Triple G

Good Evening all, If you haven’t seen this yet, Enjoy knowing that almost all kings survived and are back out in the Harbour to swim another day. Amen

Looks great and plenty of activity out there BN, I may need to take a detour next time I am passing through Wagga and plan a quick session! Hopefully the turtle did alright, looks like a deep hook up for the big guy.

Thanks BN, Don't feel bad, all good things come to those who wait and i still got plenty of time to keep fishing! Yes, It was an Awesome day.

HI BN, That river looks mighty, healthy and great to see it flowing nicely! Nice fish and the conditions look so peaceful compared to our adventure of North Head. Hopefully you get to take the boat out more often and cover more ground. GGG

Congrats on the new PB!, Looks like you finally dried up in the end and had a great day out! Well done for releasing her back home, as I just recently experienced this feeling last week releasing an 80cm model. I could not imagine the guilt or resentment if I dispatched it, instead I still recall clearly that massive head just swimming away from the boat. GGG

Right or wrong, i just fillet the slimes, salt heavily on both sides and add two filets in a zip lock bag and freeze. I am just looking for a bit of firmness and toughening up without losing too much of its body etc. On the old occasion sometimes do this with frozen pillies, slight thaw and add salt and refreeze. I too mainly use them for flat head drifting, however saying that never bag out! GGG

Thanks and yes most fun, workout and action I had fishing this year. Even got to christen the reel as well with a healthy batch of fish and couldn’t ask for more! Hopefully I will be there when they mature a little bit more.

It was! I was the passenger and yes I also saw you next us trawling around for bites and action! They were small and glad you finally got some action! Nothing wrong with saying Hi, Hopefully catch up next time n the water.

Thanks and good luck with the Croc/Whiskettes, we now know there are at least 2 good fish and possibly more out there roaming around. I wish we had filmed the release as that is something I will remember forever but would have loved to share with others. What a moment to see a fish f that size look back at you with its massive head & eyes and then slowly swim leisurely away back to fight another day.

Thanks Rob, Although the kings were under, they were fun to bring in one after another and a real workout! Hopefully they grow to size soon and hang around a for a while so that We can all enjoy soon.

Great Pictures & thanks again

Thanks to al the positive comments from al raiders. Scratchie, just to be clear and a correction, his squid rig was ready to go as you would expect from him any possibly any other fishraider. I meant to say his boat/polycraft/rig position, and a few adjustments with the minkota all good, sorry about that!

It went something like this.... Got the call from Stewart, Fish Raider Legend yesterday on short notice for a possible trip to the Great Botany Bay for some kings! I wasn’t going to miss this opportunity on the Blue Poly. That evening I prepare my Shimano SSS, Sonic Pro, 2-4kg stick, with 12lb FC leader and tie a nice Yamashita 2.5 pink jig for the task at hand. Second job was to prepare a rig for some Kingy action! I had a brand new Shimano Saragossa in a box already braided with 60lb ready to go that has never been used. I rig this machine to my other SSS Sonic Pro snapper, 6-8kg rod. The Gossa has been left behind until I knew I was up for a serious day’s fishing along with some more experience. I tie a nice FG knot to 60LB FC with a single Mustard 6/0 Hoodlum Hook. The plan was to meet at Kyeemagh Boat ramp at 4:15am for an early start, so that we could be at Captains Cook landing early for some fresh squid. We meet up at the ramp and launch the poly into very light 13Km Westerly wind with great conditions forecasted. On arrival to the squid grounds, Stew was not impressed with his rig and made some minor adjustments, then we were ready for squidding. Between both of us we bagged a dozen at least in about 1.5hrs and moved onto Molineaux Point for the kings. There were three other boats already there and soon after Stew shows me how to land a king. The bait & conditions were perfect and soon we were on fire with rat kings 55-60cm chewing up our baits, boated and then all released. I stopped counting once I reached a dozen. A real first for me as I only ever caught 2 rat kings prior to this outing and on separate occasions. Bait was running low, so we conserved and stripped them and recycled whether possible. I managed to hook up 8 times on a single 2-inch squid strip. Between the both of us we managed to catch about 40 or so kings and left them biting. No legal king yet but it will have to wait for another day! Our next adventure would be to try our luck at flat head, as I am told Donna loves flathead! We move onto Towra with soft plastics and stew hooks up to 3 flatties in a row, whilst I am yet to feel a bite. I soon realise that Stew is using a motor oil grub whilst I am using a dissimilar prawn like plastic. I then demand it to be changed over and he then instantly shows me how to bait it in detail to the ¼ ounce jig head. Still very, very quiet for me despite 20 -30 casts later at different directions, big difference to the rat onslaught. Losing some interest, I soon start rambling about work and then Bang! I finally hook up and assume it is only another 50cm model on my small SSS Sonic. As I am reeling it to the side of the boat, not much of a “fight”, The beast awakens and decides to run and take line of my Sti-Star Hypo drive HV-20 Spool. Without seeing the fish yet, Stew realises it’s a better model and decides to stop fishing and get on netting duties. A great fight that lasted about 5mins at least before it tiered out, netted and boated. The beast revealed itself as an 80cm model Dusky Lizard! Boy was I excited to land this as it would now be my new Official PB, a 30cm increase. “Ready for the KICKER Stew”, It was my first ever fish caught on Soft Plastic, he couldn’t believe it. My entire fishing career has been with baits until today. A few quick pictures and soon the lizard was released to go back home and fight another day. Not the fish I was expecting but definitely a fish of a lifetime and an experience to remember forever! Thanks again for the day Stew, & Special thanks to both Stuart & Donna for their passionate work on Fish Raider.

Congratulations again Big Neil, It was a pleasure to meet, fish along side you and witness your elusive Legal King. Although it was a very early start and somewhat short of an outing the objective was executed well. A special thanks to Pickles also for allowing me to board and enjoy the day and gained some great knowledge from the master of King himself. No Hook up for me, so my goal and objective still stands. That is also to catch a legal king in the distance future. If not this year, there’s plenty of time to fish next year or the year after that. Thanks again Lads!

I feel the pain and it must sting even more after each post/reply you read, think of it as a quick unofficial easy release for the fish with a future landing destined to arrive soon. Good luck