jenno64 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Headed out in the bay this morning for nada squid early so I headed around to a bait collecting spot and loaded up with poddies. Drifted around for and hour at a couple of spots with very little attention apart from a couple of tailor halving my baits. Then a phone call from my better half about 9:30am had me zooming around to to pick her up with coffees from the beach. We found a spot away from the jet skis and trolled a poddy around while I flicked a few plastics from the front of the boat. My livey line took off in about 2-3m of water and I set the hooks and chased it with the leccy. I was calling it for a salmon or jew or king and took my time as it headed up towards a bank a few hundred metres away. After about 5 minutes I got a visual on it up on a shallow bank and had a glimpse of a yellow dorsal:) Got the fish closer to the boat and called for the net. First attempt saw a front flip out then a few tense moments as it took off under the boat....perilously close to the outboard and the leccy. Second net attempt got the fish in and a holler of relief as I dropped the netted fish on the floor of the boat. No brag mat on board today so measured it at home at 75cm, a PB for me and second decent fish on the new rig. My wife brought me the luck today and what was until then a pretty disappointing morning despite the good tides and conditions. We took some shots and I dispatched it into the chiller bag with a couple of ice bricks. Had a relaxing swim nearby and then retrieved the boat at the ramp and battled the insane crowds on the way home. &%$#heads at the ramp loaded crap onto their jet skis on the pontoon whilst boats were waiting in line to come in. And now for some sashimi and a cold beer:) 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Nice fish there Rob, couple of good fillets for the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Nice work Rob! Always good to tick off a PB too! Well done 👍 cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyFil Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Yep looks like the bride brought the good luck as well as the coffee. Congrats on the pb - all the sweeter when it was looking like a dud outing, fishwise at least. Interested in how you catch the poddies, I've had little or no success with a trap? Cheers Fil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Great report Lucky Fil. I felt as if I was there with you with your detailed report of the capture. Hope you have a few good feeds off it. Cheers, bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Nice king well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlvbw Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 You rarely miss mate. Great fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Great report Rob - very nice Kingie mate, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 A tough day fishing can turn around very quick. Congrats on the pb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ribs Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Nice one Rob, 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼good king for the bay, and to have your Mrs on board, some good quality time spent together.....u may have to walk around Westfields now😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Great report. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 17 hours ago, Yowie said: Nice fish there Rob, couple of good fillets for the table. Thanks Yowie, I sharpened the knife and got to work in the arvo, some nice sashimi from the belly and some cracking little steaks:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 16 hours ago, LuckyFil said: Yep looks like the bride brought the good luck as well as the coffee. Congrats on the pb - all the sweeter when it was looking like a dud outing, fishwise at least. Interested in how you catch the poddies, I've had little or no success with a trap? Cheers Fil I used a juice bottle yesterday, they were everywhere at high tide in the shallows! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 50 minutes ago, Ribs said: Nice one Rob, 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼good king for the bay, and to have your Mrs on board, some good quality time spent together.....u may have to walk around Westfields now😂 Ribs I do plenty of Westfield believe me🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 16 hours ago, Scratchie said: Nice work Rob! Always good to tick off a PB too! Well done 👍 cheers scratchie!!! Thanks for you comments guys.....it was good to persevere on a slow day to get a good fish, just reinforces that you have to have a line in the water every chance you get:) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordoRetired Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Nice fish. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishingwazza2019 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Very nice fish .. and the steaks Yummo .. well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keflapod Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Nice kingie Rob. What line class did you get it on? There have been quite a few kings around in the river. My mate is getting 1 or 2 legal ones from amongst many rats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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