Pickles Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 I was blessed to be able to fish 3 days in a row after a prolonged period (3 weeks) of “piscatoria depraviva”. Ian and Dave have been asking to catch a kingie for several months and Friday was the day. It was Ian’s birthday, so he was keen as and his son Dave had a RTO, so we headed to the harbour and loaded up with livies - didn’t even try for squid as I had cuttlefish from the day before. As always, whenever getting livies, I put one down just in case there is a hoodlum cruising around in the berley. Dave’s little livie rod with 6lb line went screaming off and 120m of line peeled off the little Sienna and “bang”, smoked by a kingie. I put out a tiny piece of cuttlefish to float in the berley on my little overhead setup, FATE 2-4kg rod with Shimano Curado DC with a no 6 demon circle hook- 20lb braid and 20lb fluro leader. This light little setup has landed well over 100 Kingies, several in the 90’s and one at 105cm, pretty amazing really, but just goes to show what careful angling and constant prayers can do (Please Jesus, don’t let it bust me off”) I handed the rod to the birthday boy and with coaching, Ian landed a 75cm king on this tiny outfit - at the bait grounds. Overall we landed 6 Kingies (busted off twice) but the real adventure was landing a 72 cm flathead on a small snapper. Before any Raiders get excited, this was not intended as a bait, but took a bait intended for a Jewie. What made the capture so interesting was that the flattie swallowed the snapper and it got lodged SIDEWAYS in its mouth and it couldn’t shake it out (praise God it held till we netted it). Also caught up with raider Thomas in “ Nannas Lunchbox”, who I stopped to give a hand because he had the cowling off the motor and spraying it with WD40 (noticed the Dolphin fish sticker on the transom), turns out he was OK and motor was working, but only to 4000 revs. overall a great day and as weather predictions for next 4 days looking dodgy, might be a while till I get out again (4 days is too long to not go fishing). 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 What a great story.....birthday celebrations, happy days on the kings and a good dinner table story with the flatty!! Great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savit Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Great report as usual, and interesting fish "upgrade"! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 You fish hard Bob! Good on you. Wish I was able to put in that many hours but I think there might be a depletion of the snapper population if that was the case. 🤣🤣🤣 Just awesome that you share your time and experience with so many anglers! Hats off to you mate! cheers scratchie!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Top shelf stuff Pickles ... I don't think I have ever been able to string 3 days in a row on the water .... something to strive for - just like your kingie adventures. Cheers Zoran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordoRetired Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Great report Bob, sounds like a good day was had by all. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Great report and Super photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Another good day out on the water. Have had bigger flatties grab small whiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Brilliant Bob. Good times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Good to see that you're still getting out there and landing some fish Bob. Pity that I don't have time to join you at present. Sounds like the fishing is getting better. Cheers, Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish-aholic Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 What an amazing story, well written and great catch as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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