Birdie Beach 8th And 9th

[Hooch]

Couple of days off so up to do a bit of fishing.

First day got some worms and spent the rest of the tide fishing, nothing but a nice 38cm whiting.

Second day couple of 30cm or so whiting, kept them as I wanted to have enough for a meal with the big un. Pulled up another stingray, threw it back. End of the day, about 8 pm, dead high, start walking back and stop at a nice looking sudsy gutter and throw out for one last time, hoping for a nice bream to make the meal up.

After a min or so in the water, something hits the worm and gives a bloody big yank and goes for a nice little run. As usual when something gives the line a hefty pull my heart goes a hundred miles an hour and my knees go weak lol. I think to myself better not be another bloody stingray, and from the weight of it if it was it'd be the biggest one yet. Play it into the shore and I'm shitting myself cos that's when ya lose em, and I get a flash of an eye and a big mouth and silver and think I've got my first salmon and with some size on it as well. Wave rolls it over and I see the side, ****** JEWY!!

Bloody stoked, I get it up in the wash and it spits the hook, I grab it with both hands and throw it up on the shore lol. Went 56cm, ate a size 2 worm hook (real weak hook) piled with worm on 6kg.

No pics, but yeah, I'm ****** stoked right now.

Oh yeah anyone got any simple recipes? Oh yeah and a few cars there when I left, think some peeps must have the same idea. Dark of the moon, high and then run out tide.

Edited March 9, 2005 by Hooch

[Hooch]

Yeah mate totally over the moon! I mean I wasn't even fishing for the bloody things lol, size 2 worm hook cmon! Plenty of time and effort on the beach right time right place and plenty of luck makes me a happy chappy.

[clutch]

Good work Hooch

Its been said many times but perseverence pays off.

Is everybody at this site called Chris????

[Jethro]

Congrats on your first Jew. I have been stitched up twice on that beach by what I think were BIG jew.

Bet its not the first time some one has got a soapie at Birdie.......

[Lightweight]

Hi Chris,

Congrats on your first soapie! Hopefully they will only get bigger!

With that size i have found the best way to eat them is in with a curry, just dice em up and add the bits to your favourite curry recipie. Nice and simple, and tasty as well.

LW

[ankles]

well done there hooch

[Hooch]

ty guys

I have been stitched up twice on that beach by what I think were BIG jew.

I reckon so. I was thinking of hitting north entrance for a big bream\small jew fish but I could do worse than spend a few nights chucking big worm baits out up there too. Any beach chock full of pippies like that has to fish well I'd think.

I was talking to a fellah who was practising his worming there on a couple of days and he didn't even seem too enarmoured of the beach, liked to try a few a bit further north. Birdie is about as far north as I can feasibly go, but yeah. all very fishy teritory and nice scenery too.