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to a fantastic fishing site! I am sure you will all have a ball reading the reports and hopefully get behind the wonderful social!

Not wrong - a shit day on the water sure beats listening to 38 x 4year old going on....hehe Nice flattie!

Good work - It was only once I heard the zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz sound that I really knew why Jim got so pumped about fishing. The adrenalin hits me know too when I hear the sound!!!!

Good one - Go the KINGS!!!

Happy Birthday - Hope you had a wonderful day!

I don't but the photo is still up at Beverly Hills Bait and Tackle. I wont say who caught it but the story is indeed fantastic. From memory it was caught on 20 pound line and was caught with a 9 inch bomber lure. It was caught in Hawkesbury area and in amonst mourings. It was truly a legendary capture from a great guy. I had the pleasure of seeing the tail. I sat looking at it for about half an hour amazed by the size. PS. It was also land based and I am sure he did not have a landing gaff. I have never caught a jew on a lure .. have tried now heaps of times for 3 years. I get heaps on bait but I don't think I have the finnesse to catch one on a lure. A friend of mine caught one with me but now me. I am dying to get 1 on a lure considering I get heaps on bait.

Top effort mate - Good looking fish ! Your bigger one does seem very thin and long - The one I got was only 120cm long - but its head was huge - very thick fish. He was definately 20kg as I weighed him on the home scales. I have found that males are short and stumpy - females are long and skinny. I agree with you about him weighing in the teens. Please guys correct me if im wrong as it has been a few years since I got one this big. There was 1 thing I found with these fish - the males grunt for a while after you bring them up. Usually fight a lot harder as they are thick and fat with a huge tail. I have caught jew over the 110 cm and have found that they are just on 10 kg. I do not belive that formula is a true indication of weight. You have to consider the thickness, length and height of the fish. The 20kg I caught was 45 cm high and the tail was VERY wide. I have found that you can tell a jewies weight by the thickness of the tail. I have seen a 43 kg jew and the tail was like a straw broom and thick.

Hi Nathan - sometimes I do but I usually drive up the beach and look at formations - It has taken me a good 3 years to understand jew on beaches. I look for currents on the beach indicated by the swell direction and holes.

I try most beaches. I will look for a decent hole first - I then look at the way the current is moving - or the waves move, and I cast to the side of the hole from where the waves are coming. The waves will wash the sand flats and dump stuf in the hole. This is where larger fish usually cruise around waiting for an easy feed. I was at Narrabean and Entrance beach. As for Botany Bay spot. All I can say is get close to rockwalls. I have caught all my good jew about 10 meters away from rock walls in shallow water. I know you get them in channels but this has been very hit and miss for me. Major tip is - find the bait fish, get the burley working and cast your baits there. Oh yeh also look for points where there is an eddy created. Anchoring is also very important - do not be afraid to put your anchor rope at the back of the boat - you must face the rock walls. There is also a number of reef structures in the Bay - there is a U shaped one of the new runway that produces BIG jew- very hard to find though.

Thanks guys, I did one thing different to what I usually have done for 4 years at the same spot. And that is to keep a bait in the water after what I considered was jew time. I only got fish up to 8 kg at this spot and would get up to 5 fish. I have however fallen asleep before with a bait in the water and it would get smashed but I would be half asleep only to find that my line was broken. What I figured is that BIG jew will bite after the small ones. It pays to fish live baits after any conventional tide at this spot. I am sure now I will get more this big. Come to think of it I used to have big pike, and calmari out all night of the rocks and get fish this big consistently in my hey days. I dont know if this is the same for other spots. I find in Botany Bay it is. My mate and I would get jew up to 35kg and loose bigger ones. My PB was 21kg - I would loose bigger ones. Gladesville Bridge - yes I know the hole - plenty of snags there - I think I have a lot of learning to do there. I get them landbased in the Parra river ( about 200 fish a year) but struggle on the boat. I think I got 1 once at 1 kg - out of about 20 trips.

What we found with the kings - was if we had caught them say an hour before hitting the spot and you know how the change colour slightly ( go a bit darker) then they would not get hit. But when I was getting yakkas and giving them straight to Jim ( at mol) they would hit the water and get nailed straight away. Never caught a king on squid. So maybe if you can burley them up dependinmg on where u are fishing the fresh ones might do better. Penguin - we had a bream take a live yakka in the bay one night!!!! so you never know!

