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    Sydney Harbour/Middle Harbour Got to love Autumn...

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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

    Would you eat it?

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    RichieR, I use a soft plastic bucket from Howard storage, they bend enough that you can grab both handles with one hand when walking. Drain all but 10cm of water and put a towel on top before loading in the car.

    Also sorry I did mean Roseville not Rozelle.

    Now some areas are just dodgy: Neutral Bay wharf (50 years of lead paint from the naval base in the silt), bottom of Lane Cove (industrial park), and the worst: Silverwater (ex-Agent Orange production facility!).

    But has there ever been any industrial activity in Middle Harbour? If not, I think it might be okay to eat fish from there once in a while (a quarter?) if it's at least 2 weeks after the last rain. Let me know if you think I'm just crazy!

    As for the fish, just ate it. And I'm going to make another thread on keeping fish with short shelf life, because it was bloody fantastic!

    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

    jewfish hot spot

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    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

    Don't waste your money on lures..they don't work!

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    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

    First Jewfish!

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    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 :icon_peace:

    Cheers, Tom

    soft plastics rod for jews

    in Tackle Talk

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    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

    Best Time Of The Year For Jewfish

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    Can I take it by this that Jewies would be in Middle Harbour all year round? Unlike Kings , which only appear when the water temp increases. I am only a new and part time jew fisherman but I had great success in October / November. Quite a few fish around the 85/ 90cm mark. Usually at night too.

    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

    Longtails at Port Stephens

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    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... :1onono:

    Always some nice ones around the port if you can find them..

    Great work!

    Cheers, Tom

    Octopus for jewfish?

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    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

    1st Ever Jewfish

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    From my experience they release fine, Especially if hooked in the mouth. I have released a fair few smaller Jews and they have kicked off with plenty of go.

    As long as you only have them out for 10-20 seconds and they have not been deep hooked then the survival rate goes up to around 80%.

    Have been out with a very accomplished Jew fisherman a while back and we got 4 soapies in 10 mins and released one after the other and kept catching without any spooking of the school.

    The only way they should go belly up is from depth. Anything over about 60 feet and their swim bladder will be gone.

    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

    Last few yak sessions - Perch, Bream and Flatties

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    Nice job mulloway man. It's always a dilemma with the bream for me, go heavier to land them or lighter to hook them haha still haven't found that perfect balance.

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    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

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