brad Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 Gday guys, On friday afternoon at work, i thought to myself, wouldnt mind having a beach fish tonight, so msgd my mate & told him to get the beach rods together. The thought didnt last long........ got rumour that a guy was catching jews in the river & jumped straight back on the phone & told him that plans had changed & i was putting the boat in. He didnt object! Launched the boat about 6pm & headed straight to the spot. Got there & motored around for a few minutes until we found the hole on the sounder & a few fish sitting in it. Dropped the anchor, Rigged up & loaded the rods with fresh squid. Conditions were perfect. Moon was up, water was merky after the rains & tide was very slack. Sat around for an hour or so & not much was happening. As soon as the sun dropped, there was surface action everywhere. 9pm came round & then rrtt......rrttt.....rrrtttt, then nothing. We both looked at eachother. About 3 minutes later rrrrrrrtttttttt....... my mates rod goes off & he's on. Straight away i've called jew. He's thinking sting ray, shark, eel........ after 2 or so short runs around the boat, his debut jew surfaced. Not as big as some of the specimens we've seen on here, but none the less, a jew. there were high fives & maybe even a hug. It was the only fish caught for the night, even though we had about 3 more runs, but came up with nothing. It was a great way to start the new year. It measured 75cm & weighed 5 kilo. Like i said, nothing to big, but when its your first, who cares. Huntingforjewies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locodave Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 That's an awesome sized Jew! Congrats!!! still waiting on my first one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domza Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 great jewy mate, i was thinking of going to the same place but thought the rain would have put them off-boy was i wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad Posted January 7, 2007 Author Share Posted January 7, 2007 great jewy mate, i was thinking of going to the same place but thought the rain would have put them off-boy was i wrong. From what i heard, we werent the only ones that got lucky that night either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domza Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 From what i heard, we werent the only ones that got lucky that night either im really wishing i went out. were you using bought or caught squid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aussie007 Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 (edited) great looking fish mate i fish in the georges river glad to see some jewies coming from it as ive been chassing them lately really want to catch me first jew fish i was fishing at that tom uglys bridge part of the georges river the other night (friday) everyone we spoke to said they didnt even get a bite i tossed on a live poddy mullet cast out set the drag really loose sat in me car within seconds seen the rod bend than tap franticly but nothing by the time i got to it lost me mullet to sound like a jewie? i havent fished the geroges river in around 13 years i thought it went quiet so moved to the hawkesbury but now back to the local spot in the gerorges river shes going off with bream Edited January 7, 2007 by gazza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 Well done on ur 1st Jewy guys,congrats penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad Posted January 7, 2007 Author Share Posted January 7, 2007 im really wishing i went out. were you using bought or caught squid? Bought squid. Didnt have a great deal of time to go catch any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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