pacemode Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Spent the night chasing Mulloway in Botany Bay with zero results - first time in my entire life. Anyway got up at 4AM to catch yellowtail for live bait. By 6AM had enough so we went to try for squid then Kingies - No luck on both, so I told my son that we were heading out the heads for a bottom bash. Tried something different this time - used a 3 meter trace and started a drift with Large Baits from the 35 meter mark. Bang on 40 my reel starts to peel fast - thought it was a XOS kingfish but I did not get reefed - I loosened the drag about mid water and I started to thing maybe Snapper. When this beast made an appearance it took me a good 2 minutes to gaff it - then the screams were heard from all over Sydney. It went 75 cm and over 7.5 kg - I have only ever caught 2 legal snapper in my life at around 40 cm. This is a massive trophie for me and the power of the fish was very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formosan Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Wow..very impressive..what a trophy! Congratulations. Did it eat a Yakka? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james7 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 That is a great fish pacemode. Definitely worth screaming about! (My pb snapper is only about 45cm) Congratulations on a top snapper. Cheers Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacemode Posted October 8, 2011 Author Share Posted October 8, 2011 Wow..very impressive..what a trophy! Congratulations. Did it eat a Yakka? Cant tell from photos but it had a huge mouth - it slammed down a yakka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhype Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Spent the night chasing Mulloway in Botany Bay with zero results - first time in my entire life. Anyway got up at 4AM to catch yellowtail for live bait. By 6AM had enough so we went to try for squid then Kingies - No luck on both, so I told my son that we were heading out the heads for a bottom bash. Tried something different this time - used a 3 meter trace and started a drift with Large Baits from the 35 meter mark. Bang on 40 my reel starts to peel fast - thought it was a XOS kingfish but I did not get reefed - I loosened the drag about mid water and I started to thing maybe Snapper. When this beast made an appearance it took me a good 2 minutes to gaff it - then the screams were heard from all over Sydney. It went 75 cm and over 7.5 kg - I have only ever caught 2 legal snapper in my life at around 40 cm. This is a massive trophie for me and the power of the fish was very impressive. That is one nice looking fish.. anyone would make some noise if they landed that! Congrats on a very impressive catch. Cheers Trung Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulloway/jewfish Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 That is one nice looking fish.. anyone would make some noise if they landed that! Congrats on a very impressive catch, where about did u catch it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Top fish Jim and well deserved my friend. Cheers Stewy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOE^MOE Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 great fish mate good 2 see the young bloke happy with the catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvbigfish Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 cracking snapper there champ , gr8 way to top up the pb well done cheers paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bashful Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Awesome catch! That's a massive PB...congrats mate. Good to see the pride in the face of the young bloke. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSHISWET Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Well done Jim, Great to see your reports again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 well they are around atm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
med76 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 That is an awesome looking fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacemode Posted October 8, 2011 Author Share Posted October 8, 2011 Caught the fish on the 40 meter mark drifting and releasing about 5kg of burley behind me. To the left side of Botany Bay Heads - before the lighthouse. Been a long while since I have been fishing so it was worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Converted 2 Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 Hi Mate, ongrats on the PB, Great Snapper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcel haber Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 Well done Jim and son - nice fish to add to the tally anyday. Marcel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 Congrats....that is a fantastic fish!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idolz Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Great Fish!!!!!....I never knew those fellas lived around here!! .....they always seemed to come from somewhere else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Miller Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Congratulations on that thumper mate, Good to know you dont always have to be fishing offshore reefs for quality fish like that. well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Great beasty Snapper , good work landing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacemode Posted October 10, 2011 Author Share Posted October 10, 2011 Congratulations on that thumper mate, Good to know you dont always have to be fishing offshore reefs for quality fish like that. well done! Thanks for the comments - I am starting to beleive that these fish are more common then we think. I used an unconventional method. Super long trace with a heavy sinker behind a massive amount of burley. My first drift was slow and I caught him - the other 3 drifts I increased spead by double thatnks to the wind that picked up. It felt like the burley was dissapearing too fast behind the boat. I heard about a spear fisho who has seen quite a few fish around this size along the Sydney coast. They are spooked very easily and seem to have adjusted to Sydney fishing pressure. Next 1 I catch will be going back in the water. Next species is a King over 1 meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisheyes85 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 Awesome schnapper! I really have to get out a hunt big'ns like that before they shut off up here in forster Top catch and cheers for sharing where you got her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooker435 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 No Doubt about it that's a ripper of a Fish!!!!! well done, Regards, Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james1990 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 WOO YEAH GREAT WOW CONGRATS - NICE FISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keflapod Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 (edited) Hey Jimmy, It's been a long time since we heard from you. I think it was when you were catching a jewie in the Georges with a squid strip under a float. Unconventional methods ? There ain't no such thing as unconventional methods. Why? Because if we used the term conventional, then the 90% of the people (who catch 10% of the fish) would be the convention. Wouldn't it ? Then that means the 10% of the fishos (that catch 90% of the fish) are the un-convention.... So to speak. Pioneers throw rulebooks out the window and make their own rules. They experiment and find things out that others dont. Hence the un-conventional approach. I have a friend who does things like this. One day, he was on the north peak, trying for kingies. The entire peak was dead. He put down a large octopus tentacle near the bottom. ...and got a 10kg jew. He did it again. ...and got another one. Another time he put out a whole dead bonito on 24kg tackle on the kurnell waverider buoy. ...and got a 20kg dolphinfish... mind you I once fished with him on my boat at the peak. The kingies were on - I bagged out quickly and he couldn't even get one.... Go figure... but the point is you gotta try new strategies when the chips are down. I'm surprised someone of your knowledge and experience on the jew front didn't turn a reel. Bad luck on the jew but well done on a cracker reddie. It won't be long before you're hoisting a metre plus king.... What's after that Jimmy? Tony Edited October 12, 2011 by Keflapod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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