Black King Fish

[Rufus]

Hey all, was recently introduced to a fellow keen fisherman by my local mechanic, He was looking for a companion for a few trips. So after a brief discussion, we agreed to go early the next morning. This trip was out through the Pin Bar to a spot he had been told about. He was fishing with livies and I used the SP’s. After finding our spot, he starts jigging for bait and I sent down a SP, he tells me we are targeting Black King Fish on this trip. Having never caught one of these varieties before I was looking forward to the experience. After about 30 minutes, a few changes of SP’s and a few Trag Jew, my Shimano Reel takes off, braid is disappearing quickly into the briny sea. After about 10 minutes of a tough fighting, taking and giving line, my mate advises me “That’s a “Kingie” and he looks to be a beauty”. After another 20 minutes or so, we see colour and he is right, my first Kingie and on a SP.
With careful gaffing, the fish is onboard and I am stoked , 35kg of Black King Fish caught with a SP on 20lb braid. Much back slapping and hand shakes for the next 5 minutes as we laugh loudly at a great catch.
This was the only one of these for the morning, also caught 3 Mac Tuna at 7kg each, a few Trag Jew and flathead. A great mornings fishing with a PB to boot.
Thanks Tony for the introduction .

Cheers Mark

[nautical prince]

well done mate i bet ya hooked for life on these black king fish

[thelump]

Good work mate. Thay taste as good as they fight enjoy;D

[Spot82]

Not having a go at you but are you sure you didn't mean 35lb? I caught one 35kg at the start of the week and it was almost 6ft long unless you are like 8ft tall that one only looks about 4ft long :P

Well done anyways, they are great fun to catch and good eating too :)

[Cobia Kid]

Not having a go at you but are you sure you didn't mean 35lb? I caught one 35kg at the start of the week and it was almost 6ft long unless you are like 8ft tall that one only looks about 4ft long :P

Well done anyways, they are great fun to catch and good eating too :)

Agreed, maybe 35lb,(also not having a go at you) But never the less, a great fish indeed,
cheers
jamie

[fleety77]

was it a plastic or livie that it took, what type??

[BLOOEY]

Wow:o half your'e luck. I've never caught one myself but am keen as mustard to get one. They seem fairly common from what i can tell on this site but i'll be buggered if i can entice them. Congrats. Ben

[Rufus]

Hey Fleety 77,

This fish took the new Atomic Guzzlerz, 6 "Jerk Minnow, Electric Chicken ELC). on a worm hook. These can be purchased from BCF.

regards, Mark

[skipalong]

excellent mate, keeps you going back for more

[vertico]

dont think its 35kg mate sorry maybe 35lb i got one off the goldy that went 39kg a few months ago that would have eaten that one for dinner.................... Great fish nonetheless and great chewing.

[Lovey80]

Nice fish mate well done. All these cobes and jew being caught has me very hungry for my own. I wonder if theyll be around at the start of december.

Cheers

Chris

[outsiderskip]

hi mark
nice fish
something finally gave u a workout

pete

[Angla]

Sounds like you had a great day out. They fight for their life don't they. Must say vertico has the evidence that its 35 lb. But still a great catch and even sweeter to chew on.

Chris

[S-Strike]

again not to bag the post but it may assist others who catch a big cobe to guess weights. This one was 33.4 on a set of registered scales.

Generally if the white lateral line is pronounced you are looking at a sub-20kg fish With the bigger ones like vertigo's the white line has faded

[therapy]

Congratulations rufus! Never caught one myself either so to see you do it on my prefered mode of fishing these days(sp's) is very encouraging!! Is that a smile or grimace from the effort of holding that big puppy up !?!?!
Cheers..Terry........