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    Port Hacking - where are the fish?

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    I went out on Monday morning just before first light bottom bashed just outside the Port Hacking heads lander 1 just under sized pinkie, 1 large flatty about 75cm and a nice rock cod then trawled the south side on hard bodies and lander 2 good sized bonito's not a bad mornings fishing.

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    Jew on Lures

    in Saltwater Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Don't know why I PMd this, I'll put it in here as well:

    "I haven't caught one myself, but I've done plenty of research and fished with people who consistently get 10kg + fish on plastics.

    People use a pretty broad tackle range to target these fish on plastics; I reckon the ideal is a 2-5 or 3-6kg 6'6"-7'6" graphite rod matched to a 2500-3000 sized spin reel spooled with 10lb braid, and 12-20lb leader. This is best for plastics under 5 inch with ~1/4 ounce and under jigheads, although some people prefer to use 1/2 ounce and heavier jigheads with larger 7 inch plastics, with heavier outfits like 6-10kg rods, 4000 size reels with 20lb braid.

    I think basically the lighter outfit for most stuff, but if you're often fishing deeper holes with decent current it may be better to upsize the gear.

    Plastics that I've heard and seen good things about-

    5inch + 7inch Gulp Jerkshads

    100mm Squidgy fish silver fox and gary glitter colours

    3 and 4 inch gulp pogys

    100mm Squidgy shad white lightning

    100mm and 120mm Squidgy wrigglers, bloodworm and silver fox

    Jigheads:

    9 gram squidgy fish shaped heads (my usual with shads and fish)

    1/4oz Nitros with a 2/0 hook for the 5inch jerkshads

    3/8th TT heads for the Pogys

    1/2oz-1oz with 4/0-5/0 hook for the 7inch jerkshads

    Recommended outfits- light- Shimano Stradic FJ 2500, Daiwa Freams 2500, 10lb Power Pro, 10lb Daiwa Shinobi, 12lb Nanofil, Pflueger Trion 3-6, Shimano Raider Soft Plastics 3-6.

    Heavier Outfits- 10-20lb Shimano Terez, Basically any lightish snapper rod, with 4000 Stradic FJ, Freams, Stradic Ci4, whatever, 20lb Power Pro etc.

    If I was going jewie fishing on the Hawkesbury right now I would take- Trion 3-6. Stradic 2500. 10lb braid. 9Gram fish shaped jigheads. 100mm silver fox fish. 12lb fluro leader. I would fish them with a pretty solid rip rip then sink to the bottom.

    Hope some of that made sense.

    Good luck!"

    The reel/rod recommendations were really just to provide an idea of the sort of thing, there's obviously plenty of cheaper/more expensive equivalents.

    That's so true I caught my first Jewfish about a week ago now with this set up..

    2-4kg 6'4" Pflueger trion.

    200 E7 Curado baitcaster 8lb line and 8lb leader.

    100mm and 120mm Squidgy

    Now I know why anglers target this species I'm still buzzing a week later.

    The inspiration is greatly appreciated Thx to threads like this one keep up the good work. :D

    Cheers Daniel

    I love WD40

    in The Bar

    Posted

    Rusted bolts or screws = WD40

    Bit of lube for my trailer jack wheel for easy turning = WD40

    Door hinge squeals and squeaks = WD40 

    Keeping all types electrical connections clean = WD40

     

    And tonight, I was trying to remove one of my reels from a rod, to put the reel on another rod.

    I had so much difficulty removing it, in the process my veins almost popped out. Long story short, 2 small squirts of WD40 and waa laa!

     

    Love the stuff and it lasts forever. Wonderful product. 

    On that note have u tried Inox now that's a good product and fish don't mind it on the lure or line..

    Cheers Daniel

    Finally popped my cherry & scored a cracker of a jew

    in Saltwater Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Early this morning, went to my local, Chipping Norton lake to test out my new setup;

    - 200 E7 Curado Bait Caster,

    - 2 to 4 kg rod,

    - 8lb fire line and 8lb leader

    - with a 5 gram jig head and

    - 100mm squidgy.

    Arriving at 6am, i started flicking for a possible bass on light gear, or even the common fleathead.

    20 minutes later a small nibble took the plastic and after its first run, it was definitely NOT a flathead.

    A total of x3 runs later got me thinking, this is definitely a big fish.

    Not allowing me to pull him from the bottom, both the fish and i managed to get out breath back.

    After a short while, again he started peeling line of my reel, BUT this time he was heading towards the pylons (my heart stopped). Somehow i managed to put a bit more strain and got him to turn his head around.

    Not knowing what the beast was, he tried going down again.

    I once again retaliated, this time i saw the silver colour, BIG eyes, and spotted back.

    Immediately my heart started thumping faster & harder, thinking to myself, i must land this fish.

    OH YEAH, i had no net, by myself, equipped with tinny lip grips.

    After a good 15 minutes fight, which seemed a lifetime, he started floating on the surface, he beached himself on a bed of rocks.

    Walking on the slippery rocks, worrying i will slip, fall, break my back (AGAIN), along with the HIGH chance of my leader snapping by a slight rub against the rock, i somehow managed to put my hand in its gills, and raise him out of the water.

    Finally after 3 years of searching for my first jewfish, not only was i pleased with the gear, BUT it was a cracker of a fish to get the monkey off my back.

    Measured 92cm, 6 kg flat.

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