Pickles Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Sloppy swell and strong winds have made the harbour uncomfortable for the past week. Added to this has been a heap of traffic and very full car parks at all the ramps. Never the less, Friday provided a window to get out for a quick fish with my nephew and his son for a few hours, I wasn’t too confident of getting kings, but there have been heaps of salmon and mackerel schools from the Bridge to middle harbour, so I thought we’d have some fun casting on light gear. They’ve been feeding on small white bait so “matching the hatch” with 10gm metals and 3” (white) plastics has been their downfall and great fun on 6-8lb gear. The salmon were all in the 2-3kg range and gave the young bloke a real working over as he was not used to “playing” a fish. After bagging some salmon we turned our focus to Kingies. Ben got smoked by two big ones until we bagged several, biggest going 90 cm. It was a great introduction to catching Kingies. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 How lucky is he (and your nephew). Good onya for taking them out. Surely an experience that they will never forget. 2019 saw me catch my first Kingie (thanks to Derek D). Although it was only a small one it was an exciting experience, nontheless. Cheers, bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Sounds like a good day out, with good sized kingies on the bite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Nice king Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Great report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Great post and pic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthman Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Fantastic! What did the damage on the kings? And were they busting the surface? A great session for the memory bank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 Hi Anthman, sorry to take a while to reply. I get most of my kings on fresh (live or recently killed) squid or cuttlefish. At the moment they have been taking smaller jigs (1.8 -2.5) Mostly they have been plentiful, but windy days are harder than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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