Easter Jewie & plenty of smokings

[Tangles]

hey, thought i would put a post up as i havent done in a while. Fished the week before the Easter weekend. Thought i would get out before the public holidays & try get some fish for good friday.

Just went out for a flick on Monday to try & get a few jewies, but no luck. not even a touch. Water was still really murky from the rain on the weekend before, so thought i would leave it a day or two to clear up.

Headed out on Wednesday to try get some squid as thought i would have better luck fishing bait. After a couple of ours & trying numerous spots, no squid. Luckily the day was perfect & there was no swell at all so i headed outside to look for some squid. as soon as i got to my spot, i hooked up. His mates were following him up as i brought the first one in so i through another jig at them but they didnt want to touch it. Only wanted to go for the trusty pink. Landed 3 in quick time until i got a snag & lost my pink jig. tried with other colours but they didnt want to know about it.

Headed out on Thursday with about 2.5 hours of the run in tide left. Stripped my baits up & wasnt long before i got my first run. This was a big sucker. Was fighting it for an easy 5 mins & didnt get any closer to seeing it. tangled me around the anchor rope for a bit. eventually got it off & then headed straight for a snag & bang, gone! Re-rig, only to happen again.

Eventually landed a just legal king, which went back to grow in to a big puppy.

Next bait, got a few good knocks. Knew it wasnt a king. Let it run a little & hooked up. Few good little runs & a 77cm Jewie surfaced. Was going to release him, but he had stomached one of my hooks, so he became the feed for easter.

After this, got busted off again twice more & ran out of tackle before i ran out of bait. its normally the other way around. So that was the end of the day. Headed back to chill out for the rest of the easter holidays.

[giangnguyen]

Great report mate.

[Basil D]

I would have eaten all the squid

Edited April 28, 2011 by Groper

[Daniel Miller]

hey, thought i would put a post up as i havent done in a while. Fished the week before the Easter weekend. Thought i would get out before the public holidays & try get some fish for good friday.

Just went out for a flick on Monday to try & get a few jewies, but no luck. not even a touch. Water was still really murky from the rain on the weekend before, so thought i would leave it a day or two to clear up.

Headed out on Wednesday to try get some squid as thought i would have better luck fishing bait. After a couple of ours & trying numerous spots, no squid. Luckily the day was perfect & there was no swell at all so i headed outside to look for some squid. as soon as i got to my spot, i hooked up. His mates were following him up as i brought the first one in so i through another jig at them but they didnt want to touch it. Only wanted to go for the trusty pink. Landed 3 in quick time until i got a snag & lost my pink jig. tried with other colours but they didnt want to know about it.

Headed out on Thursday with about 2.5 hours of the run in tide left. Stripped my baits up & wasnt long before i got my first run. This was a big sucker. Was fighting it for an easy 5 mins & didnt get any closer to seeing it. tangled me around the anchor rope for a bit. eventually got it off & then headed straight for a snag & bang, gone! Re-rig, only to happen again.

Eventually landed a just legal king, which went back to grow in to a big puppy.

Next bait, got a few good knocks. Knew it wasnt a king. Let it run a little & hooked up. Few good little runs & a 77cm Jewie surfaced. Was going to release him, but he had stomached one of my hooks, so he became the feed for easter.

After this, got busted off again twice more & ran out of tackle before i ran out of bait. its normally the other way around. So that was the end of the day. Headed back to chill out for the rest of the easter holidays.

great fish there mate. looks like you had a great time