BarCrusher Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 The cousin and I have been trying to T up a trip to go out fishing for some 3 months now with him being an avid Harbour tragic and fishing the nights and me a Botany Boy and prefer early morning/day it was hard to get together… Well last Friday the moons aligned and we were able to negotiate a Friday arvo/night trip in the Hrabour. So we get to Rose Bay at approx 5ish armed with WA pillies, Hawkesbury Squid, chicken breast and cooked prawns one could say we had all bases covered & ready for a long night. Ayman being the harbour buff decides that we could try a spot near Shark Island for some bream and possibly the odd jew. So we anchor up and get a few rods out mixing up the ammo with pillies and chicken breast. As the sun declines on this spectacular harbour, the view on the horizon alone and just enjoying our blessed waterways would have sufficed for the entire night with the need to catch a thing. However God Almighty had other plans. The night starts at a reasonable pace with a few decent Bream boated and then shortly after it started to steadily quieten down with our baits MIA and a few getting hit on the way down we agree to try and target some livies and see if anything big is lurking around. So we rig up and land a few yakkas that go straight back over. I end up with my two rods over the edge with livies with hours passing with a few of them being absolutely annihilated but not too much action on the rods above. So we persisted and kept at it till about 9ish when I feel a tug at my rod and then the reel screams with a little run I grab the rod and strike, but to no avail… So I get a fresh Yakka on and send it out to the frontline and at this stage I putt the rod down & I start washing my hands and face not paying attention to the rod at all and as Murphy’s law would predict as soon as your mind and attention has been shifted to anything else other than your rod WHAMMMO!! The rod buckles over and I jump at it grabbing to the pleasant sound of the my reel screaming and screaming and screaming some more zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Ok crap need to tighten the drag this thing is going to spool me, Ok crap is this the rod with the 8lb leed or the 14lb leed……? Ok crap how many knots did I use to secure the hook…….? Thoughts are racing through my mind as this monster to which at this stage I have no idea what it could be is screaming away and just demanding authority…. After the initial run I set the drag compose myself and my cuz has kindly removed all other lines and got the Gaff and net prepd. I think to myself at this stage ok Fish whatever the situation maybe it’s just you against me if god wills your coming home with me… And right on Queue the infamous head shakes that I have read so much about and have been told to expect…Oh what a Feeling such a Brut powerful animal… I start clawing back whatever line I can, inch by inch… and just as I think I’m gaining some ground BANG he shoots off again and takes all that line back plus interest… the head shakes again and I can now feel the serious weight behind this thing… Cuz I think this is a JEWY my voice as composed as can be echoes… I start digging in and gain some reasonable ground I get him close enough to see the leeder and he sees the boat and goes ‘I don’t think so’ and BOOM off his goes again diving deep down into the abyss the rod hanging bent over the edge half way in the drink. Good 7 or so minutes have now passed and I’m feeling him starting to tire out but at the same time I feel the hook slipping; now externally I am in good shape internally its code red… I start gently and persistently bringing him to the surface with each turn of the reel adding to the suspense, ‘am I going to land this guy’ and ‘what is it‘ and ‘how big is it’???? We get leeder and I tell the cuz get ready! A few more reels and raising of the rod and PLONK the most beautiful of sights sits up alongside the boat, with its amazing colours shining as it reflects off the moonlit harbour waters… Not only to my elation was this a Jew fish but a mighty decent one to add. Now the last task is to safely boat it to which I can thank my cousin for who scooped it up with the net and with two hands gently lifted it over into hull of the boat… High fives screaming and sheer joy as an epic battle has come to an end… Boat: 13-14ftft dinghy Rod: 6lb-10lb Daiwa Reel: Daiwa Regal 3000 Line: 10lb fireline braid and 14lb vanish Bait: Live Yakka Length: 1mtr Weight: Guesstimate 9kg – felt like 100 Experience: Priceless!! Cheers Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGF Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Monster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.dawg Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Awesome report Wanna hear more Nice fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosta_b Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Awesome report Wanna hear more Nice fish top catch and top report.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
searunner525 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Thats one fat jew well done mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosliw Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Great report mate.. Congratualations on one fine sydney harbour jewie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapper Tom Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Hey Barcrusher Not just a top fish but you have also joined the 1m + club Well done Cheers Trapper Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Great report mate, I was hangin' on too Congrats on the 1 metre jewie and well done.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 great read and a great fish mate congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVZ350 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 awesome jewie bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yakka Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Solid fish mate... Nice report aswell... Had me on edge the whole read... ahaha.. Congratz again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisso Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Awesome report... had me reliving the same experience from years ago.. Thanks for bringing it back.. Fabulous......... Many thanks Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stippy Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Congrats mate, You spin a hell of a yarn. Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plankton Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Harbour Jewy. Doesn't get any better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The President Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Nice fish on light gear, and nice read. The President. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayKay Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 great report. kept me on the edge and all i want to do now is launch the boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Good effort barcrusher I found the report was full of suspense too and right down to the actual size of the jew That metre long jew would have to be pretty close to 10 kilos I'd say.. there's still a mile of soapies around but it seems mainly in the Georges and the Hawkesbury so it looks like breeding aize school jew might have finally arrived in the harbour...It might be a good time to tweek up the jewfish gear and get out there more often as fishing has been quite good in general for a long time now and it will very interesting to see Sydney well and truly innundated with good size jewfish. Cheers jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaffdogg Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 awesome report mate and an awesome read to u had me right there with u congrats on the jewske chief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookin4big1 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 nice catch fellas i reckon if water ways would class that as another person in the boat on the way back in lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steveo76 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Great stuff mate, I bet you could spin a good yarn sitting around a camp fire knocking back a few beers. Can't wait to land me a monster like that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Nice report and a top Fish on light gear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czy0058 Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 nice jewie on light tackle. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdjnetplay Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 How big was the yakka that beauty demolished? Great tale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny doi Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 congrats on a mighty jew mate,great fish in anyones language.i really enjoyed the read also,i know the feeling all to well,landing big jew on light gear,but mine have been landbased.its such a awesome feeling,cant wait to feel that feeling again soon.well done mate,top stinky slab of silver. cheers johnny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Crackin' fish, fantastic read ... congrats mate! Cheers Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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