Maroubra Beach Saturday Night

[Mondo Rock]

Hi Raiders

A bit of a late report I know, but thought I'd give out some info on my Saturday evening sess down at the Bra.

Headed down at about 7:30pm - set a Jew rod with fresh squid (caught from Rose Bay the night before) and then chased whiting/bream on a second lighter outfit using live beach worms (caught from my secret spot that afternoon). Was an interesting session to begin with. I hooked a reasonable whiting just past the shorey after about 5 minutes, and the fight to the beach drew the attention of a curious passerby who stopped and commented that 'it is a whiting'. 'I know', says I, whilst dispatching it and storing it head first in the sand at my feet.

Anyway I re-rigged a second worm and tossed it out, to almost immediately get hit by a second whiting in the same spot - and this was where it got interesting. Whilst fighting the little guy in I looked over to see that the curious passerby had picked up my Jew rod from its sand spike and was standing there fishing with it! Rather taken back I fought my fish in and began to walk over to this idiot to tell him to put my rod back when a large flock of seagulls flies past, one of which hooked up in the line from the Jewie rig. Long story short - I run over to the seagull, wrap it up in my shirt to stop it biting and flapping and I attempted to unwind the 30lb fireline (which is now cutting into its wings) all while the idiot who was holding the rod is saying "it's not my fault mate, it's not my fault".

In the end I had to cut the line - and lost about 50 metres of the stuff. Very VERY not happy Jan, . The tool then stands around while I re-rig and when I finish reaches out for the rod again!!! Can you believe it?

"Um, no mate", says I "I'd rather fish alone if that's OK with you".

He asked "but how can you fish with two rods?" and then backed off once he realised that I wasn't going to answer him. He didn't leave though - he loitered behind me for about 25 minutes while I fished with the Jewie rig (due to my suspicion that he would just pick it up again if I put it back in the sand spike) and then finally melted away into the Maroubra dusk.

Frankly I'm angry at myself for not telling him where to go in a more direct manner - who picks up a stranger's fishing gear for Christ's sake - but I guess I'm too much of a pussy

Anyway - after all this was over it was dark and the whiting were off the bite. Spent another couple of hours with both rods set for Jews with not so much as a touch so my mission to get a beach Jew continues to be fruitless. The whiting were nice though!

Mondo

[Guest fishrunner]

Sounds like an ok sess except for the passerby, , Aint no-one pickin up my rods when I'm fishin,- unless they are my mate whom is fishin with me, - even then he wouldn't pick it up unless there was a fish on it and I was busy with the other rod .

What if this person had dropped it in the sand or worse caught a jewie with you're name on it!

cheers

btw, belated or not, I always enjoy reading of other fisho's adventures

[big_steve]

hahahha

sorry mate its would of pissed me right off but hell thats a gr8 story to tell

never heard of that be4...

anyways least u gotta few whiting,

mmmmmm yumo well done,

cheers steve

[gio]

Mate i would have smacked the drop kick over the head with the sand pike the 2nd time he tried to grab the rod, what an idiot normal folk dont do that kind of thng. He obviously wasnt a genuine fisho and must have been looking for trouble. Well done with the whiting.

[Davy]

What an ass

The guy mustve been really stupid and ignorant to grab the rod a second time after

the seagull being caught the first time.

[Guest Jewel]

With my charming smile most folks arnt game to touch my gear!

[Guest bluecod]

normal folk dont do that kind of thng.

Good on you Mondo for not being too hard on him - a fair percentage of the population don't have all their faculties and from what you've described of him, this bloke sounds like he knew no better and didn't have the intellectual capacity to understand how it was affecting you.

Unless you're used to handicapped people, they can be unsettling, however I'd much rather have to deal with that sort of issue than have my gear stolen by some low life scum looking to hock the gear for a fix.

[Guest danielinbyron]

.. good on you for not arking up too much...who knows what was wrong with the bloke.... the beach jew will happen.. the only time i catch jew on bait.. is shortly after i caught the bait.... and i reckon they don't mind a whiting...but its flesh is a little brittle .....my latest trick is to take sissors and make a five legged squid/hand out of fillet from tailor tails. thin end to hook first....so it waves at em when they follow up the smell...

if i had a dollar for every hour i spent waiting for jew to show up.. i'd have spent it on tackle by now..

[clutch]

Mondo, that sure is ODD , like George says hes sounds "challenged" to some degree so I think you handled it well

Better luck on the Jews next time

[choteo]

What...!!!! Screw the whitting and screw the Jewie. I would have cut the idiot up for berley and gone for sharks…. What the hell…!!!

[Mondo Rock]

So many great responses - only a fisherman can understand how ridiculous it is to pick up a strangers rig and start fishing with it. Who knows - maybe he was 'challenged' in some respect - would certainly explain the behaviour.

And thanks for the well wishes on the Jew fishing. To be honest I don't mind that I haven't caught one yet - it's all about the hunt, and the enjoyment that I get from sitting on the beach for hours at a time (although I'll definitely try the 'tailor hand' method you recommended Daniel - I thought about using the whiting but I couldn't bring myself to sacrifice them to the cause. A man's gotta eat!!).

I'm hoping that I can break my duck at the upcoming Beach Social - where you will be able to recognise me because I will be the one who has padlocked his rods into their sand-spikes.

Mondo

[Sharky]

Nice job on the whiting mondo. That a classic man some people just dont understand.

When I lived at connels point I fishd every night for jews and had heaps of rods out one of my mate saw a rod getting bites and picked it up and I didnt say anything anyway the rod buckled over and started screaming and he picked it up a locked up the drag and scull dragged a jewie in only to have it bust him off under the jetty. I was pissed as I had been putting in the long hours every night trying to catch one to say I was pissed is an understatement. Murpheys Law I guess, If I ever meet this Murphey guy............

[Spanker]

Great story.

Only one person is allowed to grab my "rod", the

Mate I have never caught a Jew but the basic fishing priciple for bait of throw the fish what they're looking for comes to mind. Now if this spot has plenty of whting, good chance is that's what the Jews will be chasing.

Next time you catch whiting throw one back out live?

I have heard the nicking the poor buggers with a knife or cutting some fins off can be a winner too, as fish can sense when prey is injured and it excites/attracts them.

Cheerio

Spanker

[Davy]

I have heard the nicking the poor buggers with a knife or cutting some fins off can be a winner too, as fish can sense when prey is injured and it excites/attracts them.

Wouldnt the bait swim 'injured' if it has a hook in its mouth anyways?

Cheers.