First kingy

Yellowtail Kingfish (Scientific name - Seriola lalandi), Kingys, Kings, Hoodlums, Bandits or "Rat Kings" are a strong, exciting gamefish that strike savagely at a wide range of lures, live baits and dead or cut fish fillets. Victorian Yellowtail Kingfish reports right here.
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Re: First kingy

Post by crumpet_avenger » Sun Jan 28, 2018 9:51 pm

Nice fish mate. How much does a kingy setup like that cost

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Re: First kingy

Post by rb85 » Sun Jan 28, 2018 9:54 pm

4liters wrote:
rb85 wrote:Well done mate. Whats next?
Hang the frame over the side of the yak somewhere south of cape woolamai and catch a mako
Good stuff

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Post by 4liters » Sun Jan 28, 2018 10:15 pm

crumpet_avenger wrote:Nice fish mate. How much does a kingy setup like that cost
Very little. It was an Ugly Stick 10kg rod, a Penn Slammer 460 (cost **** all on Dinga), 30lb Rovex D8 braid, Rovex leader and a Rigmaster circle hook.
2015/16 Fisting Victoria Species comp total: 289cm
Brown Trout: 37cm
Flathead: 51cm; Squid: 36cm; Australian Salmon: 51cm; Snapper 46cm; Silver Trevally 23cm; KGW: 45cm
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Re: First kingy

Post by Nude up » Mon Jan 29, 2018 5:23 am

Great read and photos now the ice is broken let’s hope there is many more

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Re: First kingy

Post by scott__henning » Mon Jan 29, 2018 6:26 am

Nice one Ian, not a bad first king at over a metre!

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Post by 4liters » Mon Jan 29, 2018 7:01 am

Nude up wrote:Great read and photos now the ice is broken let’s hope there is many more
Having confidence in a method of catching them will be a great help I think.
2015/16 Fisting Victoria Species comp total: 289cm
Brown Trout: 37cm
Flathead: 51cm; Squid: 36cm; Australian Salmon: 51cm; Snapper 46cm; Silver Trevally 23cm; KGW: 45cm
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Re: First kingy

Post by mcbain » Mon Jan 29, 2018 7:37 am

Reward for effort mate that's a great fish :a_goodjob:

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Re: First kingy

Post by purple5ive » Mon Jan 29, 2018 8:29 am

man, im jealous on so many counts :( :( :(
well done , thats a ripper fish and even better for a first one.
cheers

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Re: First kingy

Post by barra mick » Mon Jan 29, 2018 9:01 am

Fantastic fish there.

Awsome size for your first kingy

Bm

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Re: First kingy

Post by davek » Mon Jan 29, 2018 9:31 am

Good fish, well done on landing it, cheers davo :a_goodjob:
It's an exhilarating feeling catching a fish
But it's an even better feeling releasing them

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