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My 1st Kingy - Jan 30th, 2004 |
The day started out with bluewater, a few mowies, nothing out of the ordinary. I wasn't doing to well until my last dive. Apon entering the water I was greeted with millions of yellowtail, they were thick on the surface, all I could think was "kingys."
I hung around the school waiting for something to show up, a small rat king swam past letting me know they were around. Laurie wanted to try my RA so I swapped him for his Kes with a pranger.
I passed up the opportunity to shoot lots of decent fish as I didn't want to have an unloaded gun when "that fish" swims past. I saw three huge kings cruising around near the bottom of the school, I was so excited, I dived down but they fled before I could get a shot. 5mins later it happened, a lone king swam up from the bottom and started heading off, just when I thought it was all over it turned and gave me a good broadside shot. The pranger sunk in the upper half of its body, at first it looked like I'd stoned it but as I swam to grab it- it went berserk! The pranger was just about to fall out so I grabbed the shaft and pushed it out of the water, this fish was going nowhere. I was amazed how much stamina these fish have, I tried to dispatch it so many times but it just kept on going. It was by far the best fish I've ever caught, it weighed in at 5.6kgs.
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By Michael Takach
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