Hi all, I have been very quiet on the forums - seems I have been spending more time out on the water chasing jew - I think I have caught about 30 jew in the past 2 1/2 weeks that I have had of. Lost maybe about 10 so I am doing well. I have fished of the beaches, landbased and with the boat. The fish ranged from 2kg through to 8kg. Oh yeh also caught about 5 throwbacks which were around 1/2 kg - interesting how they can scoff down a 7/0 hook. This week I have had both a frustrting time and one to remember. On Tuesday night I fished the Northern beaches. I fished the run up and zilch apart from shovel nose sharks. I decided to pack up at about 10.30 pm. I had 2 rods out of the water with 1 to go. And guess what - bang the rods goes of and I caught an 8kg specimen ( see photo ). On Wednesday night I hit the same hole on the beach - This time at about 11.30 pm I got a hit. I was down on the water line burleying up when my line wrapped around my head. I tussled to get it of as I thought it was seeweed (even though there wasnone) I then looked at my rod and it was screaming. Ran up to the rod but it dropped the hooks - seemed like a biggy. Another big one dropped to my collection ^&*^&%. Thursday night took the boat out to GLADESVILLE bridge. One spot where I have never caught anything. Yet again zilch. If someone can help me I would be very greatful. Last night decided to take my boat out to Botany Bay to my ever reliable spot. Alwyas get at least 3 solid fish there oh yeh and a lobster one noght about 1 meter long. Anyway got there at sunset. Found the bait school and sat on top of them. Before the sun went down I dropped 2 and landed a 3 kg specimen. The Nor Easterly made conditions very hard. The sun went down and I got my next victim, about 4kg. Very small fish but hey still a jew. At about 10.30 pm one of my live mullet got nailed. The reel screamed and I failed to hook up. I was to busy eating my cheese and bacon balls in the cabin. At about 11.30pm I decided to pack it in. I cleaned the boat and brought 2 rods in that had squid on them. I left the livies out there. 15 minutes later I get the same type of hit. Of she goes. I grabbed the rod and I was on. The fished peeled 150 meters of 50 pound braidand headed for the rocks and headland. I pumped a few times and turned him. Ahh what a relief. It then took me 3 minutes to get the fish to the boat with a few small runs on the way in. About 5 meters away from the boat I heard a croaking. I then began to tremble as I remembered this sound when I used to catch big jew frequently. Brouth the fish to the water and all I saw was chrome. I grabbed the gaf and hooked it. Then I struggled to bring it in the boat. What a GEM - I was giving my self high fives. I quickly called Alison and could not belive my eyes. Took the fish home - jumped on the scales and it went 20kg. Not my best but it has been at least 6 years since I have nailed one this big. I have lost about 50 in those 6 years. Anyway enough excitement - signing off.

Hi to all, I have fished that spot a lot of times - the largest fish I have heard of is 12 kg - caught by a Sth african guy who fly fishes for them in a canoe. In saying that - I have never pulled up a fish there under the legal size. I have also hooked up on a fish that dragged a tiny about 20 meters before ending up on the stones. And it was not my boat - it grabbed another boats anchor roaps - I was fishing 50 pund braid and 100 pound leader. I have also heard of large fish being caught around bare island frequently.

Good one! Jim and I love to have a spin along there at silverwater. Often take the bikes and just go up and down. That is where I got my first bream on SP. Even the little fella has nailed one there. Good stuff.

For yellow tail - we burley lots with bread, swishing the burley bucket every couple of minutes, use little hooks and stick a bit of bread or pilchard on the end (depends what they are biting on, on the day) For mullet - Jim learnt off a chinese man how to nail them - long rod with no bait, just a duck feather near the hook and when they are on they nail them.

WOW sounds like a FANTASTIC DAY! We are so dissapointed we missed it Congratulations to all the winners and hope everyone had a great time! Ross your a champion!

Aaaahhh I wish I was not making this post but Ross unfortunatelty Jim and the little fella and myself cant make it. Jims uncle has been visiting from Greece for the past 5 weeks and he leaves this Monday therefore Jims parents are having a farewell BBQ and if we missed it we would be in the dog house! Good luck to everyone attending - Will be a ripper!

Welcome to Fishraider! Happy

Great Stuff - Congratulations Donna!!!

Sorry a bit off track but.... Anyone heard of the carp catching day in Parramatta - its either coming up or been?????

Hope you both have a great day and wonderful weekend!!!

Yes Goodluck All and try not to stress!!!

Near Mol point. Over near the little sandy beach - if their on their on if not forget it.

We have found the more expensive $10 - $18 ones better. The prongs are much sharper. In the bay have had luck with a smallish brown one. But this week land based the pinkish ones have been working. And I always put them to the light first so their eyes or other parts on the body glow. When in the boat Jim and I always throw out different colours, and whoever gets one first, the other then changes to the same as I have found it has always changed from time to time depending on when fishing for them and the type of day.

everybody. Any females in there?????