Triple G Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 It went something like this.... Got the call from Stewart, Fish Raider Legend yesterday on short notice for a possible trip to the Great Botany Bay for some kings! I wasn’t going to miss this opportunity on the Blue Poly. That evening I prepare my Shimano SSS, Sonic Pro, 2-4kg stick, with 12lb FC leader and tie a nice Yamashita 2.5 pink jig for the task at hand. Second job was to prepare a rig for some Kingy action! I had a brand new Shimano Saragossa in a box already braided with 60lb ready to go that has never been used. I rig this machine to my other SSS Sonic Pro snapper, 6-8kg rod. The Gossa has been left behind until I knew I was up for a serious day’s fishing along with some more experience. I tie a nice FG knot to 60LB FC with a single Mustard 6/0 Hoodlum Hook. The plan was to meet at Kyeemagh Boat ramp at 4:15am for an early start, so that we could be at Captains Cook landing early for some fresh squid. We meet up at the ramp and launch the poly into very light 13Km Westerly wind with great conditions forecasted. On arrival to the squid grounds, Stew was not impressed with his rig and made some minor adjustments, then we were ready for squidding. Between both of us we bagged a dozen at least in about 1.5hrs and moved onto Molineaux Point for the kings. There were three other boats already there and soon after Stew shows me how to land a king. The bait & conditions were perfect and soon we were on fire with rat kings 55-60cm chewing up our baits, boated and then all released. I stopped counting once I reached a dozen. A real first for me as I only ever caught 2 rat kings prior to this outing and on separate occasions. Bait was running low, so we conserved and stripped them and recycled whether possible. I managed to hook up 8 times on a single 2-inch squid strip. Between the both of us we managed to catch about 40 or so kings and left them biting. No legal king yet but it will have to wait for another day! Our next adventure would be to try our luck at flat head, as I am told Donna loves flathead! We move onto Towra with soft plastics and stew hooks up to 3 flatties in a row, whilst I am yet to feel a bite. I soon realise that Stew is using a motor oil grub whilst I am using a dissimilar prawn like plastic. I then demand it to be changed over and he then instantly shows me how to bait it in detail to the ¼ ounce jig head. Still very, very quiet for me despite 20 -30 casts later at different directions, big difference to the rat onslaught. Losing some interest, I soon start rambling about work and then Bang! I finally hook up and assume it is only another 50cm model on my small SSS Sonic. As I am reeling it to the side of the boat, not much of a “fight”, The beast awakens and decides to run and take line of my Sti-Star Hypo drive HV-20 Spool. Without seeing the fish yet, Stew realises it’s a better model and decides to stop fishing and get on netting duties. A great fight that lasted about 5mins at least before it tiered out, netted and boated. The beast revealed itself as an 80cm model Dusky Lizard! Boy was I excited to land this as it would now be my new Official PB, a 30cm increase. “Ready for the KICKER Stew”, It was my first ever fish caught on Soft Plastic, he couldn’t believe it. My entire fishing career has been with baits until today. A few quick pictures and soon the lizard was released to go back home and fight another day. Not the fish I was expecting but definitely a fish of a lifetime and an experience to remember forever! Thanks again for the day Stew, & Special thanks to both Stuart & Donna for their passionate work on Fish Raider. 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yting Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Cracker report, well done. That Flathead is a monster. Nath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caple666 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 great report and congrats on the new pb 👌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swordfisherman Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Great day out Greg and the flattie is a fish of a lifetime. Well done on the kings as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDbrooker Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Nice fish mate. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Great report and Super photos. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 👍 well done. You’ll have quite a few beer chats over that flattie ! Awesome. .. and +1 on comments re Stewie and Donna. cheers Zoran 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Giddy up fellas! A few lessons off the master aye. I can’t believe he wasn’t rigged up properly already for squid?? Sure it’s the same Stewy??? Lol 😝 Good to see him behind the camera for a change! Well done 👍 cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyGreek Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Looks like it was a great day out. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple G Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 44 minutes ago, Scratchie said: Giddy up fellas! A few lessons off the master aye. I can’t believe he wasn’t rigged up properly already for squid?? Sure it’s the same Stewy??? Lol 😝 Good to see him behind the camera for a change! Well done 👍 cheers scratchie!!! Thanks to al the positive comments from al raiders. Scratchie, just to be clear and a correction, his squid rig was ready to go as you would expect from him any possibly any other fishraider. I meant to say his boat/polycraft/rig position, and a few adjustments with the minkota all good, sorry about that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple G Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 1 hour ago, swordfisherman said: Great day out Greg and the flattie is a fish of a lifetime. Well done on the kings as well Great Pictures & thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smobaby Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Great