Yowie Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Headed out early this morning to the deep water up from Lilli Pilli. A bit quiet at first, then a few small reddies and tailor started biting. Burley used was cooked prawn shells and heads, which seemed to bring them on. Managed to pull out the 2 legal reddies, and the tailor on fish strips and squid strips, same with the flounder. Hooked up to a kingie, about 55, on a handline, while that was fighting about, the cork handline started bouncing around the boat so just let it run. Another kingie which took off a fair bit of line before I could grab that line, this one in the low 60's. The 3rd handline had a run but only a small reddie. As I pulled that in, half a dozen kingies swam behind it. The hook was baited, I had enough fish so I threw the unbaited hook out with the line so as to avoid a tangle (I had a couple of tangles on the handlines earlier on, too hard to untangle so just cut the line - do not need therapy untangling line ) As I was winding up the line with the baitless hook, a kingie grabbed it and off it went. Some time to pull it up, at 64.5cm. 😝I threw out the baitless hook and line to wind up again, another kingie grabbed the hook but did not stay on for too long. Appears they were hungry as they were swimming about eating the scraps I threw over. I also pulled up 2 jewies, but they were so small, they were still wearing nappies. 🤣 The kingies were caught on 12 pound mono handlines. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Flatty Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Nice feed. Looks like the port is fishing well at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 5 minutes ago, Little_Flatty said: Nice feed. Looks like the port is fishing well at the moment. Looks that way. The first time I have fished the deeper water since before christmas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Sounds like a busy morning Yowie...your usual suspects for dinner:0 Did you have a crack at any whiting on the flats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restyle Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 good stuff, knew you'd be onto something with you jumping from the front to back of the boat constantly haha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 looks like a great feed you have there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab1 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 And here i was thinking you'd sunk in your boat as I hadn't heard from you in a while and I'd be in with a chance.😂😂Let me know when you upgrade to catching fish with a piece of bare cotton tied around your little toe then I'll be impressed. Great report and capture as usual young man.Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter0069 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Great report as always and a nice feed of fish as well sounds like a great day on the water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 2 hours ago, jenno64 said: Sounds like a busy morning Yowie...your usual suspects for dinner:0 Did you have a crack at any whiting on the flats? It was a busy morning for a change. No fish jumping where I was. Did not try for any whiting as I had enough fish for a couple of feeds. 1 hour ago, Restyle said: good stuff, knew you'd be onto something with you jumping from the front to back of the boat constantly haha That's the trouble with more than one line out, having fish grab the lines, especially kingies as they don't pull up straight away on a 12 pound handline, and they swim all around the boat. 1 hour ago, masterfisho7 said: looks like a great feed you have there Thank you. 50 minutes ago, Fab1 said: And here i was thinking you'd sunk in your boat as I hadn't heard from you in a while and I'd be in with a chance.😂😂Let me know when you upgrade to catching fish with a piece of bare cotton tied around your little toe then I'll be impressed. Great report and capture as usual young man.Well done! Thank you, happy with the fish caught. I did not post last week as only pulled up 3 fish over the sand flats, and dropped twice that number when the hooks kept on pulling out. Bream and whiting they were. 15 minutes ago, Scooter0069 said: Great report as always and a nice feed of fish as well sounds like a great day on the water A few feeds, and entertainment from the kingies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Ct Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Nit of a fun tussle with the kings on the handline and a nice feed. Probably that cruiser that @Restyle mentioned that was too close to you that scared the bigger kings away🤣. Well done nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 9 minutes ago, Isaac Ct said: Nit of a fun tussle with the kings on the handline and a nice feed. Probably that cruiser that @Restyle mentioned that was too close to you that scared the bigger kings away🤣. Well done nonetheless. Thank you. Not that big a cruiser, I could have wrestled it away if it came any closer. 🤣 Some of the kings swimming under the boat looked close to legal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyFil Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Good to hear of someone still using handlines. I grew up using them. Still use them occasionally and I love the sound of a spinning reel as a fish takes off with your bait! Those tangles can be a pain, as well as the line burns when you get something bigger, but all part of the fun. Great mixed bag of fish. Cheers Fil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Great haul again. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 4 hours ago, LuckyFil said: Good to hear of someone still using handlines. I grew up using them. Still use them occasionally and I love the sound of a spinning reel as a fish takes off with your bait! Those tangles can be a pain, as well as the line burns when you get something bigger, but all part of the fun. Great mixed bag of fish. Cheers Fil Thank you. Tangles are the worst thing with handlines. Some easy to get out, but yesterday as I was lifting a tailor on board, the fish was kicking, the line slipped a little in my hand and his tail flipped the line up and over his mouth, and around the hook sticking out of his mouth. Only thing to do was cut it off. 🤪 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Rebel said: Great haul again. Well done. Thank you. A bit of entertainment with the kingies. My fingers are a little bit irritated this morning, bloody kingies on handlines. 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 A couple of nice pannies there! They always seem to find your hooks. Shame no keeper kings - esp after all that effort. Bit of fun though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 8 hours ago, Larkin said: A couple of nice pannies there! They always seem to find your hooks. Shame no keeper kings - esp after all that effort. Bit of fun though. Nothing wrong with a couple of pannies, and I don't mind tailor fillets either. The kings are fun on a handline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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