sbf1 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Hi, With the weather warming up and no more friday night footy to watch i grabbed my son and the boat after work on Friday and went for a local Sydney Harbour fish. In aim of fishing the low tide change we searched around for livies but couldnt find any! We had plenty of time to kill so we scanned around looking for a new spot to try. We found a new deep hole so we anchored up baited up and waited. Not long after we got our 1st little jew (59cm). Everything was quite for a while until we got another at 65cm. Once again it went quite so we started checking our baits. So son said he must have catfish on as he had a dead weight on his rod. As it surfaced in the dark it started kicking a splashing so i grabbed the torch to see what it was and what a supprise - a crayfish! 2kg of cray!! The hook had hooked it from one of its legs. Anyway we baited and waited again, it was until roughly 10.30pm that we got some better size fish one at 73cm and one at 78cm. All in all was a nice peacefull and semi productive evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilledFisho Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 That is a very unusual by catch! Nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishingGuy Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Nice!!! Cheers,FishingGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Good to see you back on the Jew hunt mate and you haven't lost your touch. Wow, that is an usual catch, can't say that's ever happened to me. What did you do with it??? Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbf1 Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 Scratchie, After taking a while to unhook it as they go wild and clamp to you while trying to handle them with all the sharp pieces. I considered keeping it as i was craving lobster mornay but being that it was sydney harbour i let it free. I will now need to pay $200 for a 2kg live lobster to forfill my craving. Could anyone confirm is it would of been safe to eat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtBundy Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Bottom dwelling filter feeder in the harbour mud? I think giving it a pass was a good call, as bitter as that would have been Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_S Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I'm no expert, but it probably would have been safe to eat. The lobsters only come into shore to shed their shells, it would normally live out on the deep water reefs off Sydney well away from the dioxins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I'm assuming it would be safe on the basis that you are not consuming it regularly. I'm not an expert either but if you are unsure, then send it back. I eat my wife's cooking once a month and I'm still ok! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dae_182 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I catch a number of lobby's, and you will be fine. What depth did you get the lobby at. Prices at the local restaurant. Split it half and add garlic and butter and cook on the BBQ for 15 min. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snatcher Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Nice one John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VBCB Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 That's a cool session! Well done boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragmeister Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 The harbour never ceases to surprise. Well done all round. Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulz Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Best by-catch ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish-On Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Awesome!!! I've seen that happen before on a fishing show, with Al Mclashin I think, when he was jewie fishing at Juno Point. I would be doing cartwheels if I pulled up a cray Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbf1 Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 Yum you have made me hungry David! It was caught in 23meters of water. Scratchie I eat my wife's cooking most days and somehow I am still alive as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydneyfisher12 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 great catch mate on a fishing show they were fishing for jewfish in the hawkesbury river at the railway bridge and they also got a lobster by catch cheers sydneyfisher12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Thought I read it before, so checked again with the Fisheries regs. You are not permitted to catch a rock lobster on a line. A bit over the top I think, it's not like you will catch a lobbie on a line every day. Fishing for over 50 years, and I have never caught one on a line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizza Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 What alucky cray.99 out of 100 fishos would have kept it to eat or give away.Apparently large numbers migrate seasonally from the deep but there are also many that stay in a given inshore area.You can catch them in Tassie on atangled mono line with fish bait in the middle between the shoreline boulders.this can be done in Wineglass Bay though unsure of legality of method. cheers wizza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 If it was 2 kg it may have been oversize anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plankton Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Could anyone confirm is it would of been safe to eat? Where did you catch it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bede Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 (edited) top session, wish i had half the nack of picking up jewies as some raiders. I think you did the right thing not eating the cray, especially if you were around or west of the bridge. It probably would'nt do a lot of harm eating it once every blue moon When you think about it, not knowing for sure if and how it may effect us, is it really worth the chance? lol, its a new spot he just found so I think sydney harbor is about all we are getting plankton. Thanks for the report Edited October 11, 2014 by bede Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbf1 Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 In the hunters hill area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plankton Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 I wouldn't eat it then. It would prob have high levels of dioxin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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