Jew Fish Jewels?

[miller]

ok

i have had a couple of goes tring to get these out of the fish i hav caught can anybody tell

me how to get these out

ive tried cooking the head

tried cutting in and couldnt find them

i have one on the bbq as im witing this boiling

all the jews i have tried this on have been around the 10kg mark

and still no luck

any help would be nice thanks

miller

[bobfish]

Hey Miller,

Boiling the head should do the trick. At the ten kg mark the jewels will be around the size of an almond...

[flatty hunter626]

my first ever jewie was about 4 kg and we managed to get the jewl out just by cutting into the heap

[miller]

thanks

has anyone got a pic ?

[luderick59]

hi miller

here is a photo of some of the jewels

fish size range from 10lb to pb fish of 64lb

use a hacksaw blade top of spine behind the head its oval shaped

they [2] are inside floating in liquid

hope this helps

peter

[Hodgey]

That's an incredible collection Peter

I knew an old gentleman in Brisbane many years ago who used to make intricate jewellery from them. They are highly sought after as trophies in jewfishing circles up there. Great photo mate.

Hodgey

[Rhino2099]

I found them the first time I tried (must have got lucky)

If you turn the head upside down so the gills facing up you then need to find the bottom of the skull an inch or two behind where the eyes line up and break through the splintery cartilage and dig around a bit and they should pop out of their fluid sack.

Worked for me

Ryan

[Bushmeat]

thanks

has anyone got a pic ?

I googled Jewfish jewels (to find out what they actually are) and found this may help.

Toward the bottom of the page has a pic.

http://www.users.bigpond.com/murrell/fish/

[rickb]

hi miller

here is a photo of some of the jewels

fish size range from 10lb to pb fish of 64lb

use a hacksaw blade top of spine behind the head its oval shaped

they [2] are inside floating in liquid

hope this helps

peter

hi miller

here is a photo of some of the jewels

fish size range from 10lb to pb fish of 64lb

use a hacksaw blade top of spine behind the head its oval shaped

they [2] are inside floating in liquid

hope this helps

peter

Hey Peter, there was a butcher near tuncurry breakwall,who use to buy the big one's,he was at the wall the night I finally landed my big one and he gave me 50 bucks for the set that was in 81.

cheers Rick.

[chewsta]

ok

i have had a couple of goes tring to get these out of the fish i hav caught can anybody tell

me how to get these out

How'd you go Sean, any luck finding those jewels.

With Jewfish bits and pieces all over the place at your house,

I'm guessing you'll be placed on another fishing ban again mate.

[miller]

finally i got them the clincher was

(break through the splintery cartilage )thanks rhino

thanks to all who replied

cheers

miller

[flatty hunter626]

the little stone like piece of bone in a jewies head....many hardarned jewie fishos use these as trophys.

cheers flatty hunter