A visitor to the Far South Coast has landed the fish of his life during his most recent visit.
A man by the name of Casey who travels to Tathra twice a year, dropped a fishing line in off the Tathra Wharf to land the catch of a lifetime.
Casey pulled in a Yellowtail Kingfish that was almost as big as him.
The ‘Kingy’ reportedly measuring a whopping 1.4 metres, with no reported weights, one local fisherman posted to Facebook, speculating “Gotta (sic) be around the 20-25kg mark.”
The largest Kingfish commonly caught are around 1 metre long, weighing 10-15kg but they can grow up to 2 metres in length with a maximum weight of around of 70kg.
Casey reportedly told locals he was thrilled with the catch and he would be returning to fish off the wharf again.
Kingfish occur in ocean waters from Queensland south to Western Australia, and inhabit temperate waters worldwide.
They’re often found associated with floating objects in the ocean and pylons and jetties within bays and are taken semi-regularly from wharfs in Tathra and Merimbula on the Far South Coast.
Juveniles are commonly found in school.
The minimum legal size of a Yellowtail Kingfish is 65cm with a bag and possession limit of five.
Images: Cordelia, Tathra Wharf Fishing
