braddles Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Hey guys been waiting AGES for this First of all would like to thank jewgaffer (byron) for his help and talk on the phone for helping me catching this elusive fish. Your a true legend and i owe everything to you. I woke up this morning and looked outside and it was pissing down... I remembered jewgaffer telling me that the fishing is good after a good days rain..... Lowtide was at 2:30... so i rigged up my lines at 9:00 and checked all the fishing reports and went back to sleep... Woke back up at 1:00 , drove down to fig tree bridge and set a rod out while i was flicking a big plastic. I was using squid that i had caught awhile ago... but they were still fresh as they were vacuumed sealed. As soon as I arrived i set out the baitrunner with a squid strip and using byrons advice using a two hook rig. The tailor were everywhere and they were picking the squid to bits till there was nothing left.... The same story went by for another 2 hours.... By this time it was around 3ish.... This time i chucked out a full squid ...... 10 minutes went by and while i was flicking around a 5inch jerkshad... i saw some mullet in front of me just leap out of the water... they wernt small ethier.... the water turned to glass and i had a funny feeling..... Put down the softplastic rod and lit up a smoke.... and then BANG ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZz all hell broke loose and he was heading straight for the pylons... i thumbed the spool and turned his head.. after zig zagging all over the place ... 10 minutes later finally gaffed him.. Stoked!! Once again thankyou so much byron! Brad!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diver1 Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 gr8 stuff mate!!! congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennmreid Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 congrats on getting that great jew. well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knuckle Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Great fish mate, A Jewie of any size is a good fish in my books. Cheers Knuckle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi waynie Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Well done Brad! Ain't it good when a well thought out plan happens, and a good read too mate. I've just finished watching a jewie video, and i'm after e'm this week end. Hope my plan turns out the same way. And i had hoped to catch up with byron on monday just gone but it want to be (shame that). Funny thing bout ol mate Jew Gaffer he's steered a lot of fellas in the right direction but has been a bit luckless him self, I see a big karma dump comming his way. Lata Raida. Waynie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Well done Brad Do you know what low tide stillwater and early run in jewfish hookups up river means ?? It means resident jewfish Brad! Keep on getting yourself up to the upriver side of Figtree on the early run in and you'll soon get hit by the school size fish around 7kilos and upwards. Good work mate, the old tight leader two hook rig pulls the head shank and your leader flat down onto your bait, and the jewfish won't stand a chance of spitting your bait out if you always use that rig, that's for sure. By the way you're so proud in the photo that I can almost feel the goose pimples in your forehead and I swear blind they are slowly raising your hat. Cheers jewgaffer kiwi waynie I will get a jew session together in my Savage side console when my back is better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjcrd Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 on the awesome fish mate ive bin wanting to catch one of them for ages cheers jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke K Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Hi Brad, Congratulations on a nice looking fish. Well worth the effort. It's great when people can share their knowledge to increase the knowledge of others such as what Jewgaffer did for you. Cheers Luke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Congrats on achieving a damn fine jewie Brad! It will only be a matter of time before you catch them consistently. Keep up the great work mate! Well done Byron ... no greater feeling of satisfaction than the one you get from helping a fellow fisho Cheers Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tide'n'knots Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 well done mate! what a great feeling to land a half decent jew especially when you have perservered for a while,and good on ya byron for passing on great info as usual, I dont know how 1 man can know so much about jewfish but I am glad your a raider so we get to share in your knowledge! Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King slayer Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Brad, well done! There are some nice quiet landbased spots around our harbours upper reaches like that one that have some really good fish! Great to see the jewfish quest has been fulfilled...Many more to come now! Jewgaffer, you've done it again. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braddles Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 Thanks for the replys guys...still am very shocked.... Under the fig tree bridge, its a great spot, keeps away the rain... the best side to fish is on the LOOP road side... cast towards the pylons about 10 M away... Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHLETIC Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Good on ya Brad top looking Jew .............. As to you Jewgaffer people like you make this site second to none ! Tight lines .......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roffo Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Well done Brad, That is a great fish, still waiting to get mine. Congrats Cheers Roffo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleung Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Great catch, well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g.t. Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Congrats on a great looking fish. I'm glad to see such a quality fish in my neck of the woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 nice jewie mate top stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewfishnetter Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 well done mate. Lane Cove river great stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen801 Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Well done on the jewie, Having a piss, lighting a ciggie or having some food always brings on a ZZZZZZZZZ for me. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harold Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 good fish mate. Go get 'em again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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