Fishlick99 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Hi Raiders, just a quick post. Pulled a couple of nice school jew in middle harbour (Sydney) Saturday evening . All went to plan after taking the out for an afternoon snorkel and bait catching session. She likes to constantly catch fish so its limited what can be offered. Loves the bait fishing though. Caught a bunch of ones she says look like little torpedoes (yakka) and some that look like tiger spots (slimys). Dropped her off as she doesn't like "sitting there for hours with nothing happening" (Jewfishing!) and headed off B4 sunset to anchor over my mark. As the sun went down livvy No1 is nailed (tiger spot) and no hookup and no bait left.....30 mins later solid hook up on torpedo bait. I fish for jew with my rod in gear and about 1/8th drag set. I have a higher hook up rate on Jew this way than freespooling and allowing them to run with the bait. This one took the Baitrunner set at full bait drag setting and was pretty easy to land....being about 4kg schoolie thats not hard on 10kg. While trying to grab the first jew from the net and prep him from the fish box the other rod went off. This fish fought harder than the first although was a bit smaller.......nothing beats having 2 jew in the bottom of the boat. I stayed for another 4 hours and had another couple of takes.......and a few sharks just taking the livy, hook up and then nothing there. Wind in and the trace is cleanly bitten off......plenty of sharks around. I did stuff one up when I mooved to 4kg gear and when the livy started getting really worried I picked up the rod and felt the take.......and struck too soon in my eagerness and must have pulled the bait out of the jews mouth. Should have just let it take off... ...damn! Hope to get out for another session again this coming weekend. Pics follow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caine Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 thats what ya call bagging out! well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tricks Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 well done mate nice catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh88 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 well done mate, always nice to get some jewies. I know the feeling of trying to deal with one fish then others go off, one time it was disastrous with kingies on 3 rods and handles not working-having to switch them etc..and a small bronzie came to play at the same time, we managed to land all 3 kings and the shark some how. Cheers Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VA911 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 nice pair of jews there. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Well done Fishlick99 always nice to have a pair of jew Middle harbour is always a chance and at any time of the year or tide for that matter. Looks like the jewfish results in the Sydney area this autumn will be excellent and it's still only early days. If the conditions this year are at least average for winter, jew fishing and the associated bi-catch should be far better than it was last year. I'll bet you will go back to that spot again, and again. I am sure we'll see a few bigger jewfish from you next time, that's for certain! Cheers jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Nice one.. Good to see MH producing!! All this fresh must be good for the Jewies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmoshe Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Nice session Fishlick. A couple of healthy looking jewies there. Good work. Cheers, Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 nice catch!!! the tides were great over the weekend.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROB44X Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Good work mate. Kept the wife happy, got out to wet a line, managed to bag a couple of decent ones and had a fight with a few more. What more do you want in a days effort? I'm sure those two specimens went down a treat. Did the misses cook them up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Nice couple of Jewies there, great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishlick99 Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 Good work mate. Kept the wife happy, got out to wet a line, managed to bag a couple of decent ones and had a fight with a few more. What more do you want in a days effort? I'm sure those two specimens went down a treat. Did the misses cook them up? Nah - the likes me to cook what I catch?! We are still going after 3 nights of crumbed fillets with about another 3 nights ahead!!!!!! I'll be sick of Jewfish by the end of this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plankton Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 (edited) Any hints to where abouts these beauties were caught mate? I'm fishing MH Sunday evening in the hope that I'll catch a few... I usually try a well know deep channel and a deep area with structure nearbye. I may as well be throwing my baits in the surf though, as I've yet to land one from MH. Thanks, Brett Edited February 29, 2008 by plankton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishlick99 Posted February 29, 2008 Author Share Posted February 29, 2008 Any hints to where abouts these beauties were caught mate? I'm fishing MH Sunday evening in the hope that I'll catch a few... I usually try a well know deep channel and a deep area with structure nearbye. I may as well be throwing my baits in the surf though, as I've yet to land one from MH. Thanks, Brett Hints? Use your sounder and find a variation in the bottom in deeper water over 20m, or bait schools. You'll find likely looking spots around moorings...other than that keep trying till you find a spot. If all else fails fish under Gladesville bride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plankton Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 I came in at around 7 after a beautiful arvo/evening in MH. Threw everything at em and caught 0. Mullett, Salmon and squid strips. For anyone else trying likely Jew spots in MH out there, cross the deeper section adjacent to Seaforth, outside of Bantry Bay off your list. There are no fish there. Will try again Wednesday! Thanks, Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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