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The smith jig rods are hard to go past, top quality and make it so easy to jig with

Well done, some quality kings,

We have actually had a good season this year with plenty of fish and a few over the metre mark. We have found squidding a bit harder this year but once we get the squid we find the kings are not a problem, went out over the weekend and got 7 kings with 5 over 75cm and biggest going 93cm.... This year has been a year for fishing the wrecks, the rats are all over the markers and cakes, but they seem to be staying away from the various wrecks through the Harbour main and Middle Harbour

Well Done. 15KG Main Line with 6kg Leader just doesnt sound right...... And 2 hours to pull up a 15kg king also doesnt sound right....

Mate the best thing i could say is get out there and give it a go, if your patient with the rain and dont mind getting wet im sure you will do well

Mate i think that with resources like the internet and Websites like FR people can now get to now the more experience anglers and learn from them, 5 years ago Downrigging for Kings in Sydney was a very rare way of targeting them and now it seems to be the most common way, i think new anglers who have a love for fishing can now learn faster and learn from seasoned anglers. And to be honest i still love a good kingy report, for me its not always the fish that were caught but the writing up of the report.... If i saw a report showing a 110cm king with nothing but " caught this in the harbour this morning at Spot X" that report wont get a congrats reply from me, i like to read the report and imagine being there...

My best ever day fishing for kings was on a terrible day where is was pissing down.....so i would say no it doesnt effect the fishing, i have had numerous days where we cleaned up on the kings in the rain

Mate i dont know if you need a permit or not to be honest but i have mates who run charters out of Sydney and put up quite a few fads each year and dont grab a permit and do fine. Also the placement of the fad is researched throughly so we reduce the chance of other boaters finding it, we check all Shipping channels, Known waypoints offshore and routes to those waypoints offshore and then place the fad in an isolated location. Obviously the fad will always be found by people but we try and reduce it as much as we can. If it is illegal well shit happens, wont stop me from doing it...... I still speed in my car knowing its illegal, I do burn outs in my car knowing its illegal, I jaywalk knowing its illegal etc.....shit if i stopped doing everything illegal i would have a boring life...

It was 7 inch Mcgoos that did all the damage, didnt seem to matter what colour

Mate I have never heard of them being caught landbased, although it wont be impossible i guess they are an offshore species

Mate we used 4 white foam bouys and then used about 350m of rope and tied it to 3 milk crates that are fill with concrete and various heavy metals to add extra weight, we werent 100% sure that the weight would be enough but the fad was exactly where it should have been so for now i guess its holding.

Hey Guys, About a month ago me and a few mates decided to deploy a private fad this season and 2 weeks ago we finally got it done, we put it out about 16 kms out in about 130m of water and yesterday decided to head out to see if we had attracted anything, didnt expect much as the water was still a touch cold and the warm currents were still to show up. Went out there about midday and when we were about 100 metres away we saw what looked like a massive dollie jump over it, all excited we quickly approached to see a school of dollies all over 110cm cruising around it, We launch some Yakkas at them but they werent interested at all, so then we decided to throw some plastics at them and still to no avail. Finally we decided to run some skirts and minnows by them and that did the trick. Over the next hour we caught 10 Dollies all around the 15kg mark. We kept 2 Bulls for a feed and released the rest, good fun and great to see the investment of a private fad all ready pay off.

Mate just drift through there, and you will be fine, and it also allows you to cover more ground to locate the squid, i used to do it alot and always caught plenty of squid and never had any issues.

I have always used a 7lb inside the harbour, no need for any heavier

Very understandable, although i have disagreed with certain rules at times the plugging of non sponsors shouldnt be allowed

Mate the western side of Clifton Gardens Wharf can get you some squid

Yeah dogtooth it was pretty funny, one of my Jigging newby mates were looking at the jigs and saying " how the hell you gonna catch a fish with this?" Then on his first drop he got onto a king and i dont think he will ever question our fishing techniques again We were at the banks

Hey all, Well this is me first report for a while as i havent fished for ages. My mate Suley convinced me to go for a Jig down South with him so we Decided to book a cabin for Saturday night at Crookhaven and then head out and jig for some Kings. I got on the Phone to Anthony ( Dominica III) and he said he was heading out also so we decided to meet him at the ramp. Met up with Anthony and followed him out of the bar in darkness, and then tried unsuccessfully for some livies and then the decision was made to give up on livies and head to the jigging grounds. Anthony led us to the location and then madness began. Over the next 2 hours we caught well over 20 kings, biggest about 90cm with all but 2 above legal, most sizes we about 75cm but they were hot with 4-5 hook ups every drift. 2 of my mates who have never caught a kingy jigging got there first and second, third and then fourths and by 9.30am we were all so tired of pulling up these fish we decided to call it a day as we had our bag limit. We were all buggered and towards the end we were argueing who was gonna pull up the fish as we all had Zero energy. Here are some pics and a video of my Jigging Virgin mate who caught this fish after he had caught a fair few and had zero arm strength left. Video Link : Removed by Moderator

Even in summer now that location is now pretty heavily fished, hard to get squid there

they are in my fridge

We caught a few kings there early last week, nothing big, biggest was 85cm and after 4 hours jigging we only caught 6 kings, only lost one jig to jackets

Dont use gangs, Terrible for Jews and Kings as Jewhunter said. There are many good 2 hook rigs, I generally use a sliding snell as i can adjust it too the size of squid i catch as i prefer to catch my squid when chasing Jews and Kings

Mate, awesome capture, especially on a threadline.....you always seem to produce the goods, well done

Mate i used to catch a heap of Bronze Whalers as a bi-catch to chasing Jews a few years back at STanwell Beach. But if you are targetting Sharks mate be careful as it is so easy for things to go wrong and a good catch can turn into a horror story.... If you looking at getting bigger sharks....eg: 150kg+ Makos best you hitch a ride in a month or so out to browns, common catch in the cooler months

Squid alley (spit) still does ok now and then, but its hard to get consistant squid inside Middle Harbour, you just gotta try all the usual haunts like Balmoral, The old Fisherman Shacks, Lady Jane Beach etc, you will find squid at one of them on most days