Piss'n'Broke Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 This morning at exactly 6.03AM Greg hauled a nice jew alongside the boat, realised it wouldnt fit in the net ,,,,,, and mad a frantic grab for the gaff,,,,keep in mind this net has landed us 90cm+ kingys.... Got the gaff , and slammed it home!!!! BAD MOVE. The gaff barely made a dent in the hid of this jew,, all it did was PO the jew off, and bring about the result!!! Spat hook at the side of the boat.... To add further insult to injury it went belly up for about 30sec-1min, (guess the gaff shot knocked it out) before it righted itself and took off, all whilst justtttttttttt outta reach! It was then Greg checked the gaff,,,,, badily neglected, rust, blunt and hasnt been used in over 3mnths or about 500hrs on the water for us Lesson learnt here for Greg!!! This all occured upriver west off the Harbour Bridge on squid for all those that would like to know DAN D&G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDiko Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Handy to have a peice of plastic tubing protecting the end of the gaff or just keeping an eye on the condition of it. But you live and learn and I hate it when that happens IFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frizzy Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Spewing! How big do you estimate the Jewie to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nargse1 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 damn hey guys, i was just reading yesterday a fishing checklist and one was make sure the gaff is sharp or have a sharperning stone onboard in reach or risk..... ....what you just described. better luck next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Spewing!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piss'n'Broke Posted August 9, 2007 Author Share Posted August 9, 2007 Its just as well we have beeeerrrrr or Greg would still be . Now he can actually crack a 1/2 grin,,,, Over the past 3-4mths Greg has bagged 3-5school jews (80-97cm). This was significantly bigger, and Greg estimates it about the 1.2M metre. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh A lesson learnt is a mistake never repeated!!! Pity Greg doesnt do it vice versa DAN D&G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warnie Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Don't you hate that..............knock em out..........wind em......... then they tease you........oh yes....... he's smart that is how he got to be that size............it wasn't the gaff he had body armour....... never mind that's part of the game........ Cheer's Warnie........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankp Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 (edited) 1.2 metres would be approx 12-13kg just to add insult to injury. Sorry to hear guys but at least your learnt from it. Edited August 9, 2007 by frankp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piss'n'Broke Posted August 9, 2007 Author Share Posted August 9, 2007 1.2 metres would be approx 12-13kg just to add insult to injury. Sorry to hear guys but at least your learnt from it. I will be sure to tell him that,,.,,,,, ,,,, poor bastard!! And Im family! DAN D&G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caine Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 (edited) when i gaff a jew i let the gaff "bite" before driving it home. Even with a sharp gaff you can sometimes miss how deep a water do you fish for jews? I like 12mtrs but never got anything better than 10kgs. im thinking of trying deeper Edited August 9, 2007 by CaineS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingsRule Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 What a shame , at least it didnt happen with an even bigger one! Leson learnt ay, i think i might invest in a gaff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frizzy Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Its just as well we have beeeerrrrr or Greg would still be . Now he can actually crack a 1/2 grin,,,, Over the past 3-4mths Greg has bagged 3-5school jews (80-97cm). This was significantly bigger, and Greg estimates it about the 1.2M metre. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh A lesson learnt is a mistake never repeated!!! Pity Greg doesnt do it vice versa DAN D&G Sounds like a pretty decent fish... pity he got away but at least you got him to the boat and had a good look at him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew399 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 (edited) F***ING SPEWIN!! Edited August 9, 2007 by dicko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 I would consider that as a, nice caught and released Jew, otherwise I would still be spewing a week later, so, well done boys penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humesy Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Ouch, That's a painful lesson. Is it any consolation to think of the fish being a west of the harbour bridge resident and therefore being supposedly full of dioxins? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Dan Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Geez im checking my gaff as soon as i get home!! I was fishing for squid down the spit Wednesday night and a couple blokes were sitting in there boat Seaforth side of the bridge. After a couple hours of nothing for them all i heard was a massive wack i turned back and this bloke was spewin a massive Jew either snapped his rod or got it pulled from the holder into the water. I couldnt see as i my boat had drifted away. There were a few massive head shakes and then hands on head before he lit a smoke and a couple drags started the engine and drove away in disgust i would imagine. Might have to give Jews a shot. Cheers Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piss'n'Broke Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 Ouch, That's a painful lesson. Is it any consolation to think of the fish being a west of the harbour bridge resident and therefore being supposedly full of dioxins? Cheers Hmmmmmmmmmm yess,,,,, and nooo mate,,,,, does make Greg feel abit better though, particularly after all the S@#$! Ive given him in the last 24hrs DAN D&G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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