outdoordan Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 I spun this fella up yesterday. He was taken on a Killalure Jewy 150 and went 17kg and 118cms. I'll put up a better post when i get some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryboy Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Unreal! great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bharris Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 top jew mate and on a hardbody makes it about ten times better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onearmedfisho Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 NICE FISH DUDE!!! Looking forward to a detailed report... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Awesome jewy ... and on a lure is the icing on the cake! Cheers Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Squidy Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Top jew mate, you'd have to be buzzing, well done. Getting him on a lure is good but getting him with a free pair of sunnies is even better Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcel haber Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Great fish mate - IM VERY HAPPY FOR YOU BUT ALSO VERY JEALOUS LOL. Once again well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapper Tom Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Now that is damn well worth bragging about in anybodies books. What a Top Jewie on lure!!! Trapper Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillrockn Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 WoW! Great Fish There Dan .. Awsom Jewie ... Cheers Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mii11x Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 I spun this fella up yesterday. He was taken on a Killalure Jewy 150 and went 17kg and 118cms. I'll put up a better post when i get some time. awesome catch mate, may i ask what system it was caught??? thats a trophy fish mate, well done mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkymalinky Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 G'day Dan. Congrats on a top fish after from what I heard was a whole lot of dedicated hard work. Great reward for a top effort :thumbup: Don't forget to give the reel some TLC so that the salt water doesn't knock it around for the next time you want to get out there. Awesome fish Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Dalucius Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Hi Dan, congrates on your PB jewfish,that fish looks like the fish in your drawings. Looks like that new tackle is doing it's job. Geoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outdoordan Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 Thank you... Tony, The reel is getting a full overhaul tomorrow. My Certate hyper PE has rubber seals on just about every concievable place water can enter but i'm not risking it. Mii11X, It wasn't caught in any system, it was spun off a rock ledge in horrendous conditions. Let this serve as a reminder that persistance and dedication are the keys to success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roosterman Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Ripper jew and on lure well done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 WOW! Fantastic Jewie, Dan!! Congratulations on your PB!! Can't wait to read of the fight!! Oh dear - rock ledges in horrible conditions .......... even MORE Congratulations!! Well done! Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 I spun this fella up yesterday. He was taken on a Killalure Jewy 150 and went 17kg and 118cms. I'll put up a better post when i get some time. Top effort a very well deserved fish on lure. Congrats on your new pb Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outdoordan Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 So here we go... I'm dog tired so i'll keep this brief. It had been about a week since i had been out in search of jew, and i was getting a little edgy. My girlfriend suggested i go for a fish to save her sanity which was an opportunity i pounced upon. With the recent rain and the estuaries not really playing game, i decided to try something a little different. I headed to a ledge i knew, and had fished before, only to find it awash with white water. It was a cold, grey and misserable afternoon. The rain was light but persistant, but what was worse was that it was gathered by the wind and propelled almost horizontally into my face, besting even my cap and wet weather hood, even with all this it was still a welcome relief to the demands of work and life in general. I propelled my offering into the wash for about an hour and a half without so much as an inquiry, all the while making suttle changes to the way i would manipulate my lure and the area i would concentrate on. While there was not alot of intrest shown to my lure, there was still plenty to keep me iterested. A lone cormrant feverously worked the area, disappearing below the surface only to appear some great distance away and never where i would expect, sometimes with some small morsal but more often than not with none. Then there where the two gulls swooping overhead. Occasionally plunging into the brine from great heights but rarely where thier death defying efforts rewarded. The Conditions were right, the bait was there but where was my quarry? Once more, like the time before and the time before that, i projected my offering towards the horizon. 40 meters away lure met water with a crash. I closed the bail arm and began retrieving the loose like the wind had captured during the cast. A distant explosion engulfed my stationary offering. My tranqual state of mind was shattered as i awoke to my reality, but there was nothing, the line remained slack and i could still see the glimer of the gold plastic imatation rolling with the waves some forty meters out. I paused for a moment in bewilderment then with a sweep of the rod i encouraged the lure to come to life. The little gold lure was itecepted immediatly. I struck, and the treble found its mark as the attacker charged towards deeper water. The rest is history... I hope you enjoyed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swano Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Great catch mate especially from the rocks.Sounds like you really earned it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvbigfish Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 are you an author or fisherman , just kidding m8 , what a great effort and congrats on your pb it will take something special to win catch of the month for feb after that report, once again well done dan cheers paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickman Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 the smile says it all dan well done on a ripper jew i would keep the jaw and jewels mate somethinkto show the grand kids how are you mate last time i heard off you were covered in grease in some far way place cheers gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Top fish mate, congrats as thats a top catch.. Good onya.. (love the sunnies) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Incredible Hull Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 That's insane, well done on the persistence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibo07 Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 :1yikes: amazing fish mate :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsm150d Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 NICE fish mate...can't wait for the report... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalucius Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 (edited) Fantastic catch!! Well worth your persistence. I like the sunnies on it's head Edited February 4, 2012 by Dalucius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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