this fish had some serious steam to it. Just as I thought I was finally getting the upper hand she decided it was time to show me who was in control. A massive burst of energy and ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz PING. It was over. The adrenaline still pumping in my forearms they'd been working hard for 10 minutes. I couldn't believe the worst had happened. But I was smiling ear to ear. I had set out to hear my drag scream, and my word did I hear that Sienna sing. I was a little sad to of not got a closer look to confirm what it was and get a snap, but I was content. Looking at the leader, it snapped about 15cm from where the hook was, but the leader looked like it had copped a bit of a beating. It had scuff marks and rub marks, so I'm thinking it was a PJ... but I'm really not sure. After this I managed to hook a few taylor and what looked to be a little jew but it spat the hook at the surface. I sent out a taylor fillet for about 40 minutes but no dice. All in all a pretty great Monday arvo. My friend with the camera managed to capture the fight, and will post up a link for you guys to have a look at. Hopefully you will know what it was by the fight? Thanks for reading guys. Tight lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razzell Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Good report - glad you had some fun! Look forward to seeing the video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 I love blow by blow accounts, even if the fish escapes. So exciting...better luck with the next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasskl Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Great Post.CG seems to be a bit hit and miss at the moment.Seems like you got there on a Hit day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock&Beach Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Great report mate. The Kingy master has a new Disciple. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthecowgodmoo Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Great story! Gutted that you didn't get to see exactly what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobmarlee Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Great read mate. Where is CG if you don't mind me asking? Sent from my SM-G920I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markgw Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Clifton Gardens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Squidy Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Great write up mate, sounds like a fun tussle. Highly doubt it was a PJ, they are dopey lazy fish and dont have the engine to nearly spool you and stick out a 10min fight. Probably something much toothier... R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobmarlee Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Thanks mark Sent from my SM-G920I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
port hacking addiction Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Also agree dont think it was a pj, iv caught metre 1s on light gear hardly pull much drag, they fight like a big ball of sea weed on ur line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cargo05 Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Disappointing to lose a good fish, but a good session nevertheless. Good report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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