Port Augusta Billy and Shaun 21th - 23th Nov 2014

Billy Kingfish on The Jig at The Seabird ~120cm

Fedys boat at the wall with Bruce.
 

Shaun lost King on The Jig at The Seabird first drop of the morning.

 Billy Kingfish on The Jig at The Seabird ~120cm ~06:30pm

Moon: New Moon on 22nd Nov 

Jig: 200g River2Sea Sea Rock Jig - White
Trace: 100lb Jinkai Plus
Wind-on: 80lb Jinkai
Rod: 37kg Shimano T-Curve
Reel: Daiwa Saltiga 5000 + 70lb Braid

Shaun and I fished Ardrossan on the morning of 21st for 13 Squid. The squid were very touchy and shy. 6 Squid survived the trip to Port Augusta.

We sounded ~60 Kings on the Seabird wreck. Shaun hooked and lost 3 fish to the wreck.
I managed to land one on heavy drag at about 6:30am on the incoming tide on a 200g River2Sea Sea Rock Jig white in colour.

We fished the wreck the next day with no luck.

Shaun also hooked and got busted off on the South Pole on Jig.

There was only 1 other King landed that weekend near PowerStation.

I got smoked near the wall on a downrigged squid and Shaun got busted off on the pole by King on the Jig and also on 10kg mono after a short fight.

Hamish and Decland stayed in the Bunkhouse next to us at the Shoreline Caravan Park.

Fedy and Bruce were up there sleeping in the boat and didn't have one hookup all weekend.

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Port Augusta Billy and Shaun 25th - 27th Oct 2014

130cm 26 October 2014 10:35 pm

Double hook up!

120cm & 130cm fish, left on downrigged squid and right on Jig.

 

120cm Tagged and Released - 50 Points, first points as Game Club member.

 

Both tagged and released.

Double Hookup - Billys = 120CM, Shauns = 130cm, both Tagged & Released.

Billy Kingfish - Hook Pulled and Lost Fish


Shaun Kingfish 06:17am


Shaun Kingfish 08:55


Shaun Kingfish 11:11am


Shaun Kingfish on The Jig
 

Billy 130cm Kingfish

Moon: New Moon on 24th Oct 
Rig: 2 x 8/0 Mustad Hoodlum Hooks
Trace: 100lb Jinkai Plus
Wind-on: 80lb Jinkai
Rod: 37kg Shimano T-Curve
Reel: Daiwa Saltiga 5000 + 70lb Braid

Shaun and I headed to Port Augusta stopping off at Ardrossan to collect some live squid.
We collected about 10 squid and 4 survived the trip to Port Augusta.
We tied the remaining live squid in a laundry basket on a boat out from the boat ramp called "Coffee Break".

We were in Shauns boat and we stayed at the Shoreline Caravan Park in Bunkhouse B4.

I landed 2 fish and lost 2, one with a pulled hook which was severed at the trace and another on Jig which busted me off on the South Pole using Combi Jerk and Certate 3500HD with 30lb Tuff Line.

Shaun landed 4 fish and pulled hooks on another, we had 8 hook ups in total.

The Jig of the trip was a Pink/Lumo Daiwa Sacrifice Jig 200grams. Best to drop jigs into school away from structure.

Schools of up to 100+ sounded on the last day between the Channel Outlet and the South Pole. 

Squid was very hard to get before first shacks, heading up coast toward the Sea Bird to collect squid, managed 3 before big winds came in.

Most squid caught on Yo-Zuri Auri-Q HS.

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Port Augusta Billy and Glenn 7th - 9th June 2014

 

 7 Kingfish on the sounder

Moon: Week before Full Moon.
Weight: 5kg
Hookup at: 12:30 lunch.
Rig: 2 x 8/0 Mustad Hoodlum Hooks
Trace: 100lb Jinkai Plus
Wind-on: 80lb Saltiga Type N Shock Leader
Rod: 37kg Shimano T-Curve
Reel: Daiwa Saltiga 5000 + 70lb Braid

Trolling depth: 20-22ft / 6m
Water Temp: 18 degrees to 20 degrees in Outlet Channel.
Wind: Up to 7 knot SE

Trip from 7th to 9th June with Glenn.
Caught on live squid trolling with downrigger and 7lb weight.

Squid were easy to catch with orange jig with pearl on back.

The fish were hard against the wall when hooked, we drove the fish into deeper water.

I dropped a fish after the first hook up, Glenn missed the gaff opportunity and the fish dropped hooks.

