varos1911 Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Hit Botany this afternoon and hit my favourite spot for livies. Managed 15 yakkas though they were fairly large at around the 30cms mark. Threw down a few livies to no avail. The weather wasnt to great but we did end up with a few jackets and trevs and this whopping yakka at 39cms and es it took drag on my light bait rod! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tumra Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 now thats a big live bait... you really wonder what size fish would hit that if you rigged it up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thereddragon Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Thats a good sized livebait. I bet Jewgaffer would love to throw that 39cms yakka, down one of his monster jewies throats Did you know those yakkas taste excellent, just ask any jewfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 (edited) Thats a good sized livebait. I bet Jewgaffer would love to throw that 39cms yakka, down one of his monster jewies throats Did you know those yakkas taste excellent, just ask any jewfish Hi Anesti it's amazing how many big yakkas have come in during and since the big rains and southerly freezes. It's a shame to see them frolicking around the place so safe and secure. They will only protected by these cold currents for a little while longer mate and then they become just as expendable as pilchards. Yakkas have one purpose in life and when the big jew are around yakkas remind me of a type of slow release bird seed for jews as the next best jewie food to squid It's only natural attrition and only a little wait now until the big late winter jew come in and do what nature always intended jews to do to those larger yakkas who could well grow to 300lbs if it wasn't for jews, occies, cuttlefish and other predators that like yakkas enough to swallow them whole with a bit of the old head munch and a backbone crunch on the way thru. yakkas are probably the hardiest fish in the estuaries along with trevally and leather jackets I reckon. Nearly every other table species species cannot handle near the conditions of that lot as far as comfortable water temperatures go . I wonder how many fishos have noticed a real shortage of big bream down deep this particular winter? you never hear much mention of that much at all these past few months. I've caught more tailor down very deep than jewies since June and more bonito down deep than bream So i reckon the go would be to sneak up on some oyster leases at low tide and bust up some oysters and go back and fish the run up as I reckon there would be some monster bream around in the warmer shallower backwaters that might need a bit of encouragement to school up and do their thing. jewgaffer Edited August 14, 2007 by jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankp Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Shame about the lack of action. What were you intending to catch with livies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evanwz Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 What an awesome Jewfish bait.. Either live on the end of some 6/0 hooks, on a running sinker rig with a 6 oz sinker sitting at the bottom of Flint and Steel Reef or Bar Point in the Hawkesbury duing the top of the tide and you can almost be assured of a monster Jew... OR you can kill it and butterfly it - mmm mmm monster Jew, bring it on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tumra Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 I wonder how many fishos have noticed a real shortage of big bream down deep this particular winter? you never hear much mention of that much at all these past few months. jewgaffer Mate i totally agree... i have been fishing the georges for the last few months and have noticed it is getting harder and harder to catch even a small bream, let alone a legal size one... i have been told that the water is too cold in the river at the moment... I say bring on summer!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pstern Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Don't overlook another use for large yakkas. They make delicious sashimi. They are easy to fillet and skin. With a little care you will end up with sizable. beatifully clean, slightly pink pieces which you can slice thinly before adding a little soy sauce and wasabi. I also like them cooked if there are no bream around. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varos1911 Posted August 14, 2007 Author Share Posted August 14, 2007 Shame about the lack of action. What were you intending to catch with livies. I was hoping for a winter kingie,but the yakkas did not get a sniff at all. Late arvo i was waiting and waiting for a jewie to slam it home in the run-up tide but i guess it just wasnt the right day, the southernly didnt help as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Yellowtail king penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingsRule Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Wow, nice yakka! ive caught them upto about 35cms but never seen one that big Wow, nice yakka! ive caught them upto about 35cms but never seen one that big Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Don't overlook another use for large yakkas. They make delicious sashimi. They are easy to fillet and skin. With a little care you will end up with sizable. beatifully clean, slightly pink pieces which you can slice thinly before adding a little soy sauce and wasabi. I also like them cooked if there are no bream around. Peter Absolutely.... Tetsuya serves them as part of his 12 course degustation in his restaurant. Yellowtail king penguin Another 25cm and he would be legal after Setember 3!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 well done on getting out there and landing a few, i think theres a good chance those oversized yakkas could be cowanyoung. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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