jewgaffer Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 (edited) Hi Raiders Just a quick report back to you after spending a few hours fishing for jewfish in the lower Hawkesbury on Monday afternoon.. I took my Savage side console up to Brooklyn on Monday mainly to give my 35hp motor a good run to see if I needed to update the horse power or not, and at the same time do a short jewfish session from around lunch time till sunset as we had to be back at Geoff's by 7pm to catch his butcher and get some extra meat for the barbecue that Geoff was putting on for Jim and myself. Here's the report:- On board with me was Geoff (aka Geoff on Fishraider) and an old friend of mine Jim Bowers who's also a member of Fishraider and came down from Ballina to stay with Shirl and myself for a couple of weeks or so.... The purpose of this session was mainly to give my 35hp Evinrude motor a good final test run loaded with three altogether to see if I needed to see Huey to update the horse power to 50hp or a 60hp Merc perhaps that Huey can also get in as well as carrying a good range of Evinrude E-Tech models which also appeal to me as being a good proposition to consider along with Huey's advice as to the optimum motor size and the optimum prop size for the boat as well.. We decided to take a few rods up there with us plus a few arrow squid and about 30 slimies and yakkas that I had left over from a previous session and see if we could get onto a couple of jewfish . The result after fully testing the hp of my motor:- Although the Savage managed to plane along quite ok with it's four blade prop, there wouldn't have been enough horse power in the 35hp when the boat was fully loaded to push the boat along well enough should a decent swell happen to come up at the mouth when going back into the river for instance... At this stage it looks like I'll be buying a new Mercury motor and hopefully thru Huett Marine. I also have a couple of heavy deep cycle batteries that Geoff mounted inside a seat box he made to go underneath a swivel chair in the bow area which are needed to run the Motorguide...My AGM 120 amp hour batteries alone weigh almost as much as carrying an extra person travelling in the bow area anyway.. Report:- The weather was a complete turn around from the previous fine days we've had on end and the rain was just what we wanted as, right from the word go we were getting baited down deep by bream, tailor and we caught heaps of catfish well behind the reef we fished using 8/0s and 10/0s... As soon as the baits settled we were constantly getting small bites and occasionally catching small fish on the 8/0s and 10/s in the deepwater no matter where we moved to. We managed to get a couple of soapies and then Jim went down to a 1/0 and caught a bream for Shirley and hooked up a good size fish on a 5" storm shad that made a couple of good runs and was unfortunately taken on the way up by a bigger fish or a shark perhaps. Anyway we managed to get onto a couple of soapies towards the end of the run out tide by fishing into a fairly fast current out in the open just wide of the entrance into Brooklyn itself. I'd like to thank Geoff and Jim for their help and good company on the day and a big thank you to Geoff for putting on a nice rump steak dinner for us when we got back. Thanks again from Jim and myself Geoff It appears there are a mile of soapies in the system... here's a couple of photos taken during 3 hours of actual fishing during the stop and start rain.. The general bite never stopped at any stage in the last half of the run out tide and we could have caught more fish in general if we hadn't decided to only use 8/0s and 10/0's on the day... Cheers jewgaffer Edited May 19, 2010 by jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooker435 Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Good Work Byron, not bad for a quick session.... looks like the Jewwies are in strife at the moment hopefully a few left for me when I return from overseas hahahah Regards, Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Knot Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Good onya Byron - Allways nice to get out on the water and pick up a few & nice pics too Cheers Blood Knot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roosterman Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 great to see ya back on the water mate. fishing with mates then a bbq afterwards and target species caught how goods that. yes i do agree about the donk... needs a few extra horses as ya dont wanna fall short if ya need it... cheers.....steve....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breambucket Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 great report mate! Ill be heading down in a week to try get my first jewie on plastics so it looks like ill be in with a good chance your 35 would be perfect for my boat... let me know if you end up selling it Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewNR Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Test the boat. Catch a few fish. On the water on a work day. You had a better day than most of us and good luck to you. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tide'n'knots Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 good to see you out on the water byron, at least you managed a couple of the target species even if they werent real big - a jew is a jew! pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 good to see you still fishing Byron, I dont think you need to upgrade your outboard, your boat is fine as it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen801 Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Hi Byron, Always good to pick up some jewies. I have really sooked out with this weather and been slack about fishing for jews even though i promised myself i would target them april/may. Mh has dropped off with even the kings starting to thin out. The resident kings on some of the wrecks have moved on for now. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Great to see you out on the water again, Byron! Especially with your good buddies. Good on ya - looking forward to your next reports! Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Good to see ya out there with ya buddies Byron, nice few fish too, looks like an upgrade is on the way. Hope it all works out for you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saad Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 Good on u byron, its always good to catch some good fish among those hasty catfish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted May 21, 2010 Author Share Posted May 21, 2010 great report mate! Ill be heading down in a week to try get my first jewie on plastics so it looks like ill be in with a good chance your 35 would be perfect for my boat... let me know if you end up selling it Pete Thanks Breambucket, If you are interested in my 35hp Evinrude Elan Peter and want to have a look at it, feel free to contact either Craig or Roger at Huett Marine, Cowan on 94561444... Huett's are currently in the process of ordering and fitting a 60hp Mercury Bigfoot to my Savage side console.... Cheers jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogtooth Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Good report byron , Good to see your out on the water , hope all goes well with the power upgrade , you can never have to much horsepower bolted to your transom . cheers Dogtooth.... John.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny doi Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 good onya byron getting out & landing target species even though not big fish.glad to see you getting back into em. cheers johnny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outfisher Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 The pics remind me of the movie 'grumpy old men' Nice soapies byron you certainly live up to the name jewgaffer well done ol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humesy Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 G'day Byron, Great to hear you managed to get out on the water with Geoff and Jimmy. This boat of yours will be a real super machine by the sound of it. Mike (Zenman), what's the go? last year you had no canopy and this year you are in the lap of luxury. Harden up sunshine and go get yourself some jewies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickman Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 great to see you on the water byron and with a jew in your hand hopefully more reports to come old mate cheers gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSHISWET Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 Well done there Byron, its good to see you are still chasing those jew and spending quality time with your mates. Hows the hands holdid up since the carpal tunnel operations? Cheers Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james7 Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 As most people have said, it's great to see you out on the water again with a few mates Byron! It's even better to see you again with some jewies on board! I'm looking forward to seeing more reports. Cheers Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 The pics remind me of the movie 'grumpy old men' Nice soapies byron you certainly live up to the name jewgaffer well done ol :risata: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cut_loose Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 (edited) Nice going mate I remember when we were going to go for a fish, I can't remember what happened i just remembered just then, Anyways i'm going to head up to the hawkesberry next week and was wondering if you could PM me a few tips It'd be good Cheers Edited May 23, 2010 by cut_loose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewgaffer Posted May 23, 2010 Author Share Posted May 23, 2010 ...The pics remind me of the movie 'grumpy old men' "Grumpy old men" ay that's the nicest comment I've had since I was a teenager Outfisher you've earned yourself a seat in the bow the very next time the same "Grumpy old men" hit the Hawkesbury Never mind about jewfishing tactics just make sure you bring a video camera along so you can record the funnier moments of our jewfishing antics Cheers jewgaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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