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Shame it was belly up though; don't really want or need to keep anything that big.
 

Sunday morning incoming tide on the beach; castnet scored half a dozen big prawns and three legal whiting - all but one whiting were blacktip and hammerhead food in quick time.
Last whiting got snaffled and got a glimpse of what looked like a largish shovelnose; so was not being particularly conscientious fighting it. Finally got it close enough to see - turns out was an estimated 120-130 salmon (lost my tape measure so just a guess). 

Was lip hooked and I don't need something that big, but just stayed belly up trying to swim it - which we seem to get most of the time for the bigger kings on the beach, so home it came. I think they fight themselves to death because at the end of the fight they're basically dead when they hit the beach, whereas the smaller ones just swim off immediately. Big barra just swim off immediately too.

Two other guys fishing; both got a king salmon over a metre straight after so there must be a few around.

Sunday morning incoming tide on the beach; castnet scored half a dozen big prawns and three legal whiting - all but one whiting were blacktip and hammerhead food in quick time.
Last whiting got snaffled and got a glimpse of what looked like a largish shovelnose; so was not being particularly conscientious fighting it. Finally got it close enough to see - turns out was an estimated 120-130 salmon (lost my tape measure so just a guess). 

Was lip hooked and I don't need something that big, but just stayed belly up trying to swim it - which we seem to get most of the time for the bigger kings on the beach, so home it came. I think they fight themselves to death because at the end of the fight they're basically dead when they hit the beach, whereas the smaller ones just swim off immediately. Big barra just swim off immediately too.

Two other guys fishing; both got a king salmon over a metre straight after so there must be a few around.

Sunday morning incoming tide on the beach; castnet scored half a dozen big prawns and three legal whiting - all but one whiting were blacktip and hammerhead food in quick time.
Last whiting got snaffled and got a glimpse of what looked like a largish shovelnose; so was not being particularly conscientious fighting it. Finally got it close enough to see - turns out was an estimated 120-130 salmon (lost my tape measure so just a guess). 

Was lip hooked and I don't need something that big, but just stayed belly up trying to swim it - which we seem to get most of the time for the bigger kings on the beach, so home it came. I think they fight themselves to death because at the end of the fight they're basically dead when they hit the beach, whereas the smaller ones just swim off immediately. Big barra just swim off immediately too.

Two other guys fishing; both got a king salmon over a metre straight after so there must be a few around.

Sunday morning incoming tide on the beach; castnet scored half a dozen big prawns and three legal whiting - all but one whiting were blacktip and hammerhead food in quick time.
Last whiting got snaffled and got a glimpse of what looked like a largish shovelnose; so was not being particularly conscientious fighting it. Finally got it close enough to see - turns out was an estimated 120-130 salmon (lost my tape measure so just a guess). 

Was lip hooked and I don't need something that big, but just stayed belly up trying to swim it - which we seem to get most of the time for the bigger kings on the beach, so home it came. I think they fight themselves to death because at the end of the fight they're basically dead when they hit the beach, whereas the smaller ones just swim off immediately. Big barra just swim off immediately too.

Two other guys fishing; both got a king salmon over a metre straight after so there must be a few around.

Shame it was belly up though; don't really want or need to keep anything that big.
 

Sunday morning incoming tide on the beach; castnet scored half a dozen big prawns and three legal whiting - all but one whiting were blacktip and hammerhead food in quick time.
Last whiting got snaffled and got a glimpse of what looked like a largish shovelnose; so was not being particularly conscientious fighting it. Finally got it close enough to see - turns out was an estimated 120-130 salmon (lost my tape measure so just a guess). 

Was lip hooked and I don't need something that big, but just stayed belly up trying to swim it - which we seem to get most of the time for the bigger kings on the beach, so home it came. I think they fight themselves to death because at the end of the fight they're basically dead when they hit the beach, whereas the smaller ones just swim off immediately. Big barra just swim off immediately too.

Two other guys fishing; both got a king salmon over a metre straight after so there must be a few around.

Sunday morning incoming tide on the beach; castnet scored half a dozen big prawns and three legal whiting - all but one whiting were blacktip and hammerhead food in quick time.
Last whiting got snaffled and got a glimpse of what looked like a largish shovelnose; so was not being particularly conscientious fighting it. Finally got it close enough to see - turns out was an estimated 120-130 salmon (lost my tape measure so just a guess). 

