Garrybeynon Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Hi Raiders, Only new to fishing and been going 6 months now and had some good success. Guess that's why I'm addicted now. Anyway ticking off species off my bucket list and till Friday night Mullaway was one of them. Just got a new reel midweek and wanted to test it out Sedona 3000 got the tackle shop to load some 6pound braid onto it as I want to target some bream. Matched it to my 1-3kg rod and headed off down to my usually spot around Glebe around 5pm and started flicking some plastics around, got onto to some small tailor around 30cm which was fun on the light gear the rod reel combo was working great and my cast distance had greatly increased. Sun went down and the led lenser head torch came out continue to walk the banks looking for fish see a nice flatty sitting on the sand waiting for its prey. Seems a bit unfair but love being able to watch a flatty take a plastic, bounce the paddle tail across the bottom towards the flatty get to about half a metre away and bang awesome to watch drag it in and it's a good size 50cm . That will do its getting close to 7pm better go home for a feed. Decide to have a couple of last flicks around some structure to see if I can get that bream I wanted. Second cast and on the drop something hits my plastics and the drag goes off its head, nice one might get onto that horse bream I wanted. Run stops and I'm onto the reel but to no avail just as quick as i can reel the drag is work against me tighten the drag up a bit remembering I'm on 6 pound braid with 8 pound leader and not want to bust off and continue to work the reel like a madman anyway long story short 15min later I see that silver shine my first Jew get the lip grips out and roll out the brag mat to get a few photos before return him back to live another day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewhunter Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Well done mate. Congrats on your 1st jew! You're on your way now. The 1st one is always the hardest. To crack it on a plastic is a great effort. Great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrybeynon Posted August 14, 2016 Author Share Posted August 14, 2016 Cheers the little paddle tail with a 1/6 weighted size 1 hook jig head done the damage , pretty lucky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaohuang Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Oh wow, congrats! That is a good first jew... my first jew probably didn't reach 20cm, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Nice work Garry! You first and a legal one at that. I bet you it gave you a good run on your bream stick. It would have been heart in mouth stuff when you seen it come up! Well done! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Well done Garry, always worth one more cast, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrybeynon Posted August 14, 2016 Author Share Posted August 14, 2016 Cheers everyone, I want to setup a rod to chase bigger fish like these and maybe some rat kingies, that's next on my bucket list. I have a 4000 reel and a 3-5 kg 6ft rod what size braid should I get loaded on it? And any tips getting land based kingies in syd harbour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rah Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Well done. Top Effort Cheers Tara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luderick -angler Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Nice fish mate. Good going there on the mulloway. Can I make one suggestion if you plan to catch and release try to support the fishes weight by holding its stomach. Just puts less stress on a fish after a fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papafish Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Mate great catch! Where about in Glebe were you fishing? Im usually at birch grove, but it's been very quiet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codymanly Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 yew! epic work mate. I only got the fishing bug last December, and already I fully appreciate the term, 'elusive jew!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mully Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Great first catch.. Im still trying to break the 50cm size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam bros Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 (edited) Mate well done on your first Jew On a plastic is something special I'm yet to get one on a plastic If your chasing kingies landbased, try Balmoral, Clifton or pier 2 These are all very popular spots during summer, so best to get a spot early Live squid or yakka is the way to go Edited August 15, 2016 by sam bros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrybeynon Posted August 15, 2016 Author Share Posted August 15, 2016 Mate well done on your first Jew On a plastic is something special I'm yet to get one on a plastic If your chasing kingies landbased, try Balmoral, Clifton or pier 2 These are all very popular spots during summer, so best to get a spot early Live squid or yakka is the way to go Thanks Sam, I don't fish anything but plastics or lures. Guess I'm a bit lazy on getting bait. Do kings go for poddy mullet? There is plenty of them around where I fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budzsta Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Awesome stuff man!!! I wonder how you'll go in summer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT03 Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Great effort! And on a plastic...well done. Perhaps one day I will be able to tick that challenge of my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamski Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Awesome work dude, especially to get a 70 cm model on bream gear! For land-based kingies you could also try Double Bay and Rose Bay: in the warmer months you can see them in close smashing bait up around the wharves there. You'd need a pretty heavy leader and strong leader/braid knot as it's structure-tastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hornet Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Good stuff, that's a fish you'll never forget and well done for releasing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Such a tough fish to find in some areas, congrats on your first. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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