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mate i caught the bream at brooklyn, finally got a chace to upload the samon pics sorry but there the only ones i took a photo off

mate it was off a private warf not to far from brooklyn, ive caught hammerheads before there but not in so close it was literally a size 8 hook with a tiny peice of pilchard on it in water about a metre deep, it was very powerful it almost sliced my finger open when i tried to grab the line.

thanks mate but nah it was actually pretty dark in colour like a brown, it would of been some sort of eel just never seen one like it before it was really weird looking it was like something out of one of those deep sea scuba diving documentaries lol.

hey raiders ive hit the water approx 5 times in the last two weeks it has been really weird. first session was a plan to go off the rocks. i wanted to get some livies for the session so i went down to a warf i know to catch some yakka when i got there i saw two squid in the water so quickly threw on a jig and as soon as the jig hit the water out of no where more than 50 squid showed literally every cast the jig wouldnt even hit the water and straight on, no matter where i casted, i was in shock this lasted for about 5 mins and than all of a sudden there wasnt a single squid i managed 9 dropped 4 on the way up, mind you this is in broad day light so weird. funny thing was ive been back to the spot 3 times this week and not a single squid in sight, its like it was a dream. anyways back to rock fishing threw out a fresh squid and not a single touch all day in the mean time i caught 4 australian samon each around the 3 kilo mark on pilies gave me a great fight off the rocks, however as the low tide hit i began cleaning my catch still had the pillie in the water and all of a sudden zzzzzzzzz this thing was huge and fought nothing like a samon it fought very deep and hard, after a good 10 minutes it finally showed its face it was a huge mantra ray well over 10 kilo there was no way i was bringing him up had to snap my line very dissapointed it wasnt a fish oh well at least i didnt go home empty handed next session was at a beach of the national park however had the worst luck the water was infested with weed and i couldnt get the bait to sit longer than 5min before getting snagged. really annoying especially when u drove a long distance. next session was of narrabean beach again fresh squid all night and nothing except a large shovel nose shark and a ray, another night the jew doesnt show really frustrating me now. last two sessions have been of the hawkesbury weirdest thing happened on the first night, i was trying to catch a livie with a hand line right under the warf, water wouldnt of been more than a meter in depth when all of a sudden the line got ripped out of my hands this thing was huge, the warf had no light so i couldnt see a thing it literally splashed the water as it thrust done a full 360 and bit straight through the 20lb line(it was extra line left from the last time i filled the reel) felt alot like a shark, it suprising how close and shallow they would come, still dont know for sure though, other than that caught 3 bream all around 30cm and 50cm flatty no runs on the livie at all or the fresh strip squid other than the usual catfish or eel. the next session was even worse had big baits out all night during the tide not a touch, managed a few big bream, and a soapie was about 50cm i let him go with a message for his mum . anyways once the tide hit rock bottom my rod started screaming it was the whole squid picked up set the hook, and this thing was just running hard, it went for a good minute or so until i turned his head, fought it for a good 5 mins it was very big and had lots of power finally surfaced was over a meter and half long it looked like an eel but it wasnt it had like a snout, it wasnt a pike eel either or a hairtail, never seen anything like it, it was really fat weighed easily 10kg as i came to lift him he bit straight through the 60 pound line tried looking it up on the net still cant find him. all up its been fun but getting very frustraited with the big jew im after still a no show i think i need to find a new hobby one thats not as expensive and time consuming, its been really bad lately spending way too much time trying to get him with no luck its been a good few years and no 10kg jew under my belt. tight lines

actually most of my jews i caught were on the hawkesbury ive caught two off the beach one up terrigal way and one at the national park but i find that most fish are no bigger than 3kg in the hawkesbury, lol i have tried captain cook bridge as well didnt get much, but yea i have heard about the runway i might wana give it a go soon im still contemplating goin out tonight got some fresh squid so ill see how i go, dont think any of the boys will come out tonight though.

yea cheers mate went out on sunday for a few hours in the hawkesbury only had one decent run would of been a smaller fish though problem is just trying to get your bait to sit long enough in the water with out getting an eel or catfish its shocking cause most of the time they dont pull the drag or even move the rod when you got heavier gear on so your waiting for about 40 mins with a bait in the water only to pull it out and find a half dead catfish lol. but i might go tonight see how i go these days its just too hard getting the boys to come out for a whole night

yea ive caught heaps of soapies in the past largest ever was about 3kg, but ive been chasing that big one for about 2 years ive fished almost every spot in sydney i usually fish two hours before and after the tide. but i thought it was the same case with everyone until i went through the threads and realised everyone else is still gettin a fair few guess i just gotta try bit harder but it just gets frustrating the amount of money and endless hours put in just to get that monster but i guess everyone kinda puts up wif the same thing. but yea i might try that easy rig something abit different. i think i might need to get back on the livies as well ive been abit lazy so i might try that. cheers

hey raiders my first post kinda stupid but been ive been havin a few probs with my jewie rig it used to work really well but now it seems all ive been getting is eels, rays and sharks its been shocking. i mostly fish landbased alot of rivers and beaches. most common bait is fresh squid. now the rig goes like this: i use a three way swivel top oviously beeing my line and off the side i got about a metre and a half of 60 pound trace with 2 hooks both tied up approx 15-20cm apart depending on size of squid that way i got two hooks in the one strip one at the bottom and one at the top, the hooks are usually either 6/0 or 7/0, and off the bottom swivel i got about 30 cm of trace and the sinker on the bottom if im fishin off the beach i usually use the triangle big sinkers and smaller if im out on the rivers. does any one have any other suggestions cause lately its either the rig or just very bad luck.