Captain Cook Jewies

[blue marlin]

After catching my first river jewie last week at the bridge i thought about giving it another crack last night.

Launched the boat at kurnell boat ramp at around 430 and headed off with my 2 boys to find some squid for a couple of hours and only managed 2 small squid better than nothing.

Droped the boys off to the wife and headed down to the bridge and anchored up in the same spot as last week.

As soon as the sun went down the bites come thick and fast after losing the first 2 after short runs finally nailed 1 of 67cm's another 10 minutes later another at 72cm's had countless runs but to no avail after that so i headed home at 10.30. Do i need bigger hooks? I was using 4/0 bait holders double rig.

Edited December 15, 2007 by nudge

[Davemmm]

Doped the boys off

Nice couple there Nudge but I am a little concerned with what you are doing to your kids LOL

Jews have a bloody big mouth so dont be too worried about going up in size with your hooks. I fish a bit around there and use 5/0 through to 8/0 hooks depending on the bait.

I landed a 50cm model last weekend that took a 25cm Pike that had a single 8/0 in its tail so even smaller fish will get pinned by a larger hook.

Dave

[Scon]

nice jewie's I'd even be happy with them at that size what side of the bridge did you catch them on?

[blue marlin]

nice jewie's I'd even be happy with them at that size what side of the bridge did you catch them on?

The western side up the northern end were it drops of to 9m.

[Steve07]

Another couple of nice school jewies,

well done!

[Scon]

what are they like to eat at that size?

[tomahawk1999]

Nice couple of soapies there Nudge.

Jew's do have big mouth's but I would match the hook size up to the bait you are using at the time.

You seem to have that sorted!!

The key is using a strong hook not a huge hook, remember they have a big appetite, from beach worm's to sea mullet and everything in between.

Match the hatch and you wont go too far wrong

Cheer's Rod.

[tonyt]

looks like im missing all the action not fishing the afternoons all that murky water fired the jewies up i think

[Tangles]

Mate, your doing something right. I cant catch a cold under those bridges. Ive tried so many times for jews there, but just dont seem to get anything. Ive only ever had 1 good run there.

[WINDON]

Nudge top fish,who was more excited you or your son! I will have to go give them ago and thanks for the heads up in the hook department.What a night!

[STOCK]

Nice catch!

That same spot was also the first place i ever landed a solid jewie.

With the missed hookups, are you giving the fish enough time to take your bait before ou strike?

[gretsch]

Gotta love a pair of Jewies!!!

[Ali]

Nice Nudge, well done.

a mate and i were there last week and we managed a couple ourselves. jewfish always seems plentiful there but just not anything larger than schoolies. Well done again

[blue marlin]

Nice catch!

That same spot was also the first place i ever landed a solid jewie.

With the missed hookups, are you giving the fish enough time to take your bait before ou strike?

Giving them plenty of time with an open bail. Might have to get a couple of baitrunners?

[Davemmm]

Giving them plenty of time with an open bail. Might have to get a couple of baitrunners?

Whack the buggers straight away! If they have a bait in their mouth then the hook should be there too.

Dave