report and photos, definitely a trip to remember well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Scratchie said: Giddy up fellas! A few lessons off the master aye. I can’t believe he wasn’t rigged up properly already for squid?? Sure it’s the same Stewy??? Lol 😝 Good to see him behind the camera for a change! Well done 👍 cheers scratchie!!! Well it goes like this @Scratchie ...... Stewy muttered to me about ankle deep water and he had thongs on. There was also mention of a bung and a bilge pump...... First time he has ever done that - a day of firsts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 15 minutes ago, mrsswordfisherman said: Well it goes like this @Scratchie ...... Stewy muttered to me about ankle deep water and he had thongs on. There was also mention of a bung and a bilge pump...... First time he has ever done that - a day of firsts. No, I actually remember following you at Lake Glenbawn one time and he headed for the embankment 🤔🤔🤔 Just saying 🤣🤣🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 30 minutes ago, Scratchie said: No, I actually remember following you at Lake Glenbawn one time and he headed for the embankment 🤔🤔🤔 Just saying 🤣🤣🤣 I must not have been onboard 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Conrats on the PB and first on a plastic makes it that much better, nice work on the kings too, shame they were unders! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Cracking croc fellas. Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple G Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 1 hour ago, jenno64 said: Conrats on the PB and first on a plastic makes it that much better, nice work on the kings too, shame they were unders! Thanks Rob, Although the kings were under, they were fun to bring in one after another and a real workout! Hopefully they grow to size soon and hang around a for a while so that We can all enjoy soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Great report & effort GGG. Pretty hard now to better a day like that! I almost broke my SP PB in the bay when I tried to solo net a near 1 metre croc back in Feb this year & only 1/3rd of it would fit into the environet & was so heavy it fell out & subsequently spat the hook 😢 I still remember it like it was yesterday, the water was murky after several days of storms & it hit my 3 inch gulp minnow in pilchard colour. The things you remember even after this time 😏 Wish I had a gopro, at least the story could be quantified I know its still out there & Im still trying to hunt it down & am now calling it "whiskettes" 😂 @Scratchie Thanks for the detailed report, I'll be out there next week if the weather is ok trying for some blue swimmers & looking for "whiskettes" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymondhau Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Nice report! I thought that poly was @swordfisherman I was on the Hobie next to you guys but couldn't manage a hit on my live squid.. I was surprised the squid was still alive after 45 minutes, perhaps it was too big for the little rats I thought you guys were on lures so I put on a vibe and hooked up instantly. Will say hi next time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple G Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 12 hours ago, kingie chaser said: Great report & effort GGG. Pretty hard now to better a day like that! I almost broke my SP PB in the bay when I tried to solo net a near 1 metre croc back in Feb this year & only 1/3rd of it would fit into the environet & was so heavy it fell out & subsequently spat the hook 😢 I still remember it like it was yesterday, the water was murky after several days of storms & it hit my 3 inch gulp minnow in pilchard colour. The things you remember even after this time 😏 Wish I had a gopro, at least the story could be quantified I know its still out there & Im still trying to hunt it down & am now calling it "whiskettes" 😂 @Scratchie Thanks for the detailed report, I'll be out there next week if the weather is ok trying for some blue swimmers & looking for "whiskettes" Thanks and good luck with the Croc/Whiskettes, we now know there are at least 2 good fish and possibly more out there roaming around. I wish we had filmed the release as that is something I will remember forever but would have loved to share with others. What a moment to see a fish f that size look back at you with its massive head & eyes and then slowly swim leisurely away back to fight another day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple G Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 4 hours ago, Raymondhau said: Nice report! I thought that poly was @swordfisherman I was on the Hobie next to you guys but couldn't manage a hit on my live squid.. I was surprised the squid was still alive after 45 minutes, perhaps it was too big for the little rats I thought you guys were on lures so I put on a vibe and hooked up instantly. Will say hi next time It was! I was the passenger and yes I also saw you next us trawling around for bites and action! They were small and glad you finally got some action! Nothing wrong with saying Hi, Hopefully catch up next time n the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Sounds like you guys had fun, great report & congrats on the PB 👍 Hopefully the bigguns will be there next time 🤞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple G Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 On 12/10/2020 at 8:58 PM, 61 crusher said: Sounds like you guys had fun, great report & congrats on the PB 👍 Hopefully the bigguns will be there next time 🤞 Thanks and yes most fun, workout and action I had fishing this year. Even got to christen the reel as well with a healthy batch of fish and couldn’t ask for more! Hopefully I will be there when they mature a little bit more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Well done guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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