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Rockett1985

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  1. Sorry but I have to brag about this one.

    Wednesday night I had a quick throw with the lure for the fish pictured.

    For my first lure Jew this one is not bad!

    Location, Brunswick Heads.

    17.5kgs.

    A big thanks to the gaff man, sorry for the late call on the wave also.

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    awesome catch!!!!!! My brother lives up that way 15min west of bruns and he said the jewy fishing has been hot lately!!!!! I am making the move up there myself in 2 weeks can't wait to get amongst the amazing fisheries the north coast has to offer!!!
  2. Hi raiders a mate and I are heading up to Nelson bay in mid march and we have never fished the area. My mate has a 4.2 quintex wide hull and we are after some good kingies any help would be greatly appreciated. Obviously not expecting exact spots but if you could point us in the right direction that would be great.

    Regards

    Rockett1985

    cheers mate had a good look. Comes up with plenty of spots, just hard to know what grounds hold what. Will give you a pm if I get stuck! Cheers scratchie!

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  3. Hi raiders a mate and I are heading up to Nelson bay in mid march and we have never fished the area. My mate has a 4.2 quintex wide hull and we are after some good kingies any help would be greatly appreciated. Obviously not expecting exact spots but if you could point us in the right direction that would be great.

    Regards

    Rockett1985

  4. Hey mate been having some luck on the Williamson 5.5" skirts any colour really and small shallow diving X-RAPS to about 6" in size. Like the Williamson skirts makes a nice bubble trail to get them excited been getting rat kings on them too!

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  5. Hi guys just a quick report. Headed out the heads of pittwater and threw out the lures for a troll ( carps and skirted lures) trolled from palmy to Avalon with not a hit. Pulled the lures in and shot out to Newport reef and back out the lures went once we arrived, was not long and we had a nice bonito in the boat. Caught plenty of bonito and had kings chasing them all the way to the boat. I decided to put on a popper and see how I would go, never caught a king on a popper so was keen to see how it would go.

    First cast with the popper had kings coming from everywhere smashing the surface to hit the lure, it was quiete a sight. We landed heaps of rat kings in the 60-64cm range on both poppers and trolled lures and 7 Bonnie's. Also got reefed by a solid king that took a liking to my 10inch pink and blue Williamson skirt.

    Awesome afternoon out there with a mate who loves fishing as much as I do! Can't wait for our next trip! Sorry no photos my battery died.

  6. Thanks everyone it was pretty much the best feeling ever. I have spent a lot of time on the sand learning from every failed attempt! Fingers crossed this bloody wind dies down and I can get some fresh and live bait for tomorrow nights session off the beach

  7. I've said for a while now that the best thing to happen to fish and fishing was the digital camera. It mean never having to apologies for killing the fish to prove your story. Having said that, many anglers pre digi camera also kept their catch to be eaten. It used to bug me though, when I'd read about fish being caught in such numbers that they would be left to rot. (The tailor runs of old at Terrigal was a case in point.)

    But I have to congratulate you on that Jew. A marvelous effort, as Ritchie would say. And what a size for your first! Bet that one has you coming back for more. It would me.

    I wish the fish could have been set free to fight another day. But this fish fed many people at the camp ground and people back home.

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  8. awesome jew mate,i would never have let it back in the drink as they are awesome eating. will be in coffs next week so might have to go one myself if time permits.congrats again,but what a way to lose your jew virginity.

    cheers mate, I am one of those strange fisherman that releases 95% of what I catch. Sorta wish I started off with a smaller Jew because it's going to be hard to top it.

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  9. Not long ago I went on a camping trip with the boys up to forster. My main goal for this trip was to catch my first ever Jew fish and boy did I achieve my goal. I woke up early on our first day and hit the beach with a bag of pillies with the hope of getting a nice tailor for some fresh slab baits but I did not get any tailor after 2 hrs just as I was about to pack it in my rod buckles over and I got a solid salmon. Not a tailor but decided to give fresh salmon slabs a go for later that night!

    That night I hit the beach around 7pm, carried my gear down and noticed 2 gooses set up right where I wanted to be in the deepest part of the gutter with a ultra bright spotlight shining right into the water! I moved 30m or so up from them and set up first half an hour nothing but luckily they decided to up and leave and pack up their bloody spot light thank god. I went straight to their spot and set up with a fresh slab of salmon. Only 20min had passed and my rod absolutely buckled over and was ripped out of the rod holder, I was charging down the beach before rod disappeared into the ocean. Soon as I had picked up the rod I knew what I had on, the big charging runs with the big head shakes in between ( thanks to all the mags I have read helped me distinguish what it was). After a 15min fight I finally saw they big slab of silver washed up on the beach with his glowing eyes staring at me. He went 1.19m but did not have scales so unsure of weight estimated between 17-20kg. Unfortunately I kept him as I was fishing by my self and no one would believe my catch.

    This was my most satisfying catch ever as I have been trying for a Jew fish for close to 2yrs and

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  10. Ahh awesome thought it might have been one of them. Was so close to getting one but wanted to see how stable they are. Im 6foot2 and 115kg...reckon they would handle?

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    should be fine mate

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  11. Nice work mate what's your poor mans downright setup? :)

    I'm keen to get the boat back out on pittwater

    Tight lines

    Reubs

    hey reubs,

    I use a about 6ft of leader with a 2 hook sliding rig tied off to a swivel! I then attach a rubber band to my swivel through one of the eyelets and then around a snapper lead to get it to the desired depth! Works a treat use it on my boat as well even though I do have a down rigger on it!

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