cruisecraft Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) Hi fellow raiders I was speaking with my mate,Con, and he told me of his recent jewfish "capture" using bare hands only whilst swimming at Kurnell baths on 17thFebruary. I have Con's permission to put in a "post".(I have edited out the surnames below). I will cut and paste Con's words in his email to the local newspaper, the Leader(St George/Sutherland shire) "Hi my name is Con, I was speaking with John this morning and he suggested I send this story of interest in. Yesterday evening around 7pm I was swimming laps with a friend of mine (Jason) at the Kurnell baths when Jason noticed what seemed to be a fish tangled in the netting that encloses the baths between the rock walls. We continued swimming for another half hour when Jason (being a keen angler) and I decided to have a closer look and/or try and retrieve the fish. Upon closer inspection it seemed to be a good sized jewfish which had its head wedged in the net up to the gills. We came to the conclusion that it must have been chasing a smaller fish on the bay side of the net before hitting the net head on. After ten minutes of disentangling the fish, which subsequently died, we got to shore and where amazed at the size. We estimate it to weigh approx. 10kg of the unluckiest jewfish in Botany Bay! Probably a one in a million chance of that ever happening again to a fish like that and to us considering we where armed with speedos and a pair of goggles!! Cheers, Con and Jason." regards Kit Edited March 11, 2010 by cruisecraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisecraft Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) How come the pics won't show in the post? Regards Kit Edited March 11, 2010 by cruisecraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 This is incredible...Speechless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisecraft Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 Ahh, Fixed it in above. Picture file must be saved in JPEG. Regards Kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat-as-trophy Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) That was a great post guys, right place, right time. Can you tell me did the Leader publish the story possibly with photo's as my mum gets this paper and i would love to get the original article. Cheers Cath Edited March 11, 2010 by mrs flightmanager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisecraft Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 That was a great post guys, right place, right time. Can you tell me did the Leader publish the story possibly with photo's as my mum gets this paper and i would love to get the original article. Cheers Cath Hi Cath It was published in the Leader but I'll check with Con as to when. Regards Kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harold Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 doesn't seem fair given all the time i have spent over so many years just trying to catch one half the size! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 hahahaha Great stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 That was a great post guys, right place, right time. Can you tell me did the Leader publish the story possibly with photo's as my mum gets this paper and i would love to get the original article. Cheers Cath http://www.theleader.com.au/news/local/news/environment/mulloway-that-didnt-get-away/1765096.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHARK Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Sweeeeeeeeeet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssymmetri Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 lol that's awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabefisho Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 WOW! How lucky is that. ... She looks a fair bit bigger than 10kg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanatic Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 What an experience there guys...who said you need to be geared you to go on a jewfish adventure when you can you ur bare hands lol The fishing gods are truely looking after you Definatly a story worth telling your grandkids one day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plankton Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Awsome! During the 70's a 110lb Jewy was caught on the nets inside a swimming enclosure at Bar Point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooklineandsinker Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 well spotted and great capture fellas mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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