Restyle Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Gday raiders, went out Wednesday morning (8/03/2023) to target some kingfish & other pelagic that may also be around. Weather was set to be perfect with a very slight offshore breeze & N/E swell which meant very little swell inside the northern section of botany bay. Armed with some fresh squid caught a few nights earlier and 5 yakkas for bait, i dropped the kayak in at yarra bay sailing club at around 5.40 and spent the next 10-20 minutes full speed over to the area I was going to fish. Full speed in the hobie is 8km/hr & the water was perfect, 24.somthing degrees, almost complete glass & zero wind at all. Felt like it was going to be a perfect day! Once anchored, adjusted my sinkers to the conditions as the current was a little strong along Molineux because of the incoming tide & had my baits out by 6:10. First hook-up was at 6.46am followed by, 7.03am, 7.33, 7.34am, 7.39am & 7.51am All on squid strips and sitting around 55cm. Live bait was bitten in half just before the gills. The bite went a little quiet throughout 8am, so id stirred up a idea of dropping down a squid strip on a 1/0 hook on my 1kg squidding rod & after about a minute on the bottom it loads up with another rat but after 10 minutes of fighting the fish the line gives out. Also had 2 other missed hook-ups just afterwards on the other rods. Live bait rod buckles over just on 9am which resulted in a 61cm king. A school of small Watson's bonnies turned up and caught a few of those on my light rod. they were about 30-40cms in length and all went back. Landed 2 more kings afterwards which got no pics off and were both in the high 50's again, and dropped 2 more before running out of all bait & heading in at 10am. 9 kings landed, 4 lost. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Well done @Restyle .. some early morning arm exercises 💪 are always good. Love the sunrise shots. cheers Z 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Ct Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Nice stuff, good day out. Well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restyle Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 1 hour ago, zmk1962 said: Well done @Restyle .. some early morning arm exercises 💪 are always good. Love the sunrise shots. cheers Z arm exercise is no exaggeration especially when sitting down in the kayak, its all arms. when the rod on the left side goes off i cramp up every time. its not my dominant side. can never beat a cloudless sunrise! 26 minutes ago, Isaac Ct said: Nice stuff, good day out. Well done looking like a good day tommrow too! Id like to also pass my thanks to @mrsswordfishermanfor correcting my miss spelling of Wednesday in the title 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 A great result for all of your effort. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkin Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Jam packed session! Good fun fighting them on a squid rod! Sometimes when I’m fishing for bait a small king takes the bait, and it’s time to hold on. Were many people out on the water in the bay? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restyle Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Larkin said: Jam packed session! Good fun fighting them on a squid rod! Sometimes when I’m fishing for bait a small king takes the bait, and it’s time to hold on. Were many people out on the water in the bay? cheers mate, there were a few guys going out, but at the wall itself there were 5 other boats around me. not as busy as expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 3 hours ago, Restyle said: Id like to also pass my thanks to @mrsswordfishermanfor correcting my miss spelling of Wednesday in the title Hey you are welcome I just wanted to do it quietly shhhhhh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Top sunrise. Super photos. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Nice work with the kingies. Down here at Pambula, bugger all off the beach, a mass of small pieces of weed, and I mean tonnes of it. Tried up the river for a couple of hours. One bite on a cooked prawn head, pippies no good, soft plastics no good. Talking to the owner of a tackle shop in Eden, the fishing is dead. Water temp down, weed stirred up after a gale like nor-easter early in the week. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Great report Chris and excellent effort on the kings - a perfect day to go wide. We’re they squid you caught - squid have been really tough in Sydney harbour of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 A top report Restyle, accompanied by some lovely sun-up pics and a blow-by-blow account of your fishing experience. Being very unstable on my feet, I really admire you guys that take to the waters in kayaks. This form of angling adds another dimension to the exercise of chasing down spirited pelagic species. I can't do it myself, but I can certainly appreciate those who can. Top stuff, bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restyle Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 15 hours ago, Yowie said: Nice work with the kingies. Down here at Pambula, bugger all off the beach, a mass of small pieces of weed, and I mean tonnes of it. Tried up the river for a couple of hours. One bite on a cooked prawn head, pippies no good, soft plastics no good. Talking to the owner of a tackle shop in Eden, the fishing is dead. Water temp down, weed stirred up after a gale like nor-easter early in the week. Wow that sucks big time, but at least you’ve been out and given it a crack!. Atleast you’ll also have plenty of nice scenery around you to enjoy and kick back and relax. been a few Bonnie’s around gymea on pillie cubes from what I’ve seen though. hopefully you’ll have a cracker session in the port when you return, because fab won’t be catching them 15 hours ago, Pickles said: Great report Chris and excellent effort on the kings - a perfect day to go wide. We’re they squid you caught - squid have been really tough in Sydney harbour of late. Cheers mate, confused me with Larkin I see 😂, I catch my squid in yowie bay, all are arrows but are around in pretty good numbers as of late. Average about 4 a session. Green eye have been very hit and miss throughout Sydney it seems, no idea why. 10 hours ago, big Neil said: A top report Restyle, accompanied by some lovely sun-up pics and a blow-by-blow account of your fishing experience. Being very unstable on my feet, I really admire you guys that take to the waters in kayaks. This form of angling adds another dimension to the exercise of chasing down spirited pelagic species. I can't do it myself, but I can certainly appreciate those who can. Top stuff, bn Cheers Neil, always enjoy a good sunrise/sunset, hobie pro angler kayaks are extremely stable. They have a fairly flat bottom which gives them the stability. Your usually sitting down the whole time but after 6 hrs you’d just want to sand up for 5 minutes to have a stretch or goto the toilet. Should give it a crack one day, try something new. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrexLex Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Hey there - Launching at Yarra Bay Sailing Club - I guess early morning the gate is open but for retrieving later in the day (especially the weekend) is the gate normally locked closed.. I heard you have to be a member of the club to gain access to the key - Do you know if this is true. Last time I was there the lug across the sand and up the driveway near killed me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restyle Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 10 hours ago, StrexLex said: Hey there - Launching at Yarra Bay Sailing Club - I guess early morning the gate is open but for retrieving later in the day (especially the weekend) is the gate normally locked closed.. I heard you have to be a member of the club to gain access to the key - Do you know if this is true. Last time I was there the lug across the sand and up the driveway near killed me. i never launch on the weekend but have found the gate to be unlocked every time I've gone there during the weekday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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