20-09-2005, 01:22 AM
Hi Aok47,
Your right about the king fish. I was told by locals about them when I arrived on Flinders Island. I was fishing the Lady Barron wharf one day for flathead, and while winding in my rod to check the bait, noticed the yellow tails following my bait.
I changed over to a silver spinner, and on fast retrieve, hooked up immediately, only to be busted off on the pylons of the wharf.
They were only rats, but gave me a great tussle on my light tackle. I didn't land any that day. However, a week later, while fishing for whiting from a boat not far from the wharf, I managed to land one of about 2.5kg. I thought I had hooked the grand daddy of King George.
Thats right !!! - Kingfish from a wharf !!
An amazing place. Flinders Island. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' />
Tight lines
Washa
Your right about the king fish. I was told by locals about them when I arrived on Flinders Island. I was fishing the Lady Barron wharf one day for flathead, and while winding in my rod to check the bait, noticed the yellow tails following my bait.
I changed over to a silver spinner, and on fast retrieve, hooked up immediately, only to be busted off on the pylons of the wharf.
They were only rats, but gave me a great tussle on my light tackle. I didn't land any that day. However, a week later, while fishing for whiting from a boat not far from the wharf, I managed to land one of about 2.5kg. I thought I had hooked the grand daddy of King George.
Thats right !!! - Kingfish from a wharf !!
An amazing place. Flinders Island. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':th' />
Tight lines
Washa