davegroves68 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 (edited) Hi all. Its a Middle Harbour Jew report again . Seems they are just going off there at the moment. I am no literary genius so I will just tell it as I saw it. I have caught most kinds of fish here since I moved here from Wales. Kings, Snapper, Bream, Flathead etc. But until last night, no Jewfish. I have been busted off on the beach, I even took a mate out in Middle harbour 2 weeks ago and he got his first one.But I was still a Jewie virgin. So, the plan was to go out on Middle Harbour on Saturday arvo with 2 mates and fish though the night for the elusive Mulloway .First hiccup .. mates pulled out at lunchtime. I decided to go on my own anyway. Onboard by 5.30pm and headed to Yeoland Point. Nothing much happening but I did pull up a squid on a pilchard intended for a flathead or Jew.First Livie I suppose.As it went dark i couldn't even get yakkas so I went back to the mooring in Powder Hulk and filled up the livebait tank. 8.30pnm and back to the spot. Dropped the now dead squid and within 2mins I was hearing the reel sing and I was on to my very first Jew. A couple of good runs and the big slab of silver was onboard. Not a monster but at 65cms, I was happy . It then went quiet for a while, then around about 10pm after a call from my Jew Guru boss, he said chuck an unweighted pillie in close to shore. Sure enough, 10mins later the reel goes off again. A little bigger this time and a much better fight. I'm running 30lb braid with 40lb florocarbon trace to a 2 hook snelled pilchard. He comes on board and my biggest problem is I have nobody with me to high5. I broke my PB!!! it's now at 68cms. I was getting tired now. Nothing was touching the live yakka, so I thought I would get some shuteye for an hour or so. But, just as I was dropping off, I heard my reel go off again And it was the unweighted Pillie again. Another solid fish again. Put in 2 runs but I never felt I may loose it. Got him over the side and he came in at 67cms. All things went quiet after 1am, ( and I slept). Awake at 4am to continue, but nothing happening. Maybe I wasn't focused as I had more than completed my mission. Pulled the pin at 7am, but VERY HAPPY. Main lesson learned for me was not to be too worried about chasing yakkas. But if you get a squid, that's a bonus bait. Pillies do OK. A few pics here . A bit tricky as I was on my own , then the wife took some with a milk container in them so I can enter COTM. Hope that qualifies as a container. Good hunting Fishraiders, my dinner was beautiful tonight. Dave By the way, it wasn't all smiles... I lost 2 good fish aswell Edited October 28, 2012 by Welsh Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsquid Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Mate that's an awesome catch! nice work, feels great to finally break duck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffox Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Well done Dave! Started your jewie score with a hat-trick!! Bet your mates are wishing they hadn't stayed in bed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen801 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Hi Dave, Good onya for cracking the code. We were out sat night as well near you for a jew mission. We had no problem finding the jew but had issues with hooking up. Lost a very nice one but rest were about the same size as yours. Only got one into the boat. The tide and moon was really good for jews and they were out feeding in very large numbers. We fished in deep water at about 90ft. How deep were you fishing? The jews are nice and fat ATM. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.e.p.d Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Good work on cracking the code.. I'm still trying but hope it won't be too long sure u will only improve now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinsoi Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Nice work! You got off the mark by hitting a towering six straight out of the ground. Well done Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Excellent effort Dave ... did it in style! I hope the PB's continue to tumble for you. Cheers Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisholb Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Well done mate...IM still chasing my 1St one...just need to put the time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Stalker Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Excellent work. Gotta love a hat-trick on breaking the 1st. First few of many to come I am sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sphoukari Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Well done on the Jews, is that blue colouration on the jews or is it the camera. Cheers Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35R Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 congrats great post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Lovely jews man! They're popping up everywhere at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swano Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Good Story---GOOD FISH!!! Great way to break into catching jewies. Cheers Deano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Knot Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Well done on the Jews Dave Cheers Blood Knot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegroves68 Posted October 29, 2012 Author Share Posted October 29, 2012 Hi Dave, Good onya for cracking the code. We were out sat night as well near you for a jew mission. We had no problem finding the jew but had issues with hooking up. Lost a very nice one but rest were about the same size as yours. Only got one into the boat. The tide and moon was really good for jews and they were out feeding in very large numbers. We fished in deep water at about 90ft. How deep were you fishing? The jews are nice and fat ATM. Mike Cheers Mike. I was fishing in 23 metres at first out from the Port marker, then later, closer to shore. I have learned quite a few tips from reading your posts...thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davegroves68 Posted October 29, 2012 Author Share Posted October 29, 2012 Well done on the Jews, is that blue colouration on the jews or is it the camera. Cheers Anthony It wasn't the camera phone. They really were that colour. Quite stunning as the came up through the water column. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Fantastic effort there Dave and your milk container is great Keep up the good work. Regards Stewy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 A hat trick to break the duck!!! That is special....it may have something to do with your persistence....there were few of us sleeping when you were out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydangler Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Nice work mate. Yer I don't find yakkas to be the best bait. For fish that size pillies will work or strips of squid are great. But if u can get mullet or tailor thy are gun for the bigger fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthur06 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Hey mate, nice job on that mate, careful there though as I am pretty sure the legal limit is 70cm. I am not certain so anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquidMarks Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Hi Arthur, you dug up an old thread mate. In 2012 the size limit on jews was 45cm if im not mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_cook Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Hey Arthur, I think you must be fishing with a way too heavy sinker, as you have pulled that report up from the deep depths of the reports pile, it was from 2012!!! I think size limits may have changed since then, and I think there may also be a keep limit of 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthur06 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Ah alright, thanks guysI didn't notice. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regan Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 how big was the squid you used i still have to land my first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaxland Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 20 hours ago, arthur06 said: Hey mate, nice job on that mate, careful there though as I am pretty sure the legal limit is 70cm. I am not certain so anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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