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Have to agree, jackets are in plague proportion right now in the hacking.

Onw word, awsome!

Nice to have met decent bloke. We were on the tiny... We ended up with 5 squids range from 180grams to 900grams. Most squids were attacking our live bait. Only 2 run all day, busted off on both times... We fished near jibbons beach.

I knew some whom had a tandem. Seems like a decent kayak for the price. They didnt have any issue with it.

Shame about the fishing, but you have got a great platform to fish.

Hi Mate, All the previous pointer are correct and valuable. I can further add to the fact that you only fished the one area (Green). The reason why boaters tend to get more fish is the ability to move around. The same will apply to land based fishos. limited, yes. but never the less, possible. It's amazing how much difference, a few meter can make to your results. I have fish the bath in the past, and will often have to move around the whole bath area to locate the fish. I will often start in the green area for Yakkas & Poddy. I will often throw out a livie while collection bait. If things go quite, I will move to the Purple area. Last, but not least, move to the upper part of the picture (un shaded). I will also look for shadow line cast but the structure as fish tend to hold in the shades spots. Good luck.... PS, my favourite rig, a hook on the end of a leader, un weighted. Regards,

Hi Mate, My 2 cents worth.... I have landed kingies on 8lb Braid with 8lb leader. Takes a while, but can be done. I have also experinced quite a few bust offs aswell. This includes 8lb, 30lb & 50lb main lines. I would suggest if you're targetting Kingies, go with atleast 20lb main line and 30lb leaders. Regards,

Everyone need to clean up after themselves. This includes lines, leftover bait, fish guts, plastic bags, drink bottles, hooks, line and sinker.... otherwise, the council will simply BAN us from fishing. This especially applies to those who like to fish from wharves. I usually do my bits and clean up my immediate area. We will we be doing then?

Congrats, A King is a King, what ever the size. As for bust offs, well that the fun part of it all. I got busted on many occasions, and only managed to land 2. Then again, I'm bound to land base locations. As for live baits, you really must spend time locating them, and I find they baits are easiest just before 1st light. Squid tend to be around the boat ramps/wharfs where there's a light over it. And again, congrats on your kingie. Stingerz

Congrats, A King is a King, what ever the size. As for bust offs, well that the fun part of it all. I got busted on many occasions, and only managed to land 2. Then again, I'm bound to land base locations. As for live baits, you really must spend time locating them, and I find they baits are easiest just before 1st light. Squid tend to be around the boat ramps/wharfs where there's a light over it. And again, congrats on your kingie. Stingerz

Well done, The joy of finally cracking your 1st legal Kingie. I too, had landed my 1st kingie. I exactly how you feel right now. Since my 1st Kingie, I had not managed to land another, They all managed to either pylon me or snap the hooks. Stingerz

Thank you everyone for the nice comments. getting up early was well worth it on this occasion. For the record, The fish was caught in Sydney Harbour. Tackle used was a Penn 6" Boat Combo I got from BLAH BLAH BLAH. 50 Lb Braid (Aldi brand i got as a gift) with Japanese Flouro Carbon leader The Flouro leader I recently Got from Japan, Along with lots of Yamashita squid jigs. The livie was free swimming with no sinker, pinned just in front of dorsal fin. the hook was a cheap Jervis Walker size 4/0 suicide pattern. They cost me $185 for a packet of 25 from BigW. As for the old Asian, what can I say. I'm also asian (As if I need to mention that!), Just like to let you guys know, we are NOT all like that. GROPER, As for a boat, we don't always need it, but it would be nice to have one. Unfortunately, I don't have the $$$ or the space for one.

What a day for fishing. Finally, after almost 6 months hard work, manage to land my first Kingie. This fish was caugth on a live Yellow tail only a few meter from where I was standing. I was reeling in my bait because it had swam too close to a pylon when I notice a Kingie was behind it. I then free spool the livie, and the kingie burst into action. It took all of 10 seconds for the kingie to hunt down the yellow tail andstart to swim away. the best part was; this action all happened right in front of me. When the kingie starting swimming away with the yellow tail, I struck hard, hooking right in the corner of the mouth. The battle then lasted fo around 15 minutes, with the fish making a number of burst off to the deep. Then turning around, trying to Pylon me. Luckily for me, i was able to steer it away from the Pylons. It was a great fight, ending with a fellow fisho netting the Kingie for me after 2 attempts. When I got home, the even manage to crack a smile. Just for the record, the Kingie measured 85cm+ and 5Kg+. As always, the bigger got away, but NOT this time. Stingerz

I'm interested in getting a boat license aswell. Please provide date and price.

Yes Raii, You can access the bridge landbase. i have been there with 2 kids. If you want to go, I can take you there. M.