Yellow Tail King
Fished 5 FFB on sunday, early start with burley trail and cubes trying to land a couple of snapper for MBFC monthly comp. Caught 1 under size pinky before sun rise, then undersize BB, 2 port jacksons and a wobby, and all released well. Then a Kingy came to the back of the boat and was swimming around the outboard eating the cubed mullies, I floated an un-weighted bait which he nosed a couple of times but would not take, jigged a soft plastic Z-man around with no luck, tried the un-weighted bait again that was rigged for snapper and again no luck, decided to flick the bait back out for snapper, as i started to rig another rod with a lure, the rod I had just flicked out then took off, after a good fight and various runs for the reef a solid 16kg kingy was landed. Sadly all the fish I caught for the day were under size or not on the way in list, including the Kingy. the remaining few hours I spent in the 50's for zip.
Another early start today and burleyed up at anchor in the sound and found this 11kg Pinkie, looks short but did measure 910cm and was fat.
Same shirt, different shorts, I do wash and change.
Devo1965
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That pink
That pink
kingfisha1 (not verified)
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monster kingy, wht gear were
monster kingy, what gear were they caught on?
Geoff78
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Great work. I hooked a
Great work. I hooked a similar sized kingy a couple of weeks ago. Just as it was being lead to net, a mako swam up and ate it.
Ben Derecki
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That would have been cool.
That would have been cool. Except the losing the kingie bit.
beau
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Both epic catches, class!
Both epic catches, class!
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P's. Same shorts mate
P's. Same shorts mate
Boydy
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Date Joined: 26/09/12
Both fish very nice
Both fish very nice especially the pinky.
Noted additional seam mid lower pocket on the second pair of shorts!
tim-o
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Fwoar
Couple of prize catches there, rig looks,sweet for summer, plenty of shade
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
catchalittle
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That YTK is a very worthy
That YTK is a very worthy fish
Nathan