Narrabeen beach 22/02

[10460475]

Hey raiders,

heading out to narrabeen beach this arvo, was a bit of a spontaneous fish so i wasnt that prepared but had some pillies in the freezer. got there around 7ish with a fair few birds sitting on the water i thought there was a good chance of some salmon or tailer. Second cast with a ganged pillie and BOOM straight into a good sized salmon. He didnt fight too well, only pulling one jump out in the wash, but for his length he was quite thick.

He was slabbed straight away and I managed about 8 good sized strips out of him, the gangs were cut off and on went a two hook snell rig.

It wasnt long before the rod buckles over and, i thought to myself that this could finally be my first jew but unfortunately all i could feel was dead weight. I managed to hawl it in and i had caught a rather large specimen of the fabled weed fish!!

back out it goes with another fillet, and not long after i pull in a small shovelnose shark followed by another.

The next two bites i got were interesting and anyone that could shed light on what it was would be much appreciated. they were a big tug, but with no run. When i pulled in the bait the fillet had been split in two with one big bite right between the two hooks, i have read that Jewies grab a bait in the middle but i thought that this was only with whole fish baits????

After shorting the gap between the two hooks i pulled in another 4 rays and shovel nose sharks.

All in all was a good nights fishing

[ddaniel]

i have had little whalers bite like that, usually end up with abit of abrassion above the hooks if not bitten off, salmon is a gun bait for sharks off the beach, other thing how you described could have been tailor or a very decent bream, tailor are more rattly when biting and bream have a sharp pull more like a whack a few seconds apart normally, hope this helps?

[10460475]

i have had little whalers bite like that, usually end up with abit of abrassion above the hooks if not bitten off, salmon is a gun bait for sharks off the beach, other thing how you described could have been tailor or a very decent bream, tailor are more rattly when biting and bream have a sharp pull more like a whack a few seconds apart normally, hope this helps?

Hey mate cheers for the info, checked the line around the hooks each time, but there was no abrasion. I didnt even think of bream, but when ever i have got bream off the beach they usually smash it a few times. will have to get out there again and see if i can catch some more!!