Tag117 Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Hey raiders, Headed down for another jewfish session at my spot in the hawkesbury on monday. However, the moment the track met the water i noticed a weird effect on the surface, it looked like it was raining. Not a cloud in the sky i had a closer look. It was millions of tiny whitebait everywhere in the water. Instead of continuing to my jewfish spot i decided to fish on the school. After a long toss up between putting on a plastic and looking for the predators below the school or a little metal lure across the surface, i went for the metal lure. Maybe 2 or 3 casts in i saw a decently sized fish go for my lure but miss it. Cast straight back in the same spot and was on. As the fish took a big jump in the air i realised it was a big salmon, but it didnt matter as he spat the lure . Couple more casts in the same spot nothing. Maybe 10 minutes later I saw another fish follow the lure in. It was a rat king . I'd never seen a king in this area before so was pretty damn excited. I dont even know how many more times i casted that lure to no avail, never getting another sighting of the king. By now the whitebait school was starting to make its way up the river. I hurried to my jewfish spot and set up. I put out a small bait under the whitebait school for flathead/bream or any other predator hoping for an easy meal. Before i could put out a jewie bait in i saw some busting up about 50m to the right of my spot. Not thinking i ran over to cast a lure at it, leaving my baited rod in the holder. First cast into the bust up and i hear the sound of drag coming from my spot . I ran over, luckily the fish was still on. After a pretty long fight on light line, i pulled in and netted the biggest bream I've ever caught (43cm). Was absolutely stoked unfortunately, due to how long it took me to get to my rod, the hook had hit his gills hard and i was unable to release him, a mistake i wont make again. My mate arrived at this point and we started targetting jewfish hard. I got one average sized jewfish on a big plastic which was quickly released. But no more takes after that. All in all a very fun and exciting session, bodes very well for the coming spring! Tag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearSawyer Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Nice catch! Was this on a boat or from the shore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Nice effort Tag! That's a very nice bream indeed. Congrats on your PB and great report! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreasePit Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Love this time of year, the hawkesbury really comes to life.Cracker of a bream mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 4myson Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Well Done mate , A Top BREAM !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauricio Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 that is a Bream and a half! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBFisho Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Great catch mate, especially that horse of a bream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loco Mofo Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 What a monster bream, gratz man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itchin'faFishin' Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 That bream is a classic! What a beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexSenior Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Well done Tag. A great trip with a stonker bream but more importantly congrats on advocating the release of such a prized fish (even though it didn't work out this time). Cheers, James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike89 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Beautiful fat bream you managed there! Nice stuff. Awesome to see how you keep pulling up the jewies with such consistency! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day's Fishin Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Great bream Tag! Pity you could not release him as he would have been over 10 years old. Normally do not taste that good as they tend to be quite dry! Reading between the lines and your pic's I would take a guess that you were fishing around Spencer area? Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itchin'faFishin' Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Would love to learn some of your techniques! Have sent you a PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tag117 Posted September 23, 2016 Author Share Posted September 23, 2016 Thanks for the comments guys! I wont be forgetting that bream any time soon @bearsawyer this was landbased @fish reaper nope, not spencer, i was near the mouth of cowan creek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itchin'faFishin' Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 How do you get land-based near the mouth of Cowan? That must be quite a trek? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tag117 Posted September 23, 2016 Author Share Posted September 23, 2016 How do you get land-based near the mouth of Cowan? That must be quite a trek? Yeah, walk from cowan station down to Jerusalem bay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Somehow I missed some of these catch reports!! anyway looks like you had a great session. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy030767 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Nice size bream mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyshfood Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 How long is the walk and what type of terrain is it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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