YTK TIME... LANDBASED
A good friend and I decided to try some livebaiting from the dry stuff, after hearing a few reports of small YTK being landed around Margies. We Got prepared last night, with rigs, and bait being prepared for sunrise. After the trek from the Main road into the spot, we felt the wind pushing from the wrong direction, which made the proposition of sending livies out a whole lot tricker. After getting some live herring in the tank for the session, we attempted our first big rig, and as it made it past the protection of the land, it whistled out to about 150-180m from shore, and was in very fishy waters. The second livey was about half way out to its area, and we watched the first balloon disappear and explode, shortly followed by the rod loading up, and a host of yelling and cursing. Experienced angler Mick grabbed his rod, took up the slack, and struck into some thumping head shakes, and a solid 50m run. We both called it for a small shark, as the head shakes soon disappeared, and its head was turned. About 10 minutes into the fight was when we both decided either a Sambo or a YTK were on the cards, as the fish continued to dog it out, making its way from structure to structure, one side of the bay to the other. With some careful guiding, and forgiving drag pressures, we got first sight of the fish, and the flashes of yellow and silver instantly distinguished the YTK. What we saw swimming with this fish was impressive, another King free swimming made the one we hooked look like a jelly bean.
After bringing the fish to within gaffing distance, we were hoping to make light work of the gaff shot, and secure the fish on land. Little did we know, with swell, wind, and an angry hoodlum working against us, it was going to be 20 minutes of high pressure hell, I finally ended it with a solid gaff connection just behind the pec fin, and the KING was ours. With guesses on the weight being 20-25kg, we werent looking forward to the walk back to the car. Was great to target a species, and nail it on our first real attempt. Congratulations to Mick the angler, fish of a lifetime.
The fish was weighed at Dunsborough Outdoor Sportz, and at home, with both pairs of scales saying 22kg, awesome LBG Capture!
Cheers,
Dunsborough Outdoor Sportz
kamo king
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Awesome fish from the bricks
Awesome fish from the bricks mate congrats
scotto
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puckin unreal!!
nice work zac & damo!
i like YTK as a chewin fish too, and they smoke up even better.
milsey
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Sensational, bloody good
Sensational, bloody good effort of the rocks. Well done lads
Snags
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CONGRATULATIONS!
That is awesome!
I have much love for the SW coast, a lot of spots that can allow you to get a balloon out in most winds. What kind of wind were you guys fishing with?
Also how did you hook your livey? Single, snells, etc?
chrisp
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Mint work Boys. Would love to
Mint work Boys. Would love to get a big Ytk, hoping ill nail one on jig down south one day.
dunsborough out...
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YTK
Cheers lads, funny feeling when you dont even have control of the rod, but it feels just as good being a part of those awesome fishing moments. Liveys were under a standard party balloon with a snell, tricky business making sure the livey can swim freely and survive the journey out.
Cheers,
Zac@dunsboroughoutdoorsportz
Dunsborough Outdoor Sportz
tim-o
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FFFFFFarrk! Cracker king and
FFFFFFarrk! Cracker king and landbased, some real contenders for POTM lately and landbased, top effort especially coz you targeted them, onya!
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Wes F
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Top Effort
Gotta be rapped with first time effort. Souds like it gave ya's a good workout.
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Bones76
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great fisf off the rocks
great fisf off the rocks gents... wouldnt get much harder than a big ytk off the rocks
Rig
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Kingie
Well done lads cracker fish!!!
Leemo
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yewwwwwwww
yewwwwwwww
bludgin' since 94'
old salt
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Too good and bloody nice to
Too good and bloody nice to eat!!
I fish to feed
and
Fillet and release when applicable
JohnF
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shiiiiite, top catch. Every
shiiiiite, top catch. Every bit of 25 kg I would have thought!
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
Bluetonic
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Great Capture, Used to catch
Great Capture, Used to catch them from the stones way back when in NZ and would just love to get into a decent one from my boat let alone a shore capture. I don't mind their eating qualities either!
Blue Sky, Blue Water, Bluetonic!
big john
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Awesome
Awesome fish guys!
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grantarctic1
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Yeahhhh
Yeahhh, give me one of them. lol. Awsome capture mate, i have seen them, chucked baits at them but never got one to take the bait. Well done
GusG
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That is an unbelievable LBG
That is an unbelievable LBG effort, well done mate!!
MattMiller
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Great fish
well done stopping that brute
ANTMAN
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Great capture guys! Beats
Great capture guys! Beats workin hey? Ah well. Bet there were some intense moments during the fight. What outfit were u using?
catchalittle
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Sweet fish great LBG capture
Sweet fish great LBG capture
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Adam Gallash
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epic
Epic catch from the stones, well done!
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Seaquest
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Awesome work guys. Thats one
Awesome work guys. Thats one cracking fish from the rocks. Good reward for a lot of effort.
fisho-ron
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great catch guys, one for the
great catch guys, one for the memory bank for sure!!
jeremy-j
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Aweseom fish. I couldnt think
Aweseom fish. I couldnt think of anything more id rather have.
Looks like ill be making some trips south.
Lamby
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Stumped Girly Sue! What a
Stumped Girly Sue! What a cracker of a ytk from the stones, big congrats to Mick & yourself.
Well done boys that's epic
till
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Yeah that is one tough catch
Yeah that is one tough catch from the rocks!
Ian Macca
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AWESOME!! Well done fellas!
AWESOME!! Well done fellas!
esmacd
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Well done from the rocks
Well done from the rocks fella's, thats a top job.
Ive trolled a few over 18KG at Rotto but land based thats pretty specko!
carnarvonite
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PoTM Contender for sure
PoTM contender for sure. Not many anglers get a YTK from a boat let alone shore based, well done
Goatch
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Great fish from the stones
boys and a cracker pic to boot , Congrats!!!!!
Just one more cast , honest !!!
deezydee
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Awesome catch, made even
Awesome catch
, made even more special when your efforts to prepare rigs, livebait setup, secure good rod holders and the weather coming together on the day. Seeing them, then hook ing up is one thing, stopping the hoodlums bricking you is another, sensational effort again 
soupster51
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Awesome
Fish of a lifetime for sure. Absolutely awesome.
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Mitchisdatwitch1236
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wow!!!! great catch
wow!!!! great catch especially from the rocks