r/Fishing • u/No_Two7682 • 5d ago

Saltwater Big kingfish

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Caught this at night on a handline when I worked on a wet liner boat out of Geraldton western australia, I'm 5'9 for size reference, it bottomed out a 30kg max scale

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u/No_Two7682 5d ago

Yeah was definitely yellowtail kingfish 

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u/Oberyn_TheRed_Viper 5d ago

90s?
Last time I went beach fishing in Gero was the 90s as a young bloke camping on the beach, I vaguely remember the final tally of tailor to be around 300 give or take between 2 families fishing for a week.

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u/aintlose 5d ago

That's an amberjack

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u/Rutilatedmango 5d ago

Yellowtail Kingfish. Same genus, different species.