First yellow tail Kingy
We were drifting over some shallow reef about 5 meters and this guy came up to check out the boat, after refusing to take anything but unbaited pilchards I grabbed the plastics combo and tied a 4/0 onto the 40lb leader. Chopped a pilly into 4 pieces and threw the baited hook in last, he grabbed it and I was on... Got him boat side after about 2 stressfull minutes watching him dart between rocks, my mate grabbed the net and missed, the fish went straight under a rock which we could clearly see so I free spooled and moved the boat to the open side preying I hadn't lost it..... got him out and the gaff was employed.
83cm Not huge but pretty happy none the less!
Keen to see what some of you guys have landed around Perth, how big do they get on the west coast?
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Fisheagle
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Fisheagle's Kingie
My PB Kingie from near Rotto
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Troyboy
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Nice work!
Nice work!
Dale
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They can get pretty large but I haven't caught one much bigger than 10-12 KGs, been busted up by much bigger ones though. Not bad on the chew either.
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Troyboy
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Yea they do chew
Yea they do chew alright! Heaps of meat from a fish that size. I would say kind of like a spanish mack in texture with a bit more flavor.
axey45
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MARK79
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Nice
Nice
rob90
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Good stuff! Gotta love sight
Good stuff! Gotta love sight fishing, gets the heart pumping and blood flowing
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