FishyMcFishFace

Unreal mate 😍

I rate it as good as Whiting or better, like whiting with a bit more bite, al dente. Not much meat on them but worth a try if you can justify the filleting with the size you catch. These were a bit small I think next time 28cm+ would be worth it!

Hi hope everyone had a merry fishmas! Long time no post. Headed to a Salamander Bay B&B for a Xmas break for 3 nights. Pumped some nippers Xmas eve. We brought the fold up boat so we launched early Xmas day from Taylor's Beach, during a rising tide.. tried for flatties along that area and around some oyster racks. I was on lures she was using the bait. No luck on the lures, she landed a couple of whiting one good size one and an undersized and a decent flathead. I hear there was a good deep spot to drop a bait near soldiers point. Would have loved to have gotten into some larger pelagics, but no bites, never mind. Maybe next time. It was a lot of effort for 2 keepers 😆 was knackered. Had a solid sleep, then next day was far more productive, a beach session along fingal spit. A very windy but sunny Xmas day. For some reason I brought my 8000 80lb/100lb setup because, "you never know" However this did enable to cast a heavier weight into the wind. Live and frozen worms on a 12lb paternoster rig. With the first cast not far off matching my Pb Whiting. Frozen worms being more popular. We had a beach shelter, the plan was to chill and wait for the bites but I was too busy reeling in dart and whiting on my two rods. Had a really nice feed, tried dart for the first time, highly recommended! Anyway we had an amazing time in PS and want to live here.

I actually caught my first and biggest ever whiting there at night on worms. This about 3 years ago (still my pb). I've been many times since and never caught one since! I usually donut most times I try there, but it's just a handy spot to wet a line! Good luck!

I bought one of these clear anchovy ones from the Drummoyne store, the fly fisho guy recommended tying it to the bottom of a super small metal like a twisty. I suppose it's like two chances. I haven't got around to catching on it yet.

The tax man came to pay you a visit! 😲

Alan and Jamie great guys, I left some stuff at home. Gave me some great info on the area resulting in some great fishing 🎣 I love it round there!

Nice catch mate, I'm absolutely exhausted trying to catch a Kingfish like this. 5 mornings in a row this week!

Thanks again @Pickles good to catch up with you and Peter again Definitely an area to try on the fold up boat some day in the future! Flathead and banana stir fry was delish 😆

@Ryan.f Wow, unreal. That's one hell of a session mate! Well done!! Good on you @DerekD must be super proud 🏆

@kingfish101 incredible catch, well done!

🤯Wooow, very nice capture. Well done!

Smoked Slimy Mackerel mate, it's insanely tasty. Re-thought the 'slimy' to Pacific Mackerel. I turned my babyQ into a smoker using Hickory chips, covered in olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic and mixed herbs. Also did this with the Tailor 😋

Never have I seen such a mixed bag of decent sized plate fish landed in enclosed waters as I did today. I haven't had a chance to fish much last year, and when I seldom get my boat out its plenty of bait but no good'uns, not a single kingfish for a very long time. Weather cloudy, seas calm, no rain, and perfect temperature for fishing. Arranged to meet the king slayer @Pickles at Roseville/Rose Bay Boat ramp... same thing innit? Unfortunately what I wanted to hear was Rose Bay which is probably because its 12mins away from my place😆. Turns out it was Roseville lol. Bob the absolute legend said he could still come around to collect me because we may fish in that general area, so I tried for some squid while they filled up on some yakkas. Trying to redeem myself, I thought to myself at least bring some bait to the party, I aimed for 3 squid at least. After an hour managed just the one squid off the wharf on a small slow sinking white Yamashita, better than nowt! Bob and his mate Peter arrived with a heap of perfect lollipop sized yakkas! Currently the tide was heading low @Pickles used his spider senses to conjure up a spot which is supposed to be good for Jews and all sorts at this turn of the tide. We put out some fresh yakka strips and livies, gave the burley a chop, and within 20 mins the iconic 30/20lb green bait cast outfit of Bob's went off and Peters also, in this time we landed at least 10 fish fish a very nice sized tailor, 2 Jew fish a mixture of rats and ranging from 60 to 74cm. Peter was on fire, 2 jewfish.. I still have never caught one!! Maybe this was my chance? I tried metal lures (Halco Streaker) and caught a good sized slimy mackerel, which I can't wait to try smoked. That was all I caught in this spot. Tide was turning so we tried for some more squid, Peter caught his first which was big enough for more than a few baits. Moving on to the next spot, I saw some weird looking concentrated bust up, looked like a black oily mess about 2 metres wide with guls getting a feed, tried flicking some metals here but nothing took. There was still a chance for me to catch a legal king, at the next spot somewhere in Sydney Harbour there were a couple of boats there, plenty of bait showing on the sounder and we could see the kings coming by every so often in waves. Here I lost count how many kings we landed, I was using very heavy 80lb braid and 100lb leader, the whole time I think it had an effect on the hook up rate compared to the other fellas. However, I finally landed my legal king measuring bang on 65/66 for some sashimi for later. We threw everything at them, livies, squid strips, I tried my lure whilst the bait did it's thang. WOW I hooked up on the Streaker metal again, I was rocking a 15lb/30lb snapper rod, was sure this was a salmon until it really started to fight as it got closer to the boat, it was undersized king lots of fun and fought hard on this lighter set up. Tonight I'll be smoking the Tailor and Mackerel and enjoying the delights of kingfish sashimi. Had a cracker of a day thanks to Bob, was great to meet Peter we were all buzzing at the end of it

Interesting idea mate, have you had any action from it?

Half an old fishing rod with a heavy line in a rod holder could double up as a downrigger

Big well done mate, took me a whole year to land my first king! ..And well done Derek!

Wow, what a day you'd be glad to back home with a cup of tea after all that mate!

Weather was rough and raining when I woke up and almost called it off, headed out to Gunnamatta bay. Still windy and tide was rising. Got myself some worms suitable hooks and swivels from Mac's Bait Bar. Went out knee deep cast out a worm, first cast got my possibly my PB Whiting, a good size 35cm+ The little whiting were chasing my bait when I retrieved it so i tried some lure but no luck Wish I took a hoody out, was getting early signs of hypothermia shivering and numb hands 😆 so left earlier than I would have liked. The wind-chill factor was creeping. Caught at least 8 and 3 keepers went home early with a small bag and a lovely feed. Had some crappy fishing sessions recently (last 9 or 10 donuts) stoked with today so this one brought back my mojo a little bit 😁 Happy Valentine's Day (see pic attached) what else would you get a Japanese woman?

Nice report mate great photo's looks like you guys had a ball. Congrats on your first Murray Cod. Really nice Earthenware Neil, a fine craft. Cracking write up!

Nice haul! Mahi mahi is on the bucket list, hopefully soon i capture one!

There's heaps of others, I tried to find blackfish for you. I liked this Calamari one: https://antiqueprintmaproom.com/product/the-australian-tooth-cupped-cuttlefish/

I bought myself a Christmas Pressie, I think this will look awesome framed on my wall. 🤩

I always wondered if kings would be interested in nippers, now I know thanks! Nice report and cute pics 🙂

Sounds like a killer session! That's proper fishing that! Congratz on the PB!!