Berleyguts Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 (edited) After last Monday’s donut, I was anxious to get out today and save face. My wife was going to join me but changed her mind so I was solo again. I cleared the heads by 6 and headed straight to Cabbage Tree for livies. Met fellow Raider Backcruncher there. Picked up a heap of big slimies in no time. The new berley pot works a treat. ?Was getting 2 or 3 slimies at a time on the jigs - don’t they go! Imagine if they grew to 20lb! A bonnie hit the jigs and made a mess of ‘em, so I headed to Broughton. Tried the Sisters, Middle Rock, North Rock and Cod Rock but could only manage undersized reddies and a couple of bonito. It was great to get a couple of calls from RickMarlin62 and Scratchie with tips and encouragement. Decided to try the Huon kingfish pens again. Got there in pretty quick time and there were only a couple of boats there and they were hooked up so it looked promising. ? I had no chewing gum so put a slab of slimey on and tossed it towards the pens. Bang! It was hit in seconds and the king headed straight for the pens but I managed to turn him and with a bit of effort, eventually got him into the boat. He went 67cm and was very fat. The next fish appeared huge and he smoked me in no time - straight to the pens on 20lb braid. Rather than waste time re-rigging, I switched to my 15kg game stick (JS980, Rick). It was not easy casting with the Tyrnos 30 and a king hit the bait while I was still in free spool causing an overrun but I managed to untangle it and get him in. I still got smoked 3 more times on the 15kg outfit but I didn’t go behind strike drag... maybe I should have pushed it to the max. At least it was simple to tie a new hook on as luckily the 80lb leader was breaking close to the hook. Finished the day with 5 fat kings: 2 at 67cm (2.88 and 3.41kg); 71 (4.91kg); 72 (4.08kg); 73 (4.12kg). I’m so out of practice it took me a hell of a time to fillet them. Good thing the wife didn’t come or I might still be going! ? My son is kicking himself for passing up the opportunity to fish with Dad! Got a good feed and stretched my arms a bit! Have to do it again soon! Edited March 12, 2018 by Berleyguts 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 What a top outing Baz. Great report and excellent pictures. Cheers, bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbdshroom Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Fantastic work. Sounds like a great day out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Giddy up Baz!!! There getting bigger those kings and smarter! Well done mate and well deserved for the time and effort you’ve put in! Cheers scratchie!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 top stuff baz glad you got a few mate...now for some reds...rick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 A very good effort there, they are fat buggers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundi4 Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Awesome work mate ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonywardle Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 nice way to bounce back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Nelson Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Nice one Baz Is there any restrictions there now and how close to the pens are you allowed to fish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 2 hours ago, Peter Nelson said: Nice one Baz Is there any restrictions there now and how close to the pens are you allowed to fish? Thanks Peter. You can get in there now but they have run a lot ropes from the pens to the buoys, so you have to pick where you fish. I found a good drift past one of the southern pens away from the ropes. I wouldn’t bother if there were a lot of boats there - too many ropes to get hung up on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 And I just had kingfish sashimi for lunch... yummo! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlawandy Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Nice bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
back cruncher Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Hi all...it was good to have met you baz,im sure we will get to know each other in the future.what a perfect weathered day it was. we caught a half dozen kings on the north and south side of island but all were under sized between 55 and 60 long,but fun to catch.couple of small reds and a few missed bonnies. we popped into the pens for a quick look on the way home looked quiet then we saw a guy with a goood kingy only to be left with a head,the size of the head indicated it was a big king.we mucked around for ten minutes with no luck so we headed home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 Thanks Backcruncher. I was curious to know how you went. I saw a guy pull in just a head. I think if you can’t get them in quick, the tax man comes knocking! I’d like to get one on light gear, say 4 or 6kg but I think I’d be tempting fate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK01 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Wow they sure are fat! Great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield28 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Great work mate. Good to see the kings are still there... Obviously the Sharks haven't eaten them all just yet. Well done and good report ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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