baba209 Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Hi all, This is my first post, been stalking these forums for a while now and thought I might share my latest fishing adventure. Got into bed about 9pm and got up around 1am Saturday 3/5 and couldn't go back to bed. Grabbed the ipad and checked the conditions, tide was at its highest peak and winds and water temps where at the best they were going to be be at for the whole weekend, so thought I might make the most of the perfect conditions while they where still around. Geared up with 1 light and 1 heavy outfit and headed off with my last fresh squid caught on Wednesday week, prepped and ready for the weekend. Arrived at the location around 1:45am with about 4 other people there, but they where mainly fishing one side of the wharf. I set up on the left hand side which was facing me towards some structure and a few boats. Rigged up the squid with a k-mart special mulloway “pre-rig”, I have seen them too many times and I caved in and bought one to try out... sent the heavy outfit with the k-mart pre-rig out and mucked around with the lighter outfit for some squid... While this was happening I was having a chat to a fisho who was already there and he passed a slimy on to me to try out, I had heard great things about them and thought I might give it a go. My squid by now had been chewed away by some nippers so I rigged up the slimy chunks and sent it on its way... My ultra bite burley trail seemed to be working as I could see plenty of bait fish, and the others kept bringing them in, not too happy as they kept everything... Once again the nippers had gotten the best of my slimy chunks. Brought it in and used the rest of the whole slimy, mixed what ever was left of the slimy chunks with my burley and stayed persistent with it for 20 - 30 min... As I was loosing hope, i rigged my light outfit up to catch some bait to throw out... as this was going on, weather was absolutely perfect, water was warm enough to jump in and luckily the visitors there were nice and quite. BANG, as I am rigging up, my rods about to go over and i lunge over and I'm on... with a few nice runs adding up to a 5 min steady fight, and a helping hand of a fellow fisho who grabbed my net, I bagged a nice 4.5 - 5kg, 73cm Mulloway. Got the blood pumping, was a lot of fun, and the thoughts of the season being over were proven wrong... This was the first Jewfish I kept to try out and eat, pan fried with a little fennel, garlic, olive oil and lemon, it was magic. Thanks for reading everyone, good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shak4g63 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Good stuff mate...congrats now u have jewfish-itis.....you want to catch a bigger one.. Cherish the moment..and enjoy Tight lines!, Shakeel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hawkesbass Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Very nice first report. Congrats on the jewfish hopefully the first of many for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Gr8 first report, well done on such a nice fish. Hope you catch many more and share the stories with fellow fishraiders. Cheers Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinsoi Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Terrific effort Baba Great first post and to the Forum. Well done and thanks for sharing. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragmeister Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 You can't help but love a report with a story! Well done on the Jewie. Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefisherman6784 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Great job Always want to catch a good jewwy Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherman666 Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 This is a good catch and a good read too! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baba209 Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Thanks everyone for the kind words and appreciation. Means a lot and is very inspiring to keep more fish of this quality coming. Hope to plan another trip in the next few weeks, and really see how winter fishing will go, Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samthefisherman Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 solid catch mate they always hit when rigging a rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthmonger Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Dedication pays off more often than not. A well deserved fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EGK24A Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Congrats mate! That's a solid fish! I was out there with a few friends last Saturday also from about 8 - 11. It was freezing cold though ... Like you said water was warm, we managed to bag 3 bream 28cm, 29cm and 33cm which was a solid enough effort for me. All caught on Fresh Banana Prawns from Woolworths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baba209 Posted May 7, 2014 Author Share Posted May 7, 2014 Thanks again guys, really appreciate all the support. Makes me want to go out for a flick and report back everyday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiro Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Great report to open your account with mate, well done! Looking forward to reading more of your sleepless nights fishing trips lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stephanb79 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Mate gotta say egk24a I love woolies prawns that all I use !!! And nice jew good catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EGK24A Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Mate gotta say egk24a I love woolies prawns that all I use !!! And nice jew good catch The woollies prawns are awesome especially when they are fresh. Not like that frozen tweed baits stuff which crumble up as soon as you peel them. Always catch something when I use woolies prawns hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stephanb79 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 The woollies prawns are awesome especially when they are fresh. Not like that frozen tweed baits stuff which crumble up as soon as you peel them. Always catch something when I use woolies prawns hehe not wrong and they dont go off quickly I love them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Stalker Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Well done mate and welcome to fishraider. Those rigs are not bad but much better when you make them yourself on a lighter leader of better quality. Snelled rigs work quite well on snapper and kings too. I have a feeling we will be hearing more from you soon if your first report is anything to go by. Jews are not the easiest fish to come by so you are definitely doing something right. Luc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOOS Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Nice Jew, so the slimeys do work... i may try again next time. (didn't work for me when i tried) You mentioned that this is the first jewie that you decided to keep for eating, (i assume by this you have caught them before) but i'm curious, what made you change your mind and want to eat it this time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baba209 Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 Nice Jew, so the slimeys do work... i may try again next time. (didn't work for me when i tried) You mentioned that this is the first jewie that you decided to keep for eating, (i assume by this you have caught them before) but i'm curious, what made you change your mind and want to eat it this time? To be honest with you, it was my first legal jewie, and thought I may just try it. You can also add some peer pressure from the other fisho's there that spectated, telling me of some great recipe's. My thought's on keeping fish is that once I have decided to keep and try that one particular species then I wont any more if I do target and catch it again, my next target will be a legal kingie, same situation, only caught undersized rats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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