Pickles 905 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Backed up again today on the Kingies, after a top day yesterday with Josh & Aiden. The Kingies weren’t as big - up to 70. Most were just under 62/63/64, but there plenty of them. Fellow raider Adrian (“Hads”) &I boated 35 & Hads lost a seriously big unit next to the boat - a knot which he put on the 80lb leader “to hold the sinker on” cut the line. He’s decided to use a swivel next time😳.Squid were really hard today, but little lollipop yakkas were in abundance (Balmoral) and all the bigger kings were landed on the yakkas, whilst all the smaller kings fell to striped squid & squid heads. Condition were perfect early (got hot & choppy by midday, but we were back at the ramp by then The ramp is always a great place to meet / share with others - look out for a new Raider “Sean”, convinced him to join up. Going to have a break for a few days & mow the lawns, clean the gutters & do some hedging for “Mrs Pickles” so I can get a leave pass on Saturday. 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Yowie 1,528 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Another great day on the water Link to post Share on other sites
Rebel 705 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Well done. Great haul again. Link to post Share on other sites
Restyle 52 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 mate, your an absolute king at the kings! Really makes me want to take the yak into the harbour and explore it more! Link to post Share on other sites
Scratchie 3,219 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Nice work Bob. Great for you to share your time and knowledge on the water. And isn’t it good to see the prolific return of the kingfish right up and down the East coast. My last 3 trips, the kings were that thick you could walk on them! They kept stealing my plastic before the snapper got the chance! Grrrr. But still fun all the same! Good luck with the chores and the next leave pass! cheers scratchie!!! Link to post Share on other sites
kingie chaser 1,644 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 3 hours ago, Pickles said: Going to have a break for a few days & mow the lawns, clean the gutters & do some hedging for “Mrs Pickles” so I can get a leave pass on Saturday. Could also be time to make some banana bread as well, they look ripe enough 😁 Nice fishing for the Kings as usual Link to post Share on other sites
big Neil 1,120 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 You're killing them Bob, must be millions of them around at the moment. Good luck with the leave pass, I'm sure it will be approved. Cheers bn Link to post Share on other sites
Rey05 47 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 great catch mate, im actually looking to get into the harbour on Saturday for the first time in years, usually fish out of Pittwater and out to broken bay...but with it being in the north zone of the beaches I can't put in at Bayview atm. fingers crossed we can get on a few, taking a mate out who have never been fishing before..... what 37 year old has never been fishing before ?!?! Link to post Share on other sites
jenno64 318 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Great post Bob and great to see you into more kings! look forward to Saturday's post! Link to post Share on other sites
Miketheadventurer 13 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Great report mate! Smashing the cliffs outside the heads? Or heading out further? Link to post Share on other sites
shawninvictus78 2 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Hi Bob, I took your advice and joined fishraider. Thanks for the advice on the slug go and hope you get around to trying that fish curry recipe (Marions curry in Woolies). Cheers, Shawn 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Welster 416 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 1 hour ago, shawninvictus78 said: Hi Bob, I took your advice and joined fishraider. Thanks for the advice on the slug go and hope you get around to trying that fish curry recipe (Marions curry in Woolies). Cheers, Shawn Welcome to FR Shawn. Link to post Share on other sites
longy509 21 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 1/5/2021 at 1:40 PM, Pickles said: Backed up again today on the Kingies, after a top day yesterday with Josh & Aiden. The Kingies weren’t as big - up to 70. Most were just under 62/63/64, but there plenty of them. Fellow raider Adrian (“Hads”) &I boated 35 & Hads lost a seriously big unit next to the boat - a knot which he put on the 80lb leader “to hold the sinker on” cut the line. He’s decided to use a swivel next time😳.Squid were really hard today, but little lollipop yakkas were in abundance (Balmoral) and all the bigger kings were landed on the yakkas, whilst all the smaller kings fell to striped squid & squid heads. Condition were perfect early (got hot & choppy by midday, but we were back at the ramp by then The ramp is always a great place to meet / share with others - look out for a new Raider “Sean”, convinced him to join up. Going to have a break for a few days & mow the lawns, clean the gutters & do some hedging for “Mrs Pickles” so I can get a leave pass on Saturday. Your spending to much time on the water mate your starting to look like this bloke with those bananas in your mouth HaHa Link to post Share on other sites
Pickles 905 Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 Cheers long509 - yeah the truth hurts, but you can’t avoid it. After a days fishing I reckon I might smell like Davy Jones as well as start to look like him - I’m just glad “People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” (1 Sam 16:7) Link to post Share on other sites
mrsswordfisherman 1,784 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 15 hours ago, shawninvictus78 said: Hi Bob, I took your advice and joined fishraider. Thanks for the advice on the slug go and hope you get around to trying that fish curry recipe (Marions curry in Woolies). Cheers, Shawn Welcome @shawninvictus78 to fishraider Introduce your self post is below if you wish to say a hello to members Yell if you need help Link to post Share on other sites
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