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Top stuff mate! Looks like they might hopefully hang around a bit later seeing as they were very late to arrive this year. Sugarloaf's always a good area to look for them... Had some awesome topwater sessions with bonnies on light gear until mr king comes along and makes the 1-2 gear smoke... How big did you get them too? Was 76 the biggest? Cheers, Tom

Good stuff! Fly always makes things interesting. Whiting on fly over the flats is something I plan to do a fair bit of next summer. Focused on top water this season which was great fun! Cheers, Tom

Great work Carl, Another great schoolie. How heavy you fishing jighead wise on the keitech? Well done. Cheers, Tom

Roseville is generally OK. Just avoid it after heavy rains. The water is clean at the moment considering there were bonito and frigate mackerel at the bridge the other day chasing bait. Kings were upstream of the bridge a week ago as well but they're very hard to get up there. Especially on lures. Cheers, Tom

Well done on your first. It's the worst when you see the fish lose. Having said that it's not much fun getting spooled either. Happened a couple times to me. The big ones are what keep us coming back! Cheers, Tom

IMO, it doesn't matter what you use. It's how you use it. Example number 1: Finding a big school of bream under an urban wharf. One fisherman is fishing a small grub style plastic on a 1/20 jIghead, while another is casting a 4" paddle tail 1/2 head. I bet you know which pulled the 42cm bream from this school. Example number 2: Both fisherman are targeting big bream on bait. One assumes the fish are "way out there" and casts a good 60m+ out into open water using a heavy sinker to increase distance. The other is fishing ultra light gear (4lb leader) and NO WEIGHT (unweighted) well rigged prawns or small strips of mullet IN CLOSE to the rockwall. I bet you know which pulled a 4kg bag in this situation. The debate will forever continue as lure technology advances. I myself am a pretty dedicated lure fisho. Particularly when it comes to plastics, although nothing beats the summer topwater bite! I still use bait from time to time (often when chasing jewfish) but when i do i focus on the small things and they make a BIG difference. When i "occasionally" chase bream on bait, i fish almost exclusively unweighted. It makes a hell of a difference, especially in my local system. Bait isn't always suited to some situations. Same goes for lures. What would you cast into a bust up? A prawn? Or perhaps a metal or stickbait. When the kings are shut down, what would you throw at them? A live squid or a plastic? Each to their own but it's the small things in our techniques that make the difference. Back on topic, terrific fish Trung! How are you liking the new certate? It looks the goods thats for sure. Definitely looking at getting one. Cheers, Tom

Congrats mate, What a lovely fish for your 1st! 89 is a very respectable fish. They take a while to figure out but once you get one they seem to become a more frequent catch Cheers, Tom

Nice work mate. Lovely little Jew. Cheers, Tom

You won't regret it mate. I've got 2 and about to get a third. Great range of rods! Cheers, Tom

Depends if landbased or boat/yak. The ULTIMATE boat/yak jew rod in my opinion is the Daiwa Black Label Technical 2-5kg. It's 6'4" and punches well above its weight yet still and extremely light rod in hand. I use the slightly heavier model (6-14lb) landbased which is 6'8". It's an absolute beast. As we speak its being used on jacks up here on the gold coast. I also use it on kings which it has no problems with and im sure when a bigger king over 80 comes along it will be up to the task. Every bit worth the price tag! Cheers, Tom

Good stuff Ben! Cracker of a BB for sydney! Cheers, Tom

I was able to get a private demo of the PA 12 before I bought it. Will PM you. Cheers, Tom

Jews are in Middle Harbour year round. Generally the time for big fish is july - november from what i've been told. Schoolies are prolific over summer but tend to stick around most of the year up in MH Cheers, Tom

Summer is quantity, Winter is quality.... Get out there now its a good time Cheers, Tom

That's crazy stuff! Jews on surface metals?!?!?! Occasionally you get jew busting up schools of mullet and the likes but mainly in estuaries... Would have been a great sight! Cheers, Tom

There have been a few big tailor and bonnies around the heads lately so i'd put my money on that. If you hadn't said bitten off my money would be on a king... Cheers, Tom

Well done mate! Longtails would have to be one of my favourite fish.... Awesome sport! You just can't go too light on them as they never give up.. Made the mistake of fishing for them on bream gear which resulted in 1 hour+ fight for just a 80cm fish... Always some nice ones around the port if you can find them.. Great work! Cheers, Tom

Hey Raiders, Managed a few occy's today while squidding. Would like to use them as jewie bait over the next few days.... Any tips on this? Are the tentacles decent? How should i go about using it for bait? Cheers, Tom

Small GT for me

Well done mate! 80 is a solid jew Now that your addicted get out there and catch another! Cheers, Tom

The ol' pillie continues to pull the odd jew... Nice soapie mate! Cheers, Tom

Plenty of nice flatties over the drop off... Cheers, Tom

Agree with this... Never had problems releasing soapies. Even had a 8-10kg model out of the water for a few mins (first good jew had to get pics) and released her. She kicked off well Cheers, Tom

Well done Ian! Good to see the Z-mans are getting you a few fish! That's the best part! You won't have any tailor demolishing your plastics.... I caught 30 tailor on the one plastic (most of which were legal size) and was still going strong by the end. Cheers, Tom

I've settled on 6 generally but In some area's it's too heavy.. 3 and 4lb are the only options sometimes if you want to get the fish.. Perch on the other hand couldn't care less about leader. 8lb does the job usually. Cheers, Tom