King George Whiting

King George Whiting

 check out this 63cm king George whiting. It was caught off Garden Island


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OH! Bang on the FW record

Mon, 2014-03-17 22:23

OH! Bang on the FW record holders size. Nice KG, pic doesnt do it justice, my biggest is 50 odd and man they look big for a whiting when they surface, go mint on light gear too, ripper

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 Thanks gave up a good

Mon, 2014-03-17 22:29

 Thanks gave up a good fight. 

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That is a shtonker! I mightve

Mon, 2014-03-17 22:49

That is a shtonker! I mightve just seen this at the ramp yesterday, ive been telling everyone about it haha. What depth you get him in and did you get any others? Some nice fish on the table aswell by the looks

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Biggest KG

Tue, 2014-03-18 05:54

i've ever seen, amazing.  cheers Pete.

weight ??

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Serious KG

Tue, 2014-03-18 07:57

 Nice fishing. Come on, you can't post a 63cm KG and not cover the rig, bait drift, ground and how many people it feed. Did you happen to weigh it? Smashing fish, thx for sharing.

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what a beast!

Tue, 2014-03-18 09:31

 cheers for the pic. 

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Damn

Tue, 2014-03-18 09:44

Beat my record of 58cm. Well done mate some lovely eating coming up.

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Not bad at all

Tue, 2014-03-18 09:54

one of the fish I miss from my days growing up in Mandurah.

Wish I could find them in those sizes down here

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You still got the co-ords?

Tue, 2014-03-18 13:50

You still got the co-ords?
Kgw are the next species on my target list

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Nah mate

Thu, 2014-03-20 10:33

wish I still did, some how got lost with my old man.

Had one particular area where KG's over 75cm were possible

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thats a beauty. there is some

Tue, 2014-03-18 12:10

thats a beauty. there is some big ones out from there. we got a spot that produced 1kg size ones on a regular basis.

great feed on its way if not downed already

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thumper!!! don't get a hell

Thu, 2014-03-20 09:57

thumper!!! don't get a hell of a lot bigger!

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yup

Thu, 2014-03-20 16:31

 thats one of the biggest ive seen, well done.

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I caught the monster King

Fri, 2014-03-28 14:34

I caught the monster King George jus off 5 fathoms near Garden Island. Bait used was squid with 5o hooks

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 Massive king george m8, wife

Fri, 2014-03-28 16:45

 Massive king george m8, wife said that was the one she lost at the boat 2ks behind bird island a month ago, then we bought little hand landing nets which are useless.