jew session

[nickm469]

hi guys went fishing on tuesday at my fav wharf on the river on tuesday after some decent sized jew. got there around 10:30 fishing with some circle hooks for the first time hearing you dont have to strike to hook up. got a couple of yellow tail which were sent out and destroyed by bream in a matter of seconds managed to pull in a few just under 30cm, really fat on 7/0 circle hooks. better than reeling in just the head of your abused bait. around 2 in the morning started to get some better knocks on my rod. been catching a lot of small jew the last 4 weeks around 50-60cm, none of which made a run, I had to manually hook them by feeling them pull your bait gently and countering with a hard strike. so being fed up with having my last 2 yellow tail stolen, decided to use the same approach with a bait donated to me by another bloke on the wharf( thanks heaps). sitting in front of my rod i saw a little bend so picked up the rod and waited for that longer, harder pull. soon as i felt that pull, i pulled the rod up slowly and made the hook up as i was using circle hooks. first 10 seconds i thought i had hooked another bream but then it realised it was hooked and actually made a couple of runs. after a little tussle managed to pull in a 70cm jew.

finished the night off 5 bream and 1 jew.

Anyone know why the jew are so timid at this time of year or is it just me? usually the rod buckles over and all hell breaks loose even on the smaller models. thanks

Edited April 15, 2011 by nick_m84

[james7]

That's a great feed of bream and a nice jew nick.

Well done mate!

Cheers

Peter

[bangus]

hi guys went fishing on tuesday at my fav wharf on the river on tuesday after some decent sized jew. got there around 10:30 fishing with some circle hooks for the first time hearing you dont have to strike to hook up. got a couple of yellow tail which were sent out and destroyed by bream in a matter of seconds managed to pull in a few just under 30cm, really fat on 7/0 circle hooks. better than reeling in just the head of your abused bait. around 2 in the morning started to get some better knocks on my rod. been catching a lot of small jew the last 4 weeks around 50-60cm, none of which made a run, I had to manually hook them by feeling them pull your bait gently and countering with a hard strike. so being fed up with having my last 2 yellow tail stolen, decided to use the same approach with a bait donated to me by another bloke on the wharf( thanks heaps). sitting in front of my rod i saw a little bend so picked up the rod and waited for that longer, harder pull. soon as i felt that pull, i pulled the rod up slowly and made the hook up as i was using circle hooks. first 10 seconds i thought i had hooked another bream but then it realised it was hooked and actually made a couple of runs. after a little tussle managed to pull in a 70cm jew.

finished the night off 5 bream and 1 jew.

Anyone know why the jew are so timid at this time of year or is it just me? usually the rod buckles over and all hell breaks loose even on the smaller models. thanks

nice its been a while a havent been ther cheers bangus

[Basil D]

Nice catch, Just becarefull how fish you eat out of there, cheers

[JimT]

PM sent

Thanks Jim..