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Gday Raiders,

Took the JetSki out on Friday to fish the deep reefs off Coogee. Met my mate up there and we started to drop down some livies.

Plenty of baitfish around, sounder showing bait all through the column. 

After around 15mins, a good fish grabs the livie and the reel starts screaming. I can tell I’m on a good king as it goes off on multiple line pulling runs.

Took around 5 mins of give and take trying to wrestle it up off the reef.

Ive been chasing the meterie king for a while - fish went bang on 100cm and weighed 7kg. 

Brought up 3 Trag too,  gave one to my mate.

To finish the day, 8 crabs. Kept 4 of the largest and released the smaller ones.

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19 minutes ago, linewetter said:

What a massive fish!  Congratulations on bringing it in and reaching your goal.  Looks like it's going to last many meals with how big it is.

Thanks Linewetter! Was a solid fight

it got shared around with family and some work colleagues.
Did a big plate of sashimi today for some friends… didn’t last long with everyone wanting more.

24 minutes ago, Isaac Ct said:

Great stuff Chris, always here if you need to give some fish away. Mum has been complaining about too much snapper, not enough variety.

Well done

haha thanks Isaac!

I hear you mate. It’s why I like switching the fishing up.

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2 hours ago, bessell1955 said:

What a great result, well done!

Thanks Bessel!

a few fish about outside atm. 

2 hours ago, Yowie said:

Great work there Chris, a metre kingie is what most fishos want to catch.

A few trags as a bonus, plus crabs still about. 👍

Thanks Dave! Was one of my goals

lots of baitfish outside clinging around the debris. Some logs were floating about too.

crabs still moving about. 

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19 hours ago, kantong said:

some prized catches, well done mate!!

Thanks Kantong - was a good day on the water 

11 hours ago, Scooter0069 said:

Great fish Larkin did you get the crabs outside the Hacking in traps if so do you have a map of where you are aloud to set crab traps 

Thanks Scooter!

here’s the map off the DPI website for port hacking. Areas marked with those diagonal lines are the exclusion zone for nets and traps. The area near the entrance without those lines is the permissible area. 

Please always check the dpi website for exclusion zones and what type/qty of traps are permissible as these rules can change.

Here’s the link to the dpi website.

https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/674740/Fishing-Guide-Recreational-Crabbing-Sydney-South.pdf

It is illegal to drop crab pots in open ocean waters. The line at the entrance of port hacking is the open waters limit and you can not drop pots outside this line. 


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11 minutes ago, jenno64 said:

Amazing Chris!

A milestone king and some platter variety, enjoy the dinners🙏🏻

Thanks Rob! 
Crab linguine last night, battered trag and chips on Sunday, kingfish sashimi for Sunday lunch 

Been loving the seafood lately.

Rest got shared around with family and friends who are always keen to get one of my packages.

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