The 2nd hook up we landed the fish.

The 3rd hook up Glenn was fighting the fish and it dropped the hooks.

A 4th take the kingfish stripped the squid off the hooks.

Good squid location is North side of the Red Beacon No.24 at end of the channel before the shacks.
Should be marked on GPS.

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Port River - 17th February 2014

 

 126cm 40+ lbs - Tagged and Released 

 

 

 

 

Me and Shaun fished in his boat.

Moon = 2 Days After Full Moon
Time of hook-up = 9:30pm (Mid Tide)
Wind = South 8 – 12 knots
Water Temp = 24.7 degrees

We launched just on twilight and the Royal Yacht Squadron.

Dabbed Gar in the shallows and tied to Beacon 34 (OLD 26).
Around 9:30pm Shauns rod loaded and then my road loaded resulting in one hook up.

Shauns Gar was taken.

I fought the 125cm Mulloway for approx. 15 min.

Tagged and released.
Tag #: SA09584

Brad had a hook up around 12:30 (1 hour before low) and lost his fish after a few minutes, he was a couple hundred metres North of us anchored on the channel edge in 8-9m of water. He was using Salmon Trout as live bait.

Rig: Twin 7/0 Owner Cutting Points with 50lb Saltiga Type F Flurocarbon.
Line: 25lb Shimano Beastmaster
Reel: Penn Spinfisher 6500
Rod: Sabre GF270 

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Add 1 hour to below times for daylight savings. 

Saturday 15		Sunday 16		Monday 17		Tuesday 18		Wednesday 19		Thursday 20		Friday 21
Time	Height	Time	Height	Time	Height	Time	Height	Time	Height	Time	Height	Time	Height
0510	2.41	0528	2.42	0547	2.41	0007	0.35	0034	0.35	0101	0.38	0126	0.43
1133	0.20	1147	0.19	1204	0.18	0609	2.36	0631	2.28	0652	2.18	0713	2.06
1737	2.10	1752	2.18	1810	2.26	1222	0.18	1240	0.21	1257	0.25	1312	0.29
2321	0.45	2343	0.39			1831	2.32	1853	2.36	1915	2.39	1938	2.40

Salt Creek - 16th February 2014

 

18lb Mulloway

Time of Hook-Up: 9:30am (20min after Low Tide)
Bait: Squid Head
Rig: Twin 9/0 Gamakatsu Octopus Hooks with 80lb Jinkai Plus

Fished approximately 18km North or Tea Tree Crossing.

There is a nice campsite approx. 18.5km North of Tea Tree Crossing.

Fished with Ken, Glenn and Phil.

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Port River - 7th February 2014

 126cm 40+ lbs - Tagged and Released

 

Phone Footage 

Beacon 34 (OLD 26)

Headed out around 9:30am in Shauns boat with Shaun.

Dabbed big Garfish in shallows at entrance of the Yacht Squadron where we launched.

Salmon Trout have just made an appearance, caught good sized ones at the ASC Pontoon.

Hook up at 12 Midnight.

Hooked up on Live Gar 5 minutes after first bait went down at OLD 26 (34).

Lost Shauns Go Pro, he had on edge of boat when releasing the fish and lost all footage.

Fish measure 126cm and weighted approx. 40+lb.

Was watching rod tip when it loaded up and took off North up the channel.

Also fished Beacon 24 (OLD16) for an hour, nothing. Apparently some big fish landed here!

Tagged and Released.

Tide was Outgoing and Low was at 3:22am.

Tide: Slow Outgoing Tide.
Wind: Light Easterly
Moon: Half
Rig: 2 x 7/0 Black Magic C-point Hooks and 50lb Saltiga Type F FLurocarbon.
Outfit: Sabre GF270 and Penn Spinfisher SSV 6500 spooled with 20lb Platypus Platinum.

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Add 1 hour to below times for daylight savings.

Wednesday 5		Thursday 6		Friday 7		Saturday 8		Sunday 9		Monday 10		Tuesday 11
Time	Height	Time	Height	Time	Height	Time	Height	Time	Height	Time	Height	Time	Height
0057	0.50	0121	0.54	0149	0.62	0222	0.75	0306	0.98	1235	0.98	0235	1.69
0648	2.10	0708	2.00	0730	1.89	0752	1.72	0806	1.46			1025	0.75
1252	0.27	1307	0.25	1328	0.30	1351	0.45	1406	0.72			1659	1.49
1917	2.31	1942	2.33	2012	2.27	2047	2.10	2136	1.82			2140	1.12