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Nice work, fresh flake is real nice... was it a Bronzie or ??? Still well done great capture on 20lb Tight lines Anthony

Thanks for the kind replies everone- correct the photo is west of the harbour bridge! Hopefully soon I can get out again have got the itch already. Hope everyone had a merry xmas and a safe and prosperous NY Tight lines Anthony

Very nice indeed- a brace of jew both beaut fish Congrats mate Tight lines Anthony

I blew her over in a few minutes on 50lb braid and 80lb leader, but the problem is keeping these ones away from structure. Ol mate drove the fish out from under cover into open water where I had a chance else I wo0uld have gotten dusted big time! ... I can assure you there are bigger ones around some mates have been getting smoked on 80/100lb in harbour Fish was very green on the surface took 4 or 5 net shots to get all that size in head first to the net What a rush - cannot wait to go brain more soon Tight lines Anthony

Went out to the harbour on a mates boat downrigging live squid. Squid were hard to find but we got a couple, in between we found some suface action nailed a nice bonnie for jew bait for tonight. Fish were picky with lures but saw a bloke using fly hooked up to some gooduns Late in the session pulled this 90+cm model Kingie on a live calamari New PB stoked all round Anthony

I was invited to go fishing for Kingies today so I arrived to the ramp earlier than expected and started pacing the carpark waiting for my ride to arrive. Charlie dropped our mate Johnny off @ a nearby wharf and out we set to chase some candy to tempt the bigger boys out to play. As luck was clearly not on our side we baoted 3 inkers in just under 2 hours- some of the charter lads were doing it hard aswell. After sounding out one of the markers we decided to drop the rigger down and have a pass- lots of bites then WHAMMO! Onto a fish straight away, and on 24kg gear it was in the live well in a flash still very green lol Measuered 70cm and I was stoked Another pass saw the dreaded LJ's move in and squid didnt last long Hmmm... decision... 1 bait... We tried to catch some more inkers but after 30mins we still had only 1 in the tank- so off the next marker while flicking metals @ the passing bait balls and frnzied Bonito and Taylor We had a few hookups but nothing boated.. Finally arrived @ the final spot to drop squid and well it got hit straight away, but the hooks didnt set... then it come back for a 2nd run and it got busted off before we even had the rod out of the holder... sh1t happens So we continue to chase the bonito and taylor schools around for the next hour- we boated 7 nice choppers to 40cm and a single bonito- they were pretty flighty and hard to keep track of once they went back down, but we found a good patch of fish and they didnt get too spooked and was a large school Fantastic way to finish the session just after lunch

Good score bro for ya first... mmm... tasty...

OMG! Thats HUGE!... what a beast... with some soapies awesome night out Tight lines Anthony

Great score GOOS! Nice soapie and breambo there... Mmmm.... tasty...

I personally wouldnt touch anything from KPW or Meadowbank and i think they are both over rated spots- I fished KPW for a year and a half when I lived in Ermington never saw anything bigger than 45/50cm soapies landed- great spot for yakkas though (as is any ferry wharf these days)... you just gotta get in early to get the prime spot and tide to reap rewards Anthony

Deep fried yakkas are AWESOME!... Slimeys are good on the BBQ provided they are fresh, if you freeze them the flesh goes all soggy. I also LURVE chopper taylor between 35 and 45cm they are def one of my favourites- I simply cannot bring myself to use one for bait when they are tasty as... baked, bbq, fried, smoked dont matter just have a few handy Not into pilchards/whitebait personally but I dont mind a feed of decent Bully Mullet... We used to get them when I was a kid during spawning season on the nth coast- whatever didnt get used for bait was eaten.

Nice work Ian, always awesome when the kids grin from ear-to-ear when a nice fish is caught! Keep em comin mate Anthony

Good haul wacko- tasty Red's and that Bluey will go down a treat Well done again lads Tight lines Anthony

Top effort Swordy them are horses! I know that spot real well lets just say its not just the luderick that are monsters around there Fantastic catch can I ask how deep you were fishing?

Sweet Jew mate Great fish on handline, well done Tight lines Anthony