fisholb Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Hi all its been awhile now since I last posted took 2 of my bff fishing recently target was first kingy for one of my bff got to the ramp around 6am and the ramp was already half full decided to troll from the ramp all the way to little bay hoping for something big decided to use the Penn 8500 and Penn 6500 with 50lb braid and 50lb leader using the halco redhead 160dd and the mackbait 4in in the 2 Penn combos and my 2 bff using the Penn 4500 combo with 20lb braid and 20lb leader to spin the Jackson 28g lures and Rapala cd7 we got our first hit around cape banks and landed our first bonito for the day on the Jackson g lures for the next 2hrs we keep getting hookups and double hookups from cape banks all the way to little bay and back ended up with 13 bonito on the troll biggest one around the 2-3kg decided to go back inside to molli when the wind started to pick up got to the molli reef around 10am and fished the reef until around 1pm i promised one of my bff I will get him his 1st kingy so I was full of hope when I saw a large school of kingy rats busting up around the reef trolled around the reef but can’t get any of the kingys to take the lures so decided to anchor up and use bait instead for the next 3hrs we hooked up plenty of kingy rats and my 2 bff both landed kingy rats up to 60cm on my Penn 4000 combo with 20lb braid and 10lb leader using pilly cubes lost over a dozen kingys on the side of the boat and ended up with a mixed bag I’m so happy we got our target fish today for one of my bff got to the ramp around 2pm thanks for reading 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 (edited) Nice haul of bonitos and slimies! You tend to get a lot of rats on bait as they grab it before the larger fish. Throw over a a good sized livie to weed out the smaller kings. Edited February 18, 2023 by Larkin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisholb Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 Thanks for the advice mate yes usually we always put a live bait out but that day no yakkas and the slimys were a bit big 😂😂😂 I had a shark took my live bait last time and big Aussie salmons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 1 hour ago, fisholb said: Thanks for the advice mate yes usually we always put a live bait out but that day no yakkas and the slimys were a bit big 😂😂😂 I had a shark took my live bait last time and big Aussie salmons Yeah, some days yakkas are hard to come by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Nice bag of fish, and a couple of flatties as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishingwazza2019 Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Looks like a nice bag of fish . Good result and a great day out. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Lots of fun in that catch. Your friends would have been chuffed. My preference is to slit the throat and bleed bonnies as soon as caught if I plan to eat them. It improves the flavour and texture significantly. cheers Zoran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelm Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 22 hours ago, fisholb said: Thanks for the advice mate yes usually we always put a live bait out but that day no yakkas and the slimys were a bit big 😂😂😂 I had a shark took my live bait last time and big Aussie salmons A live bait is never "too big" you would be very surprised how big a bait even smaller Kingfish can/will take and get down easy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Ct Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Good stuff, a nice bag of fish. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 That is indeed a mixed bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisholb Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/20/2023 at 7:30 AM, noelm said: A live bait is never "too big" you would be very surprised how big a bait even smaller Kingfish can/will take and get down easy. I’ll try and use one of the big slimys next time we got a black marlin last time we used a big slimys for bait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisholb Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/20/2023 at 7:21 AM, zmk1962 said: Lots of fun in that catch. Your friends would have been chuffed. My preference is to slit the throat and bleed bonnies as soon as caught if I plan to eat them. It improves the flavour and texture significantly. cheers Zoran Yes we usually bled but it gets too messy on the boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisholb Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/20/2023 at 10:26 AM, bessell1955 said: That is indeed a mixed bag. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisholb Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/20/2023 at 9:40 AM, Isaac Ct said: Good stuff, a nice bag of fish. Well done. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisholb Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/19/2023 at 7:42 PM, Yowie said: Nice bag of fish, and a couple of flatties as well. Yes always good when we get some flattys we used to give them always all the time until we found out how to cook the fillets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 A great report @fisholb, thanks for sharing - heaps of Bonnie’s around at the moment (I love them as fresh cut bait). I bet your mates loved getting those Kingies, sounds like a real “rat attack” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 That is a top haul. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisholb Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 19 hours ago, Rebel said: That is a top haul. Well done. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisholb Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 On 2/22/2023 at 6:26 AM, Pickles said: A great report @fisholb, thanks for sharing - heaps of Bonnie’s around at the moment (I love them as fresh cut bait). I bet your mates loved getting those Kingies, sounds like a real “rat attack” Yes mate kingys are always fun to catch on 10lb 😎😎😎😂😂😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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