Was lip hooked and I don't need something that big, but just stayed belly up trying to swim it - which we seem to get most of the time for the bigger kings on the beach, so home it came. I think they fight themselves to death because at the end of the fight they're basically dead when they hit the beach, whereas the smaller ones just swim off immediately. Big barra just swim off immediately too.

Two other guys fishing; both got a king salmon over a metre straight after so there must be a few around.

Shame it was belly up though; don't really want or need to keep anything that big.
 

Shame it was belly up though; don't really want or need to keep anything that big.
 

Sunday morning incoming tide on the beach; castnet scored half a dozen big prawns and three legal whiting - all but one whiting were blacktip and hammerhead food in quick time.
Last whiting got snaffled and got a glimpse of what looked like a largish shovelnose; so was not being particularly conscientious fighting it. Finally got it close enough to see - turns out was an estimated 120-130 salmon (lost my tape measure so just a guess). 

Was lip hooked and I don't need something that big, but just stayed belly up trying to swim it - which we seem to get most of the time for the bigger kings on the beach, so home it came. I think they fight themselves to death because at the end of the fight they're basically dead when they hit the beach, whereas the smaller ones just swim off immediately. Big barra just swim off immediately too.

Two other guys fishing; both got a king salmon over a metre straight after so there must be a few around.

Sunday morning incoming tide on the beach; castnet scored half a dozen big prawns and three legal whiting - all but one whiting were blacktip and hammerhead food in quick time.
Last whiting got snaffled and got a glimpse of what looked like a largish shovelnose; so was not being particularly conscientious fighting it. Finally got it close enough to see - turns out was an estimated 120-130 salmon (lost my tape measure so just a guess). 

Was lip hooked and I don't need something that big, but just stayed belly up trying to swim it - which we seem to get most of the time for the bigger kings on the beach, so home it came. I think they fight themselves to death because at the end of the fight they're basically dead when they hit the beach, whereas the smaller ones just swim off immediately. Big barra just swim off immediately too.

Two other guys fishing; both got a king salmon over a metre straight after so there must be a few around.

King salmon injury from this morning. Cast out 15-20cm anchovy thing on a 6/0 and leave 2m of slack with reel in gear and your finger on the line to feel the take. Nek minnit metre plus king salmon jumps in front of you and peels line off at 100mph.....across your finger.

I think its big GT's spooling me Hamish; saw one the size of a car door there the other day

Just 2 queenies this morning; there was big mackerel cruising the beach making blue salmon shower so nothing biting. Was literally seeing 20kg mackerel in 50cm of water 3m from the shore
 

Just 2 queenies this morning; there was big mackerel cruising the beach making blue salmon shower so nothing biting. Was literally seeing 20kg mackerel in 50cm of water 3m from the shore
 

Holloways. Mind you people catch mackerel landbased at Palm cove jetty every day - seeing them at Holloways is not common.   

Holloways. Mind you people catch mackerel landbased at Palm cove jetty every day - seeing them at Holloways is not common.   

I think its big GT's spooling me Hamish; saw one the size of a car door there the other day

Just 2 queenies this morning; there was big mackerel cruising the beach making blue salmon shower so nothing biting. Was literally seeing 20kg mackerel in 50cm of water 3m from the shore
 

Just 2 queenies this morning; there was big mackerel cruising the beach making blue salmon shower so nothing biting. Was literally seeing 20kg mackerel in 50cm of water 3m from the shore
 

Just 2 queenies this morning; there was big mackerel cruising the beach making blue salmon shower so nothing biting. Was literally seeing 20kg mackerel in 50cm of water 3m from the shore
 

Just 2 queenies this morning; there was big mackerel cruising the beach making blue salmon shower so nothing biting. Was literally seeing 20kg mackerel in 50cm of water 3m from the shore
 

Just 2 queenies this morning; there was big mackerel cruising the beach making blue salmon shower so nothing biting. Was literally seeing 20kg mackerel in 50cm of water 3m from the shore
 

Just 2 queenies this morning; there was big mackerel cruising the beach making blue salmon shower so nothing biting. Was literally seeing 20kg mackerel in 50cm of water 3m from the shore