mmarkich Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 went down to spencer today (saturday 19 july) for a fish with the missus. i promised her that she would catch something good since i conned her into going fishing on a 5 degree celcius morning but i didnt want her to get a bigger one than me lol . i had some fresh calamari i caught two nights before and i said to my wife with a smirk that this is garanteed to catch a big jewfish, so i casted it out for her and wihin ten minutes the rod had a few nibbles on it and then it slowly pulled down, so i said to my wife "hit it" so she pulled back and BANG the line started pealing off 100mph. it kept going and going to the point that there was about 5 mtrs of line left on the reel. my wife got worried she was going to loose it and said to me you take over. so i grabbed the rod adjusted up the drag as much as i could without snapping the line and i got into it. at first i was sure it was a stinger but after about 20 minutes of fighting i finally felt some head shakes, so i said to the wife get the gaff ready and after about another five minutes of fighting we saw colour and then the adrenalin started .i finally got it up and gaffed it first go. after getting it in the boat we discovered that it was only hooked by the small keeper hook so we were very lucky to land it . it weighed 27.5 pound and was 111cm long after that i caught a average bream and got nothing else for the rest of the day but a couple of small tailor the day was perfect, good company, good weather and the best of all "good fish" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewieslayer Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 hi great jewie well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh88 Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 Nice jewie mate, What gear + line were you using? Cheers Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james7 Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 Fantastic jewie! Well done to you and your missus! It must have been great to find out that it was only on the keeper hook and yet you still landed it. Top effort. Cheers Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luderick -angler Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 All i'm gonna say is dedicated and thats to your better half as for you my friend at 5 degrees i'll say mad then well it was -2 on the Ruamahanga the other morning and i caught zip! Awesome is the word well done thats keen angling Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mako1 Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 Top Jewie Sounds like it gave you a good fight. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alvillanova Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 nice to see a good jewie get caught, gives us the inspiration to get out there at midnight till dawn to catch that fish of a life time, congrats to ur girl.......is this her first jew? well done cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scon Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 great catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElwoodBlues Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 That is a beautiful jewie congratulations to you both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austwave Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Great Fish, sounds like a great day out I wish my missus would come out for a fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riley93 Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 awsome fish there mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmarkich Posted July 20, 2008 Author Share Posted July 20, 2008 Nice jewie mate, What gear + line were you using? Cheers Josh i was using a 7ft medium boat rod and 4000 size reel with 20lb mono and 40lb flouro leader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inhlanzi Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Very Nice 10footUFO Well done great pics and a good fat fish. Watch out if your Missus gets jewiefever youll be out fishing a lot. Very lucky to have a missus that can share that with you! cheers inhlanzi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VA911 Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 lovely jew there! Its a great place to fish up there but only for either the die hard fisho or mentaly insane in winter. If it got any colder up that way you would have to get the ice fishing gear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yting Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Yeah top notch stuff that well done to you and the Nath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennmreid Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Great jewie. well done! Whereabouts in Spencer did you catch it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plankton Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 I don't recognise the ramp where the photos are taken to be one anywhere around Spencer??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 That is a fantastic fish mate and a terrific reward for your 'cheese & kisses' for braving the conditions. It must have been quite an experience for her, watching the line disappear in ever-diminshing layers. Congrats to you both on a great fish! Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cupster Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 that's a top catch you got there mate ......nice jewie too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 well done on such a good fish in the hawkey mate, its been quiet on the jew front of late with not many reports of decent fish. great stuff getting the wife involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmarkich Posted July 20, 2008 Author Share Posted July 20, 2008 I don't recognise the ramp where the photos are taken to be one anywhere around Spencer??? no i launch at berowra allways. its the best ramp in the hawkesburry Great jewie. well done! Whereabouts in Spencer did you catch it? just up from the caravan park off one of the creeks that come out of the mangroves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Dan Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 I always find it funny when taking the fishing and watching her hook into big fish. Well done to you and the missus mate top effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 (edited) Nice jewfish 10ftUFO By hooking a jewfish of that size I'll bet your wife will be much keener next time to keep you company down there at Spencer, that's for sure. For many weeks now the downriver areas have not been producing, and going on good results around Spencer in previous years, it would be definately worthwhile spending a lot more time upriver in places like Marlo and Spencer, rather than wasting bait and good fishing time fishing anywhere between the bridges and the mouth. Cheers jewgaffer Edited July 21, 2008 by jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryhno Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Congrats mate... Thats a solid jewie! Good to hear you got that jewie you have been hunting, at least since i met you down at the spit in manly that time. you got my vote for FOTM... Cheers, Ryhno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennmreid Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 no i launch at berowra allways. its the best ramp in the hawkesburry just up from the caravan park off one of the creeks that come out of the mangroves Wold that be Neverfail caravan park up Mangrove creek? I was busted off by something up there a while ago. Couldn't stop it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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