My P.B Mangrove Jack.

[Jewhunter]

I thought I'd better tell my side of the story that is floating around

in the Freshwater forum as a lead in to Slinkys' Cod thread.

Our Cod trip was booked for during the week 3/12/12.

Of course Outdoordan had to come up early for a meeting to make a plan.

After way too many beers & some locally sourced T bones for dinner we decided to rig

heavy & see if we could nail a bull shark.

I played silly buggers & said I'd catch one on my cod rod!

With a very ugly knot, esky, mullet fillets, gaff & wobbly boots we headed for the long

hike to the river. It seemed so much further than 20 mtrs.

I lobbed my massive bait out into a likely spot. I held that rod for all of 2 beers,

felt a hit & then weight.

The only way to get a jack out of his home is to smack him so I wound that hard the

poor fish surfed up to me & was poled onto the landing beside me. It never had a chance!

Not very sporting but very bloody funny & I'll take it. Hey, Dan caught bugger all!

51cm's & in great condition over 2kg's.

Cheers,

Grant.

[Blood Knot]

Grant - Thats a Cracka Jack mate and nicely finessed onto the landing as well .

Cheers Blood Knot

[bassboy888]

one way to american bass it in well done on the PB grant, you have to love mangrove jacks

[slinkymalinky]

That's what happens when a Jack chokes to death on an oversized bait.

In all seriousness though, that's a cracker fish and one you've put in the effort to get. Just try not to rely too heavily on the 'Jewhunter Improved Albright' for future trips.

Cheers, Slinky

[nbdshroom]

Wow. Mighty effort and mighty fish!

[mialla]

What a great looking fish - nice catch

[Hodgey]

A terrific wish Grant, regardless of the technique involved!

Cheers

Skip

[Robinsoi]

Congratulations Grant on your brutal PB

To accomplish this in your own backyard makes it even more spectacular.

Being able to wet a line in your own backyard and to catch classy fish like that is the envy of all fishos!

Nice work and keep it up.

All the best.

Ian

[rjc123]

That's a nice jack!

Anything over 50cm is a cracker

They go like freight trains at that size...

Cheers, Tom

[Guest]

You are one assy bugger thats all I can say nice JACK baby !!!!

Regards Stewy

[arpie]

......Cracka Jack!!.... LOVE IT!!! What a gem!

Congratulations on your well earned PB, mate!! Such finesse methods used, too! :074:Terrific fish, Grant!! They taste bloody good, too!!! My brother often brings them home for the table in Darwin ....... just bakes them whole & peels the skin off ........ tender as!!

Slinky is right - it probably DID choke to death!

cheers

Roberta

Edited December 14, 2012 by Roberta

[Jewhunter]

Thank you all for the nice comments & please keep them coming!

I reckon it's a classic example of fishing Karma.

I have fished all sorts of methods, been smoked more times than

I will admit & after all these years thought I had found my bogey species.

Not any more!

I have a new plan & my 'innovative' knot is not one of them!

Cheers,

Grant.

[erroll]

Nice job there mate. They are such a fantastic capture. Well done.

[josamill]

Better eating than barra i reckon. Great catch!