20 kilo plus kingy.

[mono]

Hi all, this fish was caught yesterday on a live slimie intended for another knobbie in 50 feet of water. Twenty minutes from the Brunswick Bar. Reel-Akuma Epix 80. 10 kilo line. 10-15 kg livefibre rod. The fight only lasted 40 minutes, which for a fish this size in shallow water was amazing. The fish was photographed and released. I estimated the weight of over twenty kilo, maybe twenty five. Full photo in November BNB Newspaper.
Cheers

[philip_thomson]

what a fish good stuff. can't wait to see the full picture.

fingers crossed attempt no. 4

cheers phil

[flickflack]

Great fish there Mono, love catching them

Congrats.

[gunna]

Super catch that.

[no_wind]

biggest one Ive seen for a long time,looks like a lord howe local.
good effort.

[Franco]

Baaaarking Hell !!!!

That's an awesome battle on 10kg!

[youngfisho]

so the okuma lived up to the task? have been thinking about getting one for bay mackrel if it can handle a 25kg kingie then a thousand 3kg macks would be a sinch



andrew

[webby]

Looks more like a Rat , You'll hve to get Dale back down there to test his arms more
The new toy must be nearly ship shape by now mate.
Find a buyer for the other yet.
regards

[CHRIS_aka_GWH]

Mark,

if ya gunna insist on catching fish like that you'll need a boat with more beam so you can stand back for the pics

[banshee]

Bloody nice king there Mono,looks like I'm fishing to deep for a genuine Hoodlum.

[outsiderskip]

nice kingy any snapper




cheers pete

[mono]

Hi all, Dont worry phil I'll get you out there soon.
Yes no-wind, its the biggest I've seen around here for many years. Although the divers tell me quite often they spot them at that size.
Youngfisho- yes the Okuma epix 80 handled it no worries. I've just bought 5 new reels through ebay the same but with baitrunner feature. Should be great for mackerel and snapper.
Yes Brian, those bigger 'things' out wide are there but the current is making it a bit hard. I think even Dale could have landed this kingy, it played very clean and mostly on the surface. Have Dales arms shrank back to normal yet after his last trip?
The new vessel is due mid to late November. Looks awesome. had a guy fly up from Jarvis bay yesterday to look at the 'Cavanbah'. Looks promising.
In general posts I'm starting another competition looking for a name for the new boat.
Banshee and pete, there are some good kingies out wide at the moment also, but this fella hit a live slimie while we were on the drift for snapper close to shore. The snapper were around the 4 kilo mark.
Cheers

[Burley_Boy]

Mono, you rock! When I get back from OS in February I'm booking in a trip.

Just for my education mate, how did you rig that livie?
cheers BB

[gogecko]

Top fish mate, well done.

Andrew

[jackash]

Thats an awesome fish. Top stuff Mono and keep it up.
Cheers,
Jackash