Persistence pays off!!!

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.
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Post by 4liters » Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:08 am

Any idea what the water temp was?
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Post by cobby » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:06 pm

4liters wrote:
Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:08 am
Any idea what the water temp was?
Judging by sst maps it's between 19-22 depending on where exactly you are out there

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Post by purple5ive » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:49 pm

cobby wrote:
Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:06 pm
4liters wrote:
Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:08 am
Any idea what the water temp was?
Judging by sst maps it's between 19-22 depending on where exactly you are out there
just updated the first post with another pic that i forgot to put in and only remembered cause of this reply.. Mr Cobb was pretty spot on

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Post by purple5ive » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:50 pm

Brett wrote:
Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:43 am
hopefully this can stay on topic from now :thumbsup:
Thanks for tidying it up and unlocking it mate
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Post by purple5ive » Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:52 pm

piscateur wrote:
Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:07 am
Great report Steve and congrats, Ignore the dimwits you're probably the wrong colour for them (purple is hard to get used to).
Thanks Axle man. :thumbsup:

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Post by rb85 » Wed Mar 06, 2019 6:38 pm

Well done again guys and very kind of you Scott to take the blokes out and help them get some kings.
Maybe you should get your coxwain then get the extreme surveyed so you can run a few charters make the fishing trips tax deductible.

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Post by scott__henning » Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:16 am

rb85 wrote:
Wed Mar 06, 2019 6:38 pm
Well done again guys and very kind of you Scott to take the blokes out and help them get some kings.
Maybe you should get your coxwain then get the extreme surveyed so you can run a few charters make the fishing trips tax deductible.
Haha think I’ll give that a miss. That’d take the fun out of it

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Post by rb85 » Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:54 am

scott__henning wrote:
Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:16 am
rb85 wrote:
Wed Mar 06, 2019 6:38 pm
Well done again guys and very kind of you Scott to take the blokes out and help them get some kings.
Maybe you should get your coxwain then get the extreme surveyed so you can run a few charters make the fishing trips tax deductible.
Haha think I’ll give that a miss. That’d take the fun out of it
Like your attitude all about having fun with mates.
What sounder transducer combo do you run in the extreme

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Post by scott__henning » Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:15 pm

rb85 wrote:
Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:54 am
scott__henning wrote:
Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:16 am
rb85 wrote:
Wed Mar 06, 2019 6:38 pm
Well done again guys and very kind of you Scott to take the blokes out and help them get some kings.
Maybe you should get your coxwain then get the extreme surveyed so you can run a few charters make the fishing trips tax deductible.
Haha think I’ll give that a miss. That’d take the fun out of it
Like your attitude all about having fun with mates.
What sounder transducer combo do you run in the extreme
I've got 2 Simrad EVO3's, a 12 inch and 7 inch, hooked up to an SS175HW and SS175L. Very happy with how it goes after the first 6 months of fiddling and getting used to it.

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Post by rb85 » Wed Mar 13, 2019 8:46 am

scott__henning wrote:
Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:15 pm
rb85 wrote:
Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:54 am
scott__henning wrote:
Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:16 am
rb85 wrote:
Wed Mar 06, 2019 6:38 pm
Well done again guys and very kind of you Scott to take the blokes out and help them get some kings.
Maybe you should get your coxwain then get the extreme surveyed so you can run a few charters make the fishing trips tax deductible.
Haha think I’ll give that a miss. That’d take the fun out of it
Like your attitude all about having fun with mates.
What sounder transducer combo do you run in the extreme

I've got 2 Simrad EVO3's, a 12 inch and 7 inch, hooked up to an SS175HW and SS175L. Very happy with how it goes after the first 6 months of fiddling and getting used to it.
Good stuff what transducer do you like for marlin I have an SS175 connected to my Furuno 588 for off shore stuff

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