First land based Kingfish

Yellowtail Kingfish (Scientific name - Seriola lalandi), Kingys, Kings, Hoodlums, Bandits or "Rat Kings" are a strong, exciting gamefish that strike savagely at a wide range of lures, live baits and dead or cut fish fillets. Victorian Yellowtail Kingfish reports right here.
dezza68
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Re: First land based Kingfish

Post by dezza68 » Fri Jan 08, 2016 4:42 pm

Raulfc7 wrote:Wow well done Dezza that's a great catch :a_goodjob: you must be as high as a kite! i know i would be
Yeah thanks took a while to calm down. Been after one for a while but typically left the heavy gear at home today!
Cast, catch and put it back

barra mick
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Re: First land based Kingfish

Post by barra mick » Fri Jan 08, 2016 6:05 pm

Thats a great effort in anyones book

Great work
Bm
you gotta hav a crack even if yr just pissin in the wind

bilby
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Re: First land based Kingfish

Post by bilby » Fri Jan 08, 2016 6:43 pm

Super impressive! You always hope, but this stuff (almost) never happens in real life.

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Re: First land based Kingfish

Post by kaotay » Fri Jan 08, 2016 7:04 pm

Good angling to get it in, nice to see the Hyperloop held up to the task! Well done, that's good fishing.

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Re: First land based Kingfish

Post by Fredfillis » Fri Jan 08, 2016 7:55 pm

Great fish and great report!

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Re: First land based Kingfish

Post by Booya » Fri Jan 08, 2016 7:56 pm

wow, congrats.

Aaron75
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Re: First land based Kingfish

Post by Aaron75 » Fri Jan 08, 2016 8:00 pm

Great effort on light gear, congratulations!

dezza68
Rank: King George Whiting
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Re: First land based Kingfish

Post by dezza68 » Fri Jan 08, 2016 8:10 pm

kaotay wrote:Good angling to get it in, nice to see the Hyperloop held up to the task! Well done, that's good fishing.
I brought that outfit for my son for $30 last week, think it might be to good for him. The reel worked perfectly, nice and smooth.
Cast, catch and put it back

dezza68
Rank: King George Whiting
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Re: First land based Kingfish

Post by dezza68 » Fri Jan 08, 2016 8:13 pm

bilby wrote:Super impressive! You always hope, but this stuff (almost) never happens in real life.
Bit like DougieK, there was a few hundred hours thats gone into that. Hopefully there are more to come. Going to buy a bigger net so I can put them back (hopefully)
Cast, catch and put it back

Buckle&scream
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Re: First land based Kingfish

Post by Buckle&scream » Fri Jan 08, 2016 8:26 pm

Awesome work dezza! What a awesome fight that would of been!!

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