JewCraze

Hello again Connico Reading back your comment I have another question. In saying "It takes ages after that to get the fish back on the bite" are we talking about hours, days, or weeks? I went back a week after and it seems very quite. Not only did I catch nothing other guys there had no bites either. So I'm wondering if it's my fault (for attracting that shark) that no one else is getting any bites ???

That could explain it. Thanks again for the info. I still have some yakka heads and guts in the freezer, might thaw them this weekend and mince and blend them into bread and tuna oil like you did.

I'm wondering ... the stuffs you mixed with the minced fish heads and frames ... whether they absorbed the blood or masked the smell of blood that would otherwise ooze out from the whole heads / frames / guts ... and therefore the sharks are not attracted to the area.

Thanks Connico, that's very helpful info. Thanks heaps! ?

I was thinking that could be too.,

Thanks Connico, so when you minced the heads and frames you don't get hit with sharks? It's only when you used the whole heads and frames that you're hit with sharks? If mincing it and mixing (with bread?) could get around the problem I'd do just that but otherwise I'll stop using the heads and guts altogether.

Thank you guys for all your replies. Appreciated.

Hi Everyone, I went to Balmoral jetty last night. I used yellow tail heads and guts for burley. I was hoping for a big fish and I did get a big fish, but not the kind of big fish I was hoping for. It's a baby shark about 70 to 80cm. I am wondering if the fish heads and guts with blood oozing out into the water only attract shark or do they also attract other fish? I'm mainly hoping for kingfish or jewfish, but would also be very happy with tailor or australian salmon, just not sharks and rays. Can anyone tell me if fish heads and guts as burley is a good idea? Also, while I'm trying to get a big fish my little boy was also fishing for yellow tail near by. There were a lot of yellow tail a few weeks ago and my two boys caught 17. But last night there were few yellow tail around. I'm wondering if it's because the season for yellow tail over or because of my yellow tail heads and guts burley which they can smell and therefore got spooked and went elsewhere? Thanks JewCraze

Guys, I cooked atlantic salmon and there's a lot of oil from the fish. Wife hates oil (any kind) and asked me to throw away the salmon oil. I'm thinking ... would it make an effective burley? Has anyone tried?

Thanks JonD

So, where do Jewfish go in winter? Do they go out into deeper water or do they migrate up north?

Thanks JonD

Thanks JonD, in winter do you fish beaches or estuaries, for jewie?

I've been hoping to catch a jewie for a long time now but have not had success yet. If the theory is right that they move into the estuaries in cooler months to breed, then does that mean we'll more likely find them in the estuaries than the beaches? Any jewie gurus here to help answer? I went to Balmoral jetty just last Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday and caught yakkas there and used as live bait. Sunday night I used 2 hooks rig but nothing took the bait. I reckon it was because my live bait hid itself somewhere in the weeds at the bottom. Monday night I tried again and adjusted my float to keep the bait a little higher. I lost my live bait and didn't quite know why. Tuesday night I tried again and saw my float being dragged under water. I reasoned that if it's something big it would grab the bait and run hard, so I didn't strike it as I assumed maybe my live bait swam down hard, but then the float bobbed up again and hunch was the bait was gone so I retrieved to check and it was. Both Monday and Tuesday nights I used single hook, and that probably was a mistake. Can anyone familiar with Balmoral beach (the jetty area) tell if jewie are likely to be found there this time of year?

Thank you blaxland, I didn't get a chance to go fishing over Christmas. Hopefully in the New Year.

:-) Haha, thank you for that reminder!

Thank you! That bag looks pretty good! I already have a large esky but was thinking it's clumsy to lug the esky around so the idea of a chiller bag sounds really good, and having looked at it, it looks good! But my next challenge is to convince my missus to let me spend that money. Looks like I might have to get a foldable trolley from bunnings to go with the esky instead :-)

Thanks guys for your comment! Thanks Mauricio! I'm going to look up fish chiller bag now.

Thank you rick!

Hi All, I searched the forum to see this topic has been discussed but found none so I thought I'd ask. I've been trying to catch a big fish like a Jewie or Kingie, without any success yet. I'm still reading, learning and tweaking my approach and hope to succeed at some point. I'd like to ask if anyone has used keeper net to keep their Jewie or Kingie live in the water after landing the fish? Normally when we go fishing the bucket is usually small. So what do you do, if you're land-based, when you catch a Jewie that is bigger than your bucket? I know I'm over optimistic here :-) (or maybe I'm a wild dreamer) but seriously I'm think of getting a keeper net with the intention of keeping the catch alive in a keeper net thrown back into the water. Does this sound like a good idea or bad idea? Related to my attempt to catch a Jewfish I'm planning, for my next fishing trip, to sink soft plastic lures (or live baits, if I could catch one) in a rig where the sinker is at the end (bottom) and the bait or lure about 1 to 2 m above the sinker, with glow sticks attached along that 1 - 2 m line at the bottom. Anyone has any thought / comment to share with me regarding this plan? The idea behind this approach is that I don't have to worry about figuring out how deep the water is. If the line is tight, the sinker is at the bottom, and the bait (or lure) is 1 - 2 m above the sinker then in theory the bait / lure would be about 1 - 2 m above the bottom. JC

I went out there this evening with my two young boys. Wind was two strong (at 12 knots / hour) and was blowing in so it's really difficult to cast. Then there's carol in the park plus lots of people bombing into the shark protected pool. I was hoping to catch some bait fish there (in the pool) before getting out there. But the number of people swimming and bombing into the pool means there's no hope of catching any baits. It was cold and windy. So we packed our gear and went home after a little while. Hope for another better day. Anyone know what would be a good calm wind speed to fish this spot?

Hi Everyone, I'm planning on fishing from this jetty tomorrow. Anyone has a rough idea how deep is the water here (casting out from the jetty) high tide?

Hi Nathan, Is this location accessible by boat or land based please? Regards, Ben