I wandered out after work this morning looking for a relaxing afternoon on the ledge. We haven't seen a good fish for about a month now but I still took the gear out.
After a couple of hours of not much happening I stopped slinging lures and let my livey swim about, and reflected on what a great season it's been.
I landed 91 kingfish from this ledge since November.
Dropped a PB trying to get it up onto the rocks.
Witnessed my first land based marlin.
Got 7 of my mates onto their first land based kings.
I've probably fished upwards of 70 days in 5 months.
Spent way too much money on gear that I carry around and never use.
Despite all of this, I haven't actually landed a fish I could hold up and say was an achievement.
As I'm day dreaming my outside livey rod doubles over and the drag starts screaming. Rushing down the rocks I pick it up and strike into what I know is going to be a good fish.
Boom. PB longtail solo.
The stella 6000 with PE 3 shimano braid didn't falter on my PE5 ocea plugger. Despite being significantly lighter than what most guys fish with up here, it handled the longtails 2 blistering runs and big arc fighting pattern comfortably. Fight lasted about 15 minutes and featured two enormous runs followed by a heap of fancy footwork to get it into a spot I could tail grab it because I didn't have a gaff.
Absolutely stoked with this one.
