Busted out the GT for a last minute trip this morning on the Fitzroy in Rockhampton. My wife was in need of a rest, so I ran the kids to school and decided to let her sleep while I fished for a couple of hours. After dropping the kids to school, I raced home, loaded the yak on the roof and was off. For the first time, I realised I had forgotten my paddle when I was half way there. Thankfully, it was all of 5 blocks or so to get home to get it!
Onto the river quickly, I worked through a handful of lures for an hour or so, working soft plastics and soft vibes. Finally I came to a 1/4oz TT Lures Switchblade in Orange Nightmare colour. Changing to a rest and small hop or small double hop movement, I finally hooked onto my first Thready. A good tussle ensued with the Pflueger Salt Finesse 30x handling it well on the Pflueger Trion 3-6kg rod.
After working hard to keep patient, a solid thready came to the surface. There were a few tense moments trying to land the fish, but finally I landed my first King Threadfin in the yak. Happy days!
I realised then that I had no knife on me, but luckily my iki spike was in the hatch. I wasn't sure of the right spot, but an educated guess saw the fish subdued quickly. The fish went 84.5cm and came home for dinner. I hung around for another 1.5 hours but only had one further hit that didn't hook up.
I was home by 1pm after chatting to some guys at the ramp.
A last minute decision led to my first yak Thready. Stoked!
Cheers and Happy Fishing!
Adam
Oh man, this is an awesome eating fish. I know people rave about it, but it really was awesome. I didn't stop for a photo as it smelled and tasted so good. 
Any good tackle shops over there that you can recommend?