Had a great day today fishing with ET and famous Japanese chef Tetsuya.
His restaurant in Sydney is very popular and recognised world wide as one of the best.

I have fished with Tetsuya a few times before and he has caught some pretty nice yellowfin to 50 kg with us. I have also fished with ET several times with Troy Casser Daley and a recent segment at Pt Stephens when we caught a paraplegic guy in a wheel chair his first marlin. That was a great personal thrill for us all that day We ended up with three marlin overall and a great segment was run on ET’s Escape program last year.

 The plan was to go tuna fishing but with 16 degree water it was agreed that kingfish would be a safer bet. We wanted a good quality sashimi fish and kings are in that category. We have been very successful on the kings for the past fortnight and although smallish would get the yarn done... So off to the peak we ventured in the 20 knot Sou Wester.

At first the kings were tough and had not schooled, however we persevered and caught several unders and then a few keepers. (The average fish at the moment is 4 to 5 kg, they are small, but they will also find their way to Tetsuya’s restaurant where he will prepare them on camera as sashimi for the show.

It was hard to stay over the fish in the wind but by lunch time had caught enough on film to try something else.

 We had caught a nice pinkie and a few jackets as a bit of variety. So we then head to the ever reliable flathead grounds and finished off the yarn with a reasonable catch of blue spot flathead.

Weather is major factor when it comes to a successful day and the early winds did make it tougher on the kingfish, but we ended up with a little tenacity having a great day.

Both ET (who is a great natural fisherman) and Tetsuya are beaut blokes to fish with and I will look forward to the segment on Escape in summer sometime.