Krispy ! Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 (edited) Headed to the harbour early yesterday morning as conditions looked good with the wind due to pick up by mid morning. Arrived on location at 0500 and began squidding, it was tough work but eventually managed 3 small calamari in total which had me hopeful of some kings, I had pillys as backup but I mainly wanted to use them for burley. Was a slow start but eventually there was some baitfish that started showing up and some birds looking very active. Began burleying hard with pilchards and immediately some big trevally showed up as well as some bream but no kings yet. Decided it was probably time to send out a live squid so quickly rigged it up and lobbed it out. I kept the bail open and put the rod against the railing, turned around to chop up more burley and turned around to see line peeling off the reel steadily, then stopping, then again coming off even faster. I grabbed the rod, gave it 5-10 seconds then loaded up to some good weight then it went slack. Whatever it was must've been grabbing the squid around the head . Quickly rigged up another squid and sent it out but this time I kept my eye on it. About 1 minute later same thing, line began peeling off steadily, gave it a good 30 seconds this time then grabbed the rod and loaded up. This time the weight loaded up properly and after a few headshakes the fish realised it had been hooked and took off on a screamer of a run and on its way tangled 2 other peoples lines, after a few tense moments managed to free the lines and the fight resumed. The fish took another good run then came in and tried to slug it out around the pylons, it got me under on its first attempt but thankfully the line didn't touch and it came out, a few seconds later it was in the net.Put it on the brag mat and it went 78cm and pretty fat as well. Sent out the last squid which got picked, and the wind started picking up a lot so decided to call it a day and head home at 0830. Not a bad little session. Edited February 7, 2017 by Krispy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basseeker Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Congrats on the beautiful fish mate! Was a good way to start the day ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Nice Krispy! You certainly have a productive spot on the kings. You have obviously done your research on what it takes to get them! Well done Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchie18092 Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Yum. Nice catch there Krispy! Consistent as ever... M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krispy ! Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 1 hour ago, Basseeker said: Congrats on the beautiful fish mate! Was a good way to start the day ? Thanks mate, it sure was ? 48 minutes ago, Scratchie said: Nice Krispy! You certainly have a productive spot on the kings. You have obviously done your research on what it takes to get them! Well done Cheers scratchie!!! Thanks Scratchie, makes all the hard work at the beginning worth it ? 40 minutes ago, mitchie18092 said: Yum. Nice catch there Krispy! Consistent as ever... M. Thanks mitchie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Incredible Hull Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Nice job ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krispy ! Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 3 hours ago, The Incredible Hull said: Nice job ! Thanks mate 28 minutes ago, Archillies said: Really nice work Krispy! If you dont mind me asking what sought of rig do you use for your live squid? Thanks Hey Archilles no problem i just use a single hook in the tip of the hood and cast them out unweighted. The more natural the better if youre after kings consistently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike89 Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Mate you are getting pretty consistent with these kingies! Good stuff, 78cm is a fish worth smiling about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cossie Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Nice kingie mate. Well done. I am jealous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 A very nice fish there Krispy. You think you have won the battle, then the bastard runs under the pylons, and you think that it's all over. Kingies, big trevally, big bream, all dirty fighters around pylons and rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recurve Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Good fish mate and good write up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krispy ! Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 5 hours ago, Mike89 said: Mate you are getting pretty consistent with these kingies! Good stuff, 78cm is a fish worth smiling about! Thanks Mike yeh 78cm is a nice size was around the 5-6kg mark 5 hours ago, cossie said: Nice kingie mate. Well done. I am jealous Thanks cossie 3 hours ago, Yowie said: A very nice fish there Krispy. You think you have won the battle, then the bastard runs under the pylons, and you think that it's all over. Kingies, big trevally, big bream, all dirty fighters around pylons and rocks. Thanks yowie, thats why i love them and hate them. Always get the blood pumping 2 hours ago, recurve said: Good fish mate and good write up. Thanks recurve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Well done Krispy, great report. I've never caught a Kingfish but from what I read and see in videos, they are terrific fighters. Keep up the good work mate. BN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
night_rider Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Definitely a Georges River Spot X King looking at that colouring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krispy ! Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 13 hours ago, big Neil said: Well done Krispy, great report. I've never caught a Kingfish but from what I read and see in videos, they are terrific fighters. Keep up the good work mate. BN Thanks big Neil they sure do go hard 6 hours ago, night_rider said: Definitely a Georges River Spot X King looking at that colouring hahahaha shhhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDory Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Good read as always Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chakka Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Great king and great report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saad Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Hey Krispy, Just saw your report for kingie, great catch! Ive got my own boat but since I can only go in the weekdays leaves me with no options to go with a decent like minded fisho like yourself. Mate if you are interested then we can go togeather on my boat. Let me know Cheers Saad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
night_rider Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 16 hours ago, Archillies said: georges river or syd harbour? if u dont mind me asking Definitely Georges River. It's going off ATM... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smasher Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 3 hours ago, night_rider said: Definitely Georges River. It's going off ATM... Even after all the rain from the past 2 days? Georges river gets pretty brown and skanky quite quickly from my experience... Bloody nice King Krispy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Nice work on the squid and King, Krispy. Don't you just hate it though when your squid that's intended for bigger fish, gets picked to pieces by smaller fish. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slam354 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 On 2/7/2017 at 4:38 PM, Krispy ! said: Thanks mate Hey Archilles no problem i just use a single hook in the tip of the hood and cast them out unweighted. The more natural the better if youre after kings consistently Hi Krispy do you fish livies unweighted also.If you fish in free spool how do you stop the line peeling off when there is wind about just curious. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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