Persistence pays off!!!
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Persistence pays off!!!
This weekend I had another opportunity to go out fishing for kingies with Scott in the extreme game king 695.
An early start see us in the kingfish grounds just past first light.
We started trolling some lures and not even 5 mins in and one of the rods buckled over. I was the lucky guy standing right next to it. So I grabbed the stella and got my first ever legal king. He was no match for the heavy drag on the stella.
Measured just over 63cm.
Next rod went off about 10 mins later and I got another one which was just shy of being legal. So we released him. Another 10min later another rod goes off and it was another mates turn . Another undersized rat.
At this stage there's fish right underneath the boat and scott calls out to drop some jigs down,
and the very first jig I come up tight and line starts peeling. The PE 2-4 veritas is bent over beautifully and the BG4000 is singing away even on some decent drag pressure. This fish is even bigger than the last one...
We then see surface activity like I've never seen before.
A quick cast into the monstrous school and the plastic gets inhaled. The PPB snapper lure combo gets a good flogging. The 14lb leader holds up and up pops an even bigger fish. Gotta be happy with that.
The plastics are getting some serious attention while the other guys are focusing on bigger stickbaits and poppers etc.
Another 20 mins of casting at these massive schools and the lure gets belted again. This was good enough reason for the other 2 on board to change to plastics.
I land another fish while Scott and mate Anthony are also hooked up landing few more fish. Scott lands a ripper fish on a monstrous plastic soon after that again. and anthony does well on a jackson stickbait.
Between all this mayhem my lure gets absolutely smashed again. The daiwa 3-6kg commander armouraider is bent over like I've never seen it before. The reel seat is flexing sideways and the sienna 4000 is screaming away. It didn't last long though. The hooks pulled and the fish got its freedom. Was def. The fish of the day.
We keep trying to entice some more bites. But they would just follow the lures and turn away, which was extremely frustrating but also very exciting to watch.
We land a few more fish eventually and call it a day.
Ended up with 7 keepers and about 3 or 4 throw backs.
Thanks once again for the great time Scott. Another species ticked off the list.
An early start see us in the kingfish grounds just past first light.
We started trolling some lures and not even 5 mins in and one of the rods buckled over. I was the lucky guy standing right next to it. So I grabbed the stella and got my first ever legal king. He was no match for the heavy drag on the stella.
Measured just over 63cm.
Next rod went off about 10 mins later and I got another one which was just shy of being legal. So we released him. Another 10min later another rod goes off and it was another mates turn . Another undersized rat.
At this stage there's fish right underneath the boat and scott calls out to drop some jigs down,
and the very first jig I come up tight and line starts peeling. The PE 2-4 veritas is bent over beautifully and the BG4000 is singing away even on some decent drag pressure. This fish is even bigger than the last one...
We then see surface activity like I've never seen before.
A quick cast into the monstrous school and the plastic gets inhaled. The PPB snapper lure combo gets a good flogging. The 14lb leader holds up and up pops an even bigger fish. Gotta be happy with that.
The plastics are getting some serious attention while the other guys are focusing on bigger stickbaits and poppers etc.
Another 20 mins of casting at these massive schools and the lure gets belted again. This was good enough reason for the other 2 on board to change to plastics.
I land another fish while Scott and mate Anthony are also hooked up landing few more fish. Scott lands a ripper fish on a monstrous plastic soon after that again. and anthony does well on a jackson stickbait.
Between all this mayhem my lure gets absolutely smashed again. The daiwa 3-6kg commander armouraider is bent over like I've never seen it before. The reel seat is flexing sideways and the sienna 4000 is screaming away. It didn't last long though. The hooks pulled and the fish got its freedom. Was def. The fish of the day.
We keep trying to entice some more bites. But they would just follow the lures and turn away, which was extremely frustrating but also very exciting to watch.
We land a few more fish eventually and call it a day.
Ended up with 7 keepers and about 3 or 4 throw backs.
Thanks once again for the great time Scott. Another species ticked off the list.
Last edited by purple5ive on Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:47 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: Persistence pays off!!!
How are the wrists?
2015/16 Fisting Victoria Species comp total: 289cm
Brown Trout: 37cm
Flathead: 51cm; Squid: 36cm; Australian Salmon: 51cm; Snapper 46cm; Silver Trevally 23cm; KGW: 45cm
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Brown Trout: 37cm
Flathead: 51cm; Squid: 36cm; Australian Salmon: 51cm; Snapper 46cm; Silver Trevally 23cm; KGW: 45cm
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Re: Persistence pays off!!!
Good fun and no boats around, people seem to have forgotten that it’s the middle of kingfish season....
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Re: Persistence pays off!!!
Great work Steve, good to see you finally got onto them.
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Re: Persistence pays off!!!
Great stuff Steve!
Feel free to drop off some kingfish sashimi to my place :a_goodjob:
Feel free to drop off some kingfish sashimi to my place :a_goodjob:
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Re: Persistence pays off!!!
Imo your a bit soft....yoy should of taken the 4.2 cc smartwave out n landed some kings.... :tongue:
Nice fush
Nice fush
To many boats kayak, helicopter , catch a fish,catch a fish