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not the first and definately wont be the last jewie taken by that method, i saw a 20kg model landed on the same rig at the entrance beach about 6 years ago and there i was with fresh tailor fillets for zilch...thats fishing. good on him though, great effort.

thats a nice beach jewie and a top effort for a novice beachfisherman, and id dive on any jewie too mate

they only live for about 12-18 months.

the stars have a much better grip in the surf

i would have to say the main difference is line capacity, overheads generaaly fit a lot more line than an eggbeater which is most important for game fishing of course.

Mondo, we think alike

good chance it was a jewie, but thats a thumper trevally

im not too familiar with the bwaters system but they go right up cowan so i dont see why they wouldnt go up brissy waters.

my guess would be hairtail, they take the bait ever so slowly until you have them hooked.and no its not too early for them.

got a big one in the hawkesbury two weeks ago, fought like a demon

to see kids enjoying fishing is priceless, i love taking my nephews and nieces fishing...one nephew in particular got a 65cm jew the first time i took him out, he still reminds me of it. btw, be carefull kissing those tailor, they have a nasty habit of chomping anything that gets close and it hurts.

thanx for the reply chris, didnt get to all erskine so youve inspired me to give it a go over the weekend, hopefully i dont stuff the thing up entirely

thaks for the replies, exactly what i was hoping for djmac, ill give em a ring tomorrw.

i know about 6 people at my local wharf (upstream of gladesville) that eat their squid but personally i wouldnt even though im extremely scepticle of the dioxin issue.

hi raiders, ive got a Abu 7000 overhead (dark blue) thats about 10 years old but from memory only used it about half a dozen times. The drag has become extremely sticky (i probably left the drag screwed up all those years ago) and i was just wondering if there is an upgrade kit available for them cause id like to start using it again. appreciate any advice. cheers.

thats awsome squid fishing id take that many squid over a few legal kings any day.

ive caught jewies when the sharks are around, my cousin caught a 50 pounder straight after pulling in 7 sharks in a row.

great stuff kelvin, i saw you towing the boat back through lane cove, nice tow vehicle! theres alot of jewies coming from the harbour over the last week or so in particular but nothing close to the size capable in the hawkesbury, in my opinion the hrabour is the home of kings and jews in the hawkesbury.

I have to say the fishing is extremely healthy at the Entrance but it was extremely annoying on the weekends watching people catching undersize whiting and keeping them Poor Form. to Fishraider. i love fishing the entrance but like you it annoys the crap out of me to see all those undersized fish being kept and everytime i go there i see this happens, fisheries would have a field day there. it still astounds me that the quality fish are still there.

If you fish too light you run the risk of getting done but if you fish too heavy then you generally get less bites, especially if the fish are finacky. Personally id rather fish heavy and have a decent chance at stopping a big fish, 40lb is the lightest trace i use when i jewie fish and if im fishing close to structure then ill go up to 80lb.

apart from the stupid boating things ive done my ALL TIME embarrasing moment (theres a few) is as follows... I was getting ready to go out one night with my girlfriend, we were at her mums place so i went to the bathroom to get ready. Wanting to fix my hair up i opened the vanity cupboard and grabbed a bottle of hair gel. I proceeded to squeeze it out and began to style my hair. After about 10 seconds my hair began to soap up...wtf?? i grabbed the bottle and felt like the biggest dick in the world when i read the label: Harpic 2 in 1 toilet cleaner! it took a good shower to get it out but hey, at least my hair was nicely disinfected

at least 3 million bucks of pain there

if you do want to go shimano overhead the faithfull TSM IV is good value and casts really well.

nice clean boat, hope she serves you well. we were trrying to launch our boat yeasterday with the tie down strap still on

i agree on the rain front mate, a good flood will hopefully put some life back into the meighty hawkesbury. we fished all day yesterday at gunyah and juno with live yakkas, tailor frigate and fresh squid for 1 shovelnose not uncommon for us this year.