Fishing is Living Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 (edited) Me and my best buddy "The Dog" took our boat "The Angry Beaver" for our first over night trip. Started off at 7.30pm and it was pretty slow we got the 10 hook rig working and soon had half a dozen live baits, a couple of Taylor and a couple of Yakka. Then it was a waiting game. I had a Live Taylor on the bottom and my mate decided a Pilly was the go. At about midnight my bell gives a jingle and line starts coming off my reel. I let him take a bit more before I tighten the drag and gave him a hit. It ran like a freight train (30kg braid) for about 10 seconds and then turned around and swam straight at me. As he hit the surface he some how dropped the hook I baited up again and within 5 minutes was on again, same story agh. Changed down to a smaller hook over the side again with a livie and bang on again. I was not letting this one of the hook a short battle and i had landed a 74 cm Jewie Re baited and straight away an 84 cm Jewie. My first Jewies and i was totally stoked. The Dog mean while was changing bait, but we had run out of live bait at the worst possible time. The Dog finally catches some more live bait and gets his line out again. But unfortunately all the Jewies had gone. But three hours later he did manage to pick up a good sized Hairtail which put up a wicked fight. Edited April 6, 2008 by Kicking the dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scon Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 well done on the jewies , at what stage of the tide did you get the jewie bites, on the low, on the hi, during the tide change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcel haber Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Me and my best buddy "The Dog" took our boat "The Angry Beaver" for our first over night trip. Started off at 7.30pm and it was pretty slow we got the 10 hook rig working and soon had half a dozen live baits, a couple of Taylor and a couple of Yakka. Then it was a waiting game. I had a Live Taylor on the bottom and my mate decided a Pilly was the go. At about midnight my bell gives a jingle and line starts coming off my reel. I let him take a bit more before I tighten the drag and gave him a hit. It ran like a freight train (30kg braid) for about 10 seconds and then turned around and swam straight at me. As he hit the surface he some how dropped the hook I baited up again and within 5 minutes was on again, same story agh. Changed down to a smaller hook over the side again with a livie and bang on again. I was not letting this one of the hook a short battle and i had landed a 74 cm Jewie Re baited and straight away an 84 cm Jewie. My first Jewies and i was totally stoked. The Dog mean while was changing bait, but we had run out of live bait at the worst possible time. The Dog finally catches some more live bait and gets his line out again. But unfortunately all the Jewies had gone. But three hours later he did manage to pick up a good sized Hairtail which put up a wicked fight. Well done there guys , just goes to show that persaverence payed off. Twin1 Marcel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Welcome to Fishraider Kicking the dog. Catching a couple of jewfish up Roseville way makes a great first post !! Good result on the live bait and a top result overall for a first night session Hairtail up at Roseville too. That's a very interesting sign. Jew like cooler conditions suitable for hairtail. Well done! Cheers jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 That is awesome!!!! I have a soft spot for Roseville Jewies.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennmreid Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Didn't realise that roseville bridge is a good jewie spot. Is this area a good landbased spot? Have to give it a try sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh88 Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Well done mate, wish my first jewie was that size. I was gonna say thats one weird looking jewie until i read all the report, then it looked like a pretty weird hairtail as well. Is definitely an eel of some sort, hairtail are few and far between in the harbour and i'd imagine the water is way too warm for them at the moment. You must of had a fair school of jewies under your boat, bummer you lost a few though. Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donital Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Well done guys on the Jewie.But sorry to say that is definately an eel ..not to worry you are not the first to make that mistake and I'm sure you wont be the last.Anyway some people consider them a delicacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King slayer Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Hey there Kicking the Dog! Well done, what a feeling that must be to know you've done everything right, even if you dropped a few. I tried for my first Jewie with a few mates on Sat Morning before sun up, also around middle harbour...No love though! Looks like you were in a dark spot from the pic. Were you near lit up structure or did you just pick a likely spot on the sounder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen801 Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Way to go!! Congratulations you got your first set of jewels. We scored a smaller model today. There out there ATM. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rizzo Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Didn't realise that roseville bridge is a good jewie spot. Is this area a good landbased spot? Have to give it a try sometime. Me also i didnt know either maybe landbase or boat both will do good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 TOT EFFORT>>> WELL DONE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Nice Jewy report shame they didnt hang around much longer for u, and that creature in the 2nd pic looks yuk penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishing is Living Posted April 8, 2008 Author Share Posted April 8, 2008 Me also i didnt know either maybe landbase or boat both will do good Unfortunately for you we were about 1km from the Bridge and in about 18 metres of water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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