61 crusher Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 (edited) Decided to fish for some tailor at first light this morning with a metal, second cast & got a just legal tailor which was returned to grow a bit bigger, there was a fair bit of bait around which seemed promising but strangely disappeared soon after managed to pick up 2 more around the 40+cm mark & dropped 3 larger models which spat the hooks due to the surge & current which is probably why the bait disappeared . Towards the end of the 2hr session bait was being harassed well out of casting range first up it looked like bonnies harassing them & soon after frigates followed by 2 packs of 6 to 8 long tails (northern bluefin) right up there clacker.After that bit of excitement decided to head back to the car & put the tailor on ice & grabbed the second coffee for the morning. Went around to the main ledge & chatted to a couple of local fishos I new who had caught a few bonnies & saw a 7kg Cobia someone else scored, decided to head back to a quieter spot & started casting a pink hardbody & managed to pick up a few bonnies & then got a good hit & run, fought this one on a lighter drag & slowly got it back to the ledge (after being smoked last week & reefed by the last one on a heavy drag) managed to stay on top of the fish which proceeded to take me on a tense 30m walk across the rocks & once subdued waited for a good wave & managed to lift a 75 cm kingy on 20lb mainline & 30lb leaderwhile I was fighting mine the guy next to me hooks up a good 31/2kg salmon on a float & pilly rig & next cast gets another at 83cm & probably around 5kg+ Really interesting day off the stones with a very varied mixed bag of fish caught & sighted. One guy even had a small Bonnie out under a balloon hoping for a long tail Edited February 22, 2020 by 61 crusher 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazatherfisherman Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Sounds like a good trip! Nice King well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Great effort Dieter, good to see the persistence pay dividends for you On my 1st visit to your back yard showed me it does look like a great bit of coast line in close! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Nice report well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Great story,well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyFil Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Sounds like there's a real mix of pelagic species around . Well done on the kingie too. A good sized fish, especially having to deadlift it up the rocks on relatively light leader. Fil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Coast Fisherman Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Was this Avoca again? Cheers, Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Sounds like a good morning out, quite a bit of action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 Thanks guys, the water still had a bit of a brown tinge to it where I picked up the tailor probably coming from the beach, out the front it still had a bit of a green tinge to it & starting to clear up with a couple of bluish pockets, there’s still an occasional bit of salad around. @Central Coast Fisherman Yes spot on Phil I put the info out there to let people know the good water has arrived, hopefully the fish hang around for awhile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest123456789 Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Nice fish Dieter hard to get a legal king from the stones 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Awesome work Dieter! Definitely a task and a half landing a kingy from the stones! Congrats 👍 cheers scratchie!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobycb Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 God job mate. Nice to hear the waters clearing up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 2 hours ago, flatheadluke said: Nice fish Dieter hard to get a legal king from the stones 👍 2 hours ago, Scratchie said: Awesome work Dieter! Definitely a task and a half landing a kingy from the stones! Congrats 👍 Thanks guys after the last good one reefing me in no time flat through tightening the drag I played this one without touching the drag & lowering the rod every time it went for a run seemed to stay higher in the water column & then while scampering along the rocks taking the same approach on the lunges (the soft approach) seemed to appease the kingy & keep it calm except when feeling the line rubbing on the rocks below the water line I’d give it some grief until it was clear of the wall again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Nice work on the king and great post! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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