Restyle Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 gday, today I thought I'd try and break my botany bay curse of a "decent fish", Headed out at 4am over to yarra bay to try for some kings. Wind predicted was 5km from the south, but was blowing a good 20km and quite lumpy for the hobie. Pulled out one small squid very quickly, but was unable to get anymore. My Live squid went untouched and ended up dying, Probably from whiplash from the swell and chop. fresh cuttlefish strips also went untouched. Pilchards and bonito strips had a few taps. From what I was told, only one boat pulled up a single king so I don't feel to bad about getting nothing. I started to head in by about 9:30 as the wind was not slowing down and it was quite choppy and annoying. Water temp was 18.5c, a lot cooler then I thought, wind 30km/ south. Didn't even look at the tide, seemed it was rising though. Guess ill stick to the Georges and the hacking. My drought of not catching a kingie in botany bay continues for a third year, but to be fair I only fish botany bay 5 times a year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pafisho08 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 (edited) Hi Restyle Check out Pangler on Y Tube . He does OK in the Cooks on run up tide . Bob Edited November 17, 2021 by Pafisho08 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Restyle said: My drought of not catching a kingie in botany bay continues for a third year Same here except its 5 years for me, caught a tidler last year, but nowhere near legal. Im going to keep trying & trying & trying, I have a couple of different things I will be trying this season...................persistence has to pay off eventually 🙄 Thanks for the report, better luck next time ✌️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 1 hour ago, kingie chaser said: Im going to keep trying & trying & trying, I have a couple of different things I will be trying this season........... Hand grenades. 🤣 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 One thing for sure. Weather forcasters could not pick the wind speed, and definitely not the winning lotto numbers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Yowie said: Hand grenades. 🤣 Well I prefer to use tactics but....................... Dynamite fishing is a big thing..........................................where there are no laws or there is little respect for anything that lives in the sea.......................or humans for that matter Edited November 17, 2021 by kingie chaser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jp2 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 34 minutes ago, Yowie said: One thing for sure. Weather forcasters could not pick the wind speed, and definitely not the winning lotto numbers. I think the apprentice has been throwing darts at balloons!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papafish Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Damn 5am start usually ends up with a good haul, but that’s fishing. Nice to be out as always Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Seems that the Kingfish have been very elusive recently. Evidenced by the lack of reports from our gun Fishraider anglers. In fact the last successes were Swordy and Shroom, but that was several weeks ago. They will turn up, though with the windy, wet weather which is prevalent at present, it could be a while. You can only keep trying. bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 I have a tip for you....target big flatties and/or jewies on live poddies and your first king will probably be a by-catch! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Better luck next time. Great report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restyle Posted November 18, 2021 Author Share Posted November 18, 2021 15 hours ago, Jp2 said: I think the apprentice has been throwing darts at balloons!! very much have been, although, most of our weather forecasts are computer models 4 hours ago, jenno64 said: I have a tip for you....target big flatties and/or jewies on live poddies and your first king will probably be a by-catch! Exactly how I caught my first king, at the mouth of Gunnamatta while drifting for flatties on a stradic 1000 and a diawa ballistic rod, 70cm 4 hours ago, big Neil said: Seems that the Kingfish have been very elusive recently. Evidenced by the lack of reports from our gun Fishraider anglers. In fact the last successes were Swordy and Shroom, but that was several weeks ago. They will turn up, though with the windy, wet weather which is prevalent at present, it could be a while. You can only keep trying. bn yeah water temps are slacking abit and the current el nino and large amount of rainfall has been keeping them away. last year was quite good on the kings compared to current. I do quite good on kings in the hacking, just never caught one in botany bay for some odd reason. 12 hours ago, papafish said: Damn 5am start usually ends up with a good haul, but that’s fishing. Nice to be out as always Yeah it usually dose, even for squid. I think i picked a dud day to go out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Sydney Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 There’s an excellent kingfish fight on light gear at the cooks river mouth in last weeks rain - by Indo Sydney Fishing on YouTube. Well worth a look to keep the spirits up! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jp2 Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 10 hours ago, big Neil said: Seems that the Kingfish have been very elusive recently. Evidenced by the lack of reports from our gun Fishraider anglers. In fact the last successes were Swordy and Shroom, but that was several weeks ago. They will turn up, though with the windy, wet weather which is prevalent at present, it could be a while. You can only keep trying. bn I have had an epic week on the kings along the cliffs this week. In 3 x 2 hour sessions probably 60 fish caught and released with a few 75cm taken for the table. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 2 hours ago, Jp2 said: I have had an epic week on the kings along the cliffs this week. In 3 x 2 hour sessions probably 60 fish caught and released with a few 75cm taken for the table. Hey Jp, what u catching them on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jp2 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Squid strips, butterflied yakkas and plastics as I didn’t have time to catch livies.! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 23 hours ago, Jp2 said: I have had an epic week on the kings along the cliffs this week. In 3 x 2 hour sessions probably 60 fish caught and released with a few 75cm taken for the table. That's a brilliant turn around Jp2. Excellent result. bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 On 11/17/2021 at 4:29 PM, Restyle said: gday, today I thought I'd try and break my botany bay curse of a "decent fish", Headed out at 4am over to yarra bay to try for some kings. Wind predicted was 5km from the south, but was blowing a good 20km and quite lumpy for the hobie. Pulled out one small squid very quickly, but was unable to get anymore. My Live squid went untouched and ended up dying, Probably from whiplash from the swell and chop. fresh cuttlefish strips also went untouched. Pilchards and bonito strips had a few taps. From what I was told, only one boat pulled up a single king so I don't feel to bad about getting nothing. I started to head in by about 9:30 as the wind was not slowing down and it was quite choppy and annoying. Water temp was 18.5c, a lot cooler then I thought, wind 30km/ south. Didn't even look at the tide, seemed it was rising though. Guess ill stick to the Georges and the hacking. My drought of not catching a kingie in botany bay continues for a third year, but to be fair I only fish botany bay 5 times a year It’s like that sometimes. At least it’s not too much longer to wait for the water to warm up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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