Angler: Matt Pickford
Fish: 14kg approx Kingo-Jingo
Gaffman: Montie Baskett
Fight time: 15mins
Line: 24kg
Bait: Live Kahawai
Location: Amodeo Bay, Coro.
Date: Late April, 2006
Not the biggest king, but Matt's first from the shore, and he got it right where the boats launch at Amodeo, in driving rain.
The first shot shows the previous morning off an island off the coast- beautiful conditions all day, but not a king to be seen. Plenty of nice pannies, though.
Overnight the rain hit and in the morning it was chucking it down, so we decided to have a try at the rivermouth, which was pumping out mud and general crap- the first fresh of the Autumn. While we were pulling in panfish, a couple of kings started carving up the kahawai, and Matt was the first of us to get out a livie, which lasted about 5mins.
A good end to what could have been a washout day.