My First Blog !!

Hi guys, For the most part the Kingys have been going off ! Thats why its taken me this long to get this post together. Talk about highs and lows of fishing....We have had some great days of over 40 big ones, releasing most of course. Then one or two days where we have only managed to catch a dozen or so average ones. The spectacualar days there were multiple hook ups, triple and quadruple hook ups causing me to reach for the ciggies !!

Jack and the boys from Freddy's Fishing World at Auburn had a blinder with the average fish going around 7 kilo's. A couple of the brave dropped 30 pound tackle on Diawa Certate Reels and Saltiga Coastals. You can check the pics, they really landed some nice fish. Nathan and his crew from Fishing Out of Water continued this trend, smashing some beauties.

A couple of days of bad weather allowed the fish to re-group and we set forth on another frontal attack. Most of the time Jig type and colour wasn't a problem but stand outs were the Daiwa Sacrifice in Pink and Silver and Blue and Pink ( these lures are no longer being made so if you happen to come across any old stock - grab them !! )

On Sat July 12, I took a bunch of Snapper Fisho's and put in a big day and just managed to catch a feed. 1/2 Dozen or so nice ones and a few mowies. The other charters boat reported the same but its good to see the jackets have finally disappeared.

My mate, Wy from Global Tackle organised a trip but at the last minute couldn't make it. But his customers did and they jumped on the boat loaded with the usual array of top quality jigging gear and cleaned up !!!! Bad Luck Wy, maybe next time. I am sure he will have some good stories from his fishing trip in NZ.
Last Thursday, We had some friendly competition on board as Tak and his Japanese mates
( the Yamato old jiggers ) went up against Team OZ for pretty much draw. Talk about quality tackle and exotic Jigs. These guys have the works and a completely different Jigging style that certainly work on fish that normally wouldn't bite. We took some livies along and pulled out a couple if nice ones from one of my rearly fished secret spots. We pulled out some bottom fishing gear and we introduced the guys to Perch Fishing. Tak called me last night and said they are "the best eating fish he had ever had" and next time can we do some more perch fishing. You can also check out Taks' website www. deepwaterjigging.com.au

These Perch are the Splendid Perch or Long Finned Perch Species. They are a beautiful deep water fish that in habit the reef where we jig. We usually have a couple of drops on them and put together a great feed. I' ll post some pic's.
Sharks have been showing up now and then and one day saw us getting smashed a couple of times, mainly whalers with the occasional Mako. We were fighting a nice Kinghy when I noticed a mark on the sounder and said to Deano and the guys that there was either a massive shark or marlin just below the boat and 30 secs later a nice Kinghy around 8 kgs got the short back and sides. All we got back was the head and the jig ( lucky)
The Sakana on-line Jigging Shop should be up and running in the next few weeks, they have some great tackle coming. Jigs /Rods/Split Rings etc, specially designed for big fish. We have had a fair bit of input into the proto types. All the sample jigs they gave me are now living
in the reef , we have been blown away by massive fish. Can't wait to get some more!

Some crap weather for the next few days, so not sure when I will be getting out there next. Sorry about that you guys who have booked months ago and will miss out on the hot bite. Not much I can do about the weather though !!
Scotty