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Coxs river major clearing of growth with the floods of recent. Little trout. Lake lyell fishing well for redfin. 2 seshs spinning n float baiting. feed the family for 2 nights. as good as whitting. Picked up the Bass, healthy fish whilst chasing the reddies.

Yep you have to be well happy with that catch!!! well done! maybe let a couple go for us hehe. your choice either way a fine fishing sesh!!!!! Well done!!!

Nice little fishing sesh mate. Bad luck on losing that last fish. I laughed and felt the pain. You C*** BEEEEEEEEEEEP! bad luck but that's just fishing isn't it.

Salmon is a under rated table fish. Cut out its blood line which runs along the lateral line. The fish doesn't taste bad. Make sure to bleed it straight away and into a ice slurry.

Carp on light gear is the good fun. My parents come from Czech republic and its a Christmas tradition to eat carp for a main meal. LOOK i did fillet the carp and skin it to have some really nice looking fillets for mum to cook up. I think skinning them gets rid of any dis-tasteful flavors. She cooked em and said they were delicious! i tried a bit and was well supersized. From all the hype in Aus about how bad they are to eat. Thick fillets, when cooked stayed very firm. Add garlic butter etc and true to be said a really underestimated fish. they fight well on light gear, is always the better op. Get the carp out of our OZ water ways, but eat them at the same time.specially in clearer water the fish will %100 taste good.

Beast snapper!!!

Always good to catch up with the Papa n go for a fish!!

Bad luck to not get him into the yak but still got to see the fish close and hear that reel sing! Nice!

Beaut fish mate! great read!! well done!

yeah lures are not cheep these days, that's for sure. bad luck mate.

Yeah unsure what there called, i've caught a few in middle harbor, but a more redder color. I'd say its a species of Griner fish.

what dicks. i'll keep a eye out. hope this never happens to me when im out on my kayak, i'd get smashed!

That would of been a stonker of a fish to smoke you on 50lb to 80LB leader. Possibly a shark?? bad luck on that one but at least you came good with a few others.

CRACKER JEWIES!!!!!!!!!!! nnniiiicccceeeeee!

cheers scratchie

lol just under 3kg line test.

This was my yak that i caught that beast on. Gem of a kayak. I would of easily been spooled with the light tackle... easily. Great to get the heat pumping!!!! chasing the fish,wearing it out, cause your have any skull drag it back to ya. Wishing to get fish of a month, cause that was a fish of my life time!

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John dory love that post!! so true, gonna make a necklace out of the Jewels i got and will have this fish with me for ever. Trying to keep the posts flowing, and the cam rolling next time im out. Same conditions with weather and tides tomorrow. im leaving work early.

jenno64 only saw color , i'd say the last 10 min (bracket) of the fight. was right near the end, only a few mins later the fish was exhausted and after such a long battle pretty much died from the fight .... RIP jewie But you know when you have a jew on tight lines. still grinning ear from ear. If any of you are keen kayak fisho, keen to meet up for a fish. ps kayak fishing. funny thing is that hour or so flew by, adrenaline very high.

awesome to see so many fishos appreciate this Jewie, God bless this big jew! Unfortunately was its last battle, as i have made some of the best beer lemon pepper batter, deep fried, chunks of sweet mouth watering love. RIP Mr Jew. Lest i wont forget.

yeah no joke 3kg line. seriously stoked. and will be for a long time. unsure how i will beat this one :-)

cheers fishraider people!!! thing that bugs me the most when catching a fish like this is, literally was just about to set up my camera, and i thought, i'll just throw a couple of cast with this soft plastic. Note to self always have the camera rolling!!! you never know when your gonna hook up to a fish you will never forget. that i won't but would love to hear that real sing again. :-)

that photo does not do that fish justice, will try upload a better.

well well well. IM STOKED!!!!!!!!!!!!! First Jewie of the kayak and its a 108cm!!!!!! And on a soft plastic!!! my new fav. Went down to a place on the beaches lol. Im pretty sure its obvious from the photo where im at. Got down there around 2 in the arvo, over cast, not much wind, my favorite conditions. I find fish seem to come on the chew a lot more when its over cast here, in the shallows. I dunno that's just my experience. Was funnily enough just gonna chase flatties bream and set up a bread burly and get some mullet. Man was i for a surprise... 3rd cast with with this berkly 3in- 8cm minnow, cas clear. I'd say at most 2.5 meters deep. Let it hit the bottom, double twitch up, let it sink again, another double twitch up.... and then a very distinctive thud. thinking its a flatty, raise rod to set hook. and BOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!! fish runs a good god knows how long. i dunno estimate 50 meters. (reminding you that im using 3 kilo platypus mono on a little 2500 Sienna on a Silstar Rod which i have trouble stopping big bream and flatties at times.) Losing line, fast, have to chase the fish. serious epic head shakes and long runs. Im thinking this cant possibly be a flattie with the fight so far. This is why i have loved my hobie kayak for so many years. Just use your feet to peddle and chase the fish!! 20 min into battle with the beast, 3 little fishos on a tinney come to investigate my swearing and yelling. Sorry little guys but yeah couldn't help my self. along side the bunch of people kayaks which have paused to watch the show haha. 40 min into battle Jewie decided to head into the shallow weed beds, kinda shocked in to why this fish would go into shallow weed beds. Then i started thinking must be a flattie. followed the fish for a good while through the weed beds when all of a sudden the fish made a choice to dart straight under the back of my kayak, still not seeing the fish, sooo luckily managed to pull the rod under the kayak around the back and more runs.... heart in jumping out chest. Cheers for the little fellas on the boat for lending me there net, bigger net. still have never had to net such a big fish of a kayak. nearly tipped me over!!!! Because of all rain we have been getting, water was a bit discolored... but once i saw this fish was amazed. Theres something magical about seeing that silver sheen with those big arse silver spots along its lateral line. will never forget this one. Finally after a good hour fish is in the net and the little fellas were gorging on as many photos they could take. Was pretty kool seeing the younger blokes being so stoked to holding up a fish nearly as long as them. Wish i was that young and saw a fish that big. Now they got bragging rights at school. ;-) really unexpected catch but i'm not complaining. sorry about the quality of fish but when photo was taken was using high deff etc needed to take photo of comp screen. all in all WOOOOOOP WOOOOOPP!!!!!!!