Well finally some decent weather to go fishing in.....mate an I headed out for a kingie mish on Saturday....after being sick on Thursday and Friday wasnt sure how I would handle the paddle but got out there anyway...
Getting the gear ready on Friday night and grabbed the Talica to put a new leader on it after being serviced by Go Fish.....after putting th enew leader went to give it a quick test and something aint right....drag lever stuck up the top and refusing to come back, so I put it to the side and will be taking back this week......hopefully it is nothing
Anyway, grab the trusty thunnus which hasnt seen a lot of action and prep it, knowing that the rod it is on isnt the greatest but it should hold up to the kingies
We launched early and the morning paddle was great....heaps of baitfish around and big arches diving in amongst it all...in no time a tub full of livies and away I went......first livies wasnt in the water for more than 5 mins when the thunnnus started singing....setting the hook and away I went.....fought the fish for a good 9 mins 34 sec according to the GoPro before the hook pulled
....this was a big fish and I didnt catch sight of him at all....I am thinking he would have been a PB for me....oh well..... another a livie and away I go again.....by now it was starting to get a bit busier around the area with a couple of boats in the mix, but soon enough the thunnus started singing....grab the rod and as I set the hook the kingie ducks back under the yak.....rod bends right over and SNAP.....there goes the rod in half with the tip disappearing under the water
.....as per my comment before...the rod wasnt good enough for the big kingies....oh well, gives m a good excuse to buy a new rod
.....anyway switched to softies to catch a couple of snapper if possible as a plague of KY turned....all big suckers and not giving the softie any chance of getting below.....I did hook up on a little rat kingie on the softie which is always fun....finally got to the bottom and bagged a nice snap around 8lb mark....mate missed all the kingies as he was plagued by KY sucking his baits off.....a couple of guys turned up on yak and threw stick baits around for some success which we saw back on the beach....3 nice ig kingies up around the 12-15kg mark.....couldnt figure why they would need 3......cant see the kingies being there for too much longer if that continues to happen
...anyway end result 1 nice snap which i gave to a family on the beach when we got back....i had some at home and they seemed happy enough to take off my hands, mate bagged for nice big KY which he has smoked and will bring into work today.
Sunday we headed out again, this time for a snap mish off RP.....again like everyone else...it was a little slow.....lots of little fish with a couple of pannies in between made for a slow session, but it was pretty damn sweet on the water and the paddle was nice as easy as the wind had died down so it wasnt busting as we headed in....didnt see any kigies around RP, a couple of smallish bait schools but they werent taking the sabiki.
All in all a pretty great weekend to be out on the water enjoying the sun and air and relaxing.....disappointed in the Talica, gutted about dropping the kingie but makes it all more worth while knowing that hopefully it will be there the next time i go out....