meathead Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Hi All, I'm fairly new to this forum and have been enjoying the reports - especially all the jews and kings which are my favourite fish. Thought I'd show you my latest. This one was caught off my favourite beach in Port Macquarie. We'd had a few days of rain and overcast conditions and there was a high tide around dark so I thought it would be worth fishing the last hour of daylight and then for an hour or so after dark. Turns out I managed to catch my share of mullet pretty quickly so I was on the beach around 6pm some 2 hours before dark. I thought it was a bit early but with nothing else to do I decided to have a throw. The first livie out got smashed and after a good fight with the fish taking full advantage of the heavy shorebreak I landed this fella. He went 13 kilos and looked terrific in the late afternoon sunlight. There is something special about catching a nice jew off the beach during the day when you can see the size of the fish in the shorebreak. Something you can't really see at night. I missed the hookup on my next bait and then it all went quiet. I've had a few other smaller ones since (and plenty of rays and sharks including a Grey Nurse which was a bit of a surprise) but I thought this one was pretty special. Not my biggest fish but there was just something special about catching him at that time of the afternoon. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corupt Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 nice beach jew im still waiting for my first off a beach think i need to put in more hours me thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSHISWET Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Great read Meathead and , look forward to reading more of your reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Big Congrats and it looks like you are a pretty stylish air-jewy player too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mialla Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 what a beautiful looking jew - nice mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafinx Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Nice fish mate, always wanted to land one off the beach, couldnt imagine the satisfaction of bringing it in with a wave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Nice jewie from the sand mate, congrats she's a beauty.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Squidy Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Nice fish Mate, they certainly do look amazing when you pull them out all lit up in the day time. Congrats on a great catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 (edited) Nice fish! Couldn't possibly have been a grey nurse.... Dont you know there are only 40 left total at the best fishing spots dotted up and down NSW!!! Edited January 18, 2011 by fishlexic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meathead Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 Yes the Grey Nurse took me by surprise and left me scratching my head. I'd never caught one before and hadn't seen one in the flesh. It was around 1.5 m long and weighed around 30-35 kilos I guess. The head was unmistakable but the tail confused me. I jumped on the net when I got home and sure enough it was a Grey Nurse. Just goes to show the variety of fish that will come into the beach at times. It does look like I'm playing a bit of air guitar with it! At that time I was going to release it so was trying to look after it but decided that I could do with a bit more fish in the freezer. Filleted, skinned, cut into meal size pieces and then cooked in foil with some garlic and ginger is my specialty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeeros Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Don't talk too much about the Nurse. Before you know it your favourite beach will be clasified as a congregation zone in desperate need of protecting as there are no more nurses there. They'll slap a marine park over it and thats that. On the Jew though, that's a top effort! Daylight Jew just look totally amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catchin Jack Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Don't talk too much about the Nurse. Before you know it your favourite beach will be clasified as a congregation zone in desperate need of protecting as there are no more nurses there. They'll slap a marine park over it and thats that. On the Jew though, that's a top effort! Daylight Jew just look totally amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwood1980 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 nice catch there..... i've never caught a jew before, lucky you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOE^MOE Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 (edited) thats a great jew there no matter how many jews you get the feeling of hooking and landing one its like landing your first keep those reports coming thanks cunge Edited January 19, 2011 by SQUIDIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 What a beautifull fish well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I want one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Top jew well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewieslayer Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Nice jew mate was it light house beach Cheers jewieslayer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satellite Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Great effort ! Can you please advice how to set up the rig for live bait off the beach? Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meathead Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 Yes it was at Lighthouse. Great beach. Mines a simple rig. Ball sinker, lumo bead (to stop damage to the swivel knot by sinker), swivel and then a metre of leader to a 7/0 or 8/0 hook. rig the bait through the nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leatherjacket Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Great fish and I take my hat off to you beach based fishermen as you have to put in a lot of hours to get fish like that! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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