Krispy ! Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Hey Raiders long time between reports been very busy lately and havent had much free time but finally got to head oit this morning for a session. Headed to my usual haunt in the harbour at about 630, wasnt expecting anything too crash hot as its winter, so i was mainly targetting trevally but those plans were quickly thrown out. As me and my mate arrived on location, we began burleying up and immediately began seeing lollipop yellowtail about 10cm long, caught about 8 of them and they dissapeared as soon as the sun was abit brighter in the sky. My mate send one out first on a float and that was quickly slammed by a solid salmon that went 68cm, quick pic and released. I got a yellowtail out soon after and it got hit as soon as it touched the water but it was ripped off the hook, quickly grabbed another yellowtail and lobbed it out this time kept the bail open and line began to fly off after about 10 seconds, closed the bail and came up tight. After a nice tussle i was expecti ng another salmon but was surprised when a nice king came up, my mate netted it and in the esky it went, measuring 73cm. My mate got another king that was undersize aroind the 60cm mark and the action died out after that with only a couple of trevally caught afterwards. All in all it was a nice session to clear the cobwebs and good to see some nice kings still about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooker435 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Nice Kingy, way to clean the cobwebs, would have been damn cold this morning!!! Regards, Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Nice Krispy! The kings are still about in the mix. Did it put up much of a fight? I caught one the other day on sps thinking it was a small baker, only to find it was a 60cm ish kingy! Didn't so much beat its tail. Hmmmm cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ribs Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Good to see Krispy , good winty kingy there ! I got a couple last week just outside botany same size which took big occy baits...but got bricked by 2 others, nothing beats cold water Kings! good effort its dam cold out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krispy ! Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 9 hours ago, beginner said: Nice Kingy, way to clean the cobwebs, would have been damn cold this morning!!! Regards, Nathan It was freezing ? i couldnt move my fingers 3 hours ago, Scratchie said: Nice Krispy! The kings are still about in the mix. Did it put up much of a fight? I caught one the other day on sps thinking it was a small baker, only to find it was a 60cm ish kingy! Didn't so much beat its tail. Hmmmm cheers scratchie!!! Yeah i noticed that scratchie, for a king its size it came up pretty easy, must be the cold water slowing their metabolism 53 minutes ago, Ribs said: Good to see Krispy , good winty kingy there ! I got a couple last week just outside botany same size which took big occy baits...but got bricked by 2 others, nothing beats cold water Kings! good effort its dam cold out? Makes waking up that early well worth it thats for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Good to see a few kings still kicking around. As for water temp Ive found them to go harder in cooler water than the ones you get up north in warm water. Air temp is cold but the sea is still 17.5 down here around Montague, which is much warmer than NZ where they have very cool water and very hard fighting kings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellzy94 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Beautiful king mate! Good on you for getting out and battling the cold, it definitely was worth the effort. Cheers, Wellzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rah Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Top effort with the Kingy and battling the cold. Cheers Tara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Nice work there converting yakkas into Kings. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krispy ! Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 7 hours ago, JonD said: Good to see a few kings still kicking around. As for water temp Ive found them to go harder in cooler water than the ones you get up north in warm water. Air temp is cold but the sea is still 17.5 down here around Montague, which is much warmer than NZ where they have very cool water and very hard fighting kings. That's a good point, yeah i'm not sure, maybe it was choking on the yellowtail, it was hooked in the corner of the mouth and it was a well conditioned fish so that's the only other thing that might have slowed it down. 6 hours ago, Wellzy94 said: Beautiful king mate! Good on you for getting out and battling the cold, it definitely was worth the effort. Cheers, Wellzy Thanks Wellzy 5 hours ago, Rah said: Top effort with the Kingy and battling the cold. Cheers Tara Thanks Tara 4 hours ago, Penguin said: Nice work there converting yakkas into Kings. Cheers Cheers Penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARC H Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 nice nothing beats catching bait then catching fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regan Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 thats a nicely conditioned king Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaxland Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Nice catch hope im as fortunate tommorow any tips where I might have a go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krispy ! Posted June 28, 2017 Author Share Posted June 28, 2017 18 hours ago, ARC H said: nice nothing beats catching bait then catching fish Thats true mate its always fun catching youre own bait 17 hours ago, Regan said: thats a nicely conditioned king It is 13 hours ago, blaxland said: Nice catch hope im as fortunate tommorow any tips where I might have a go? Hey mate yeah at the moment theres a few fish around north harbour so areas like balmoral and the spit bridge are holding some fish. Just gotta be at the right place at the right time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaxland Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Thanks took forever just to get one squid which I will eat tonight and managed a flathead from neverfails backupspot (near 40 baskets) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaohuang Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Nice fat winter kings, looks like they are here to stay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishing_Maniac Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Well done Krispy. I have been fishing the harbour regularly to no success this winter. What is your trick? Which wharf was this king caught at? Please PM me the location. Thanks, James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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