LittleNipper Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Hi raiders Initial plan was to head up the coast for some crabs to eat at Christmas however due to covid uncertainty up north at the moment I headed down south. Was throwing out gulp 2.5inch soft plastics for at least 2 hours with only 2 pikes hitting it. I threw the soft plastic out and left it out while I was attending to another family members rod when I look over and my rod is moving and spoiling off very very quickly! After a 10minute fight on 10lb braid and getting tangled in my other rods line i see the glamourising silver under the water and up comes a 67cm kingie checked my Apple Watch and heart rate shot up to 140bpm from my usual 60 resting heart rate 😂 All in all a good day with my first king and also getting a feed of aust. salmon. Dad got a sneaky photo claiming he caught the fish haha cheers P.s if anyone knows any places not too far down south for some blue swimmers that would be much appreciated. I think I have up the coast all sorted for crabs, happy to share 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Always the way...plenty of unattended rod stories have ended in disaster but you came up trumps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Great report. Super Kingie. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Nice fish for a feed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Nice king well done 3 hours ago, LittleNipper said: Hi raiders Initial plan was to head up the coast for some crabs to eat at Christmas however due to covid uncertainty up north at the moment I headed down south. Was throwing out gulp 2.5inch soft plastics for at least 2 hours with only 2 pikes hitting it. I threw the soft plastic out and left it out while I was attending to another family members rod when I look over and my rod is moving and spoiling off very very quickly! After a 10minute fight on 10lb braid and getting tangled in my other rods line i see the glamourising silver under the water and up comes a 67cm kingie checked my Apple Watch and heart rate shot up to 140bpm from my usual 60 resting heart rate 😂 All in all a good day with my first king and also getting a feed of aust. salmon. Dad got a sneaky photo claiming he caught the fish haha cheers P.s if anyone knows any places not too far down south for some blue swimmers that would be much appreciated. I think I have up the coast all sorted for crabs, happy to share Nice King well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquibblyDibbly Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Congrats on the Kingie. How far south? Lake Illawarra and the Shoalhaven will both produce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Great effort Little nipper - now you’ve been blooded on Kingies you won’t want to catch anything else. well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirvin21 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 nothing like your first kingie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNipper Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 On 12/21/2020 at 4:55 PM, SquibblyDibbly said: Congrats on the Kingie. How far south? Lake Illawarra and the Shoalhaven will both produce. Does lake Illawarra produce many crabs? I’ve only been there twice. One for my on water lesson when I first purchased my boat and the second time I didn’t realise how shallow it is in the middle and got beached 😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquibblyDibbly Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 On 12/23/2020 at 4:18 PM, LittleNipper said: Does lake Illawarra produce many crabs? I’ve only been there twice. One for my on water lesson when I first purchased my boat and the second time I didn’t realise how shallow it is in the middle and got beached 😅 Yeh you will get crabs in lake illawarra. Not as many as once upon a time though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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