Tag117 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Hey Raiders, Been out for a while due to exams but managed a few sneaky jewie sessions in between. All of them were super rewarding! Got out to our spot in Cowan creek with a bit of time to catch bait, a lot of the time ended up catching big mullet or tailor which were used as slab baits. A bit before dark the insane jewfish runs start, caught several a couple of legal jews and several in the 60s. Have been teaching a mate to fish all winter, so for him to finally be rewarded by his first legal jewie was awesome. Also tried plastics and squid. Plastics had no success, caught occasional 60cm jews on the squid. None came close to the success of big slabs. To celebrate finishing exams, we headed down to a mates holiday house in Jervis Bay for a spot of fishing. Plan was to fish beaches, all day and see if we picked up bait for the bigger stuff at night. We caught plenty of dart on beach worms and pilly fillets which we put out at night in hopes of some shark. Got 3 takes the first night and didn't hook one. Feeling pretty defeated, we tried the same thing the next day. The strong offshore wind made casting a nightmare and coated the beach in blue bottles. But our persistance paid off with three sharks landed by the end of the night. Sorry for skimming over everything, cramming a few trips into one, hopefully plenty more to come this summer! Tag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savit Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Very nice photos and report indeed! Happy smiles, and the sharks look like you woke them up in the middle of the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 (edited) Good on you for catching some Jewys. Edited November 29, 2016 by Blackfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackfish angler Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Great report and some top Jews well done Tag 117 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Tag, Off shore wind, blowing from the land out to the ocean. On shore wind, blowing from the ocean onto the land. Assume you were casting against an on shore wind, considering the difficulty you had casting, and the bluebottles that were floating about. Apart from that, you did quite well, a few nice jewies there, and a couple of toothy critters on the last night. Yowie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tag117 Posted November 29, 2016 Author Share Posted November 29, 2016 3 hours ago, Yowie said: Tag, Off shore wind, blowing from the land out to the ocean. On shore wind, blowing from the ocean onto the land. Assume you were casting against an on shore wind, considering the difficulty you had casting, and the bluebottles that were floating about. Apart from that, you did quite well, a few nice jewies there, and a couple of toothy critters on the last night. Yowie. My bad! Always assumed it was called offshore wind as it came from offshore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatsworking Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Yowie's right, but your reasoning has logic as well: for instance a westerly wind does indeed blow from the west. Very nice jewies. Do you fish your slab baits mid-water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tag117 Posted November 29, 2016 Author Share Posted November 29, 2016 1 hour ago, beatsworking said: Yowie's right, but your reasoning has logic as well: for instance a westerly wind does indeed blow from the west. Very nice jewies. Do you fish your slab baits mid-water? Hey mate, We usually just put the slabs on the bottom with size 2-4 sinkers. Hope that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace1223 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 20 hours ago, Tag117 said: Hey Raiders, Been out for a while due to exams but managed a few sneaky jewie sessions in between. All of them were super rewarding! Got out to our spot in Cowan creek with a bit of time to catch bait, a lot of the time ended up catching big mullet or tailor which were used as slab baits. A bit before dark the insane jewfish runs start, caught several a couple of legal jews and several in the 60s. Have been teaching a mate to fish all winter, so for him to finally be rewarded by his first legal jewie was awesome. Also tried plastics and squid. Plastics had no success, caught occasional 60cm jews on the squid. None came close to the success of big slabs. To celebrate finishing exams, we headed down to a mates holiday house in Jervis Bay for a spot of fishing. Plan was to fish beaches, all day and see if we picked up bait for the bigger stuff at night. We caught plenty of dart on beach worms and pilly fillets which we put out at night in hopes of some shark. Got 3 takes the first night and didn't hook one. Feeling pretty defeated, we tried the same thing the next day. The strong offshore wind made casting a nightmare and coated the beach in blue bottles. But our persistance paid off with three sharks landed by the end of the night. Sorry for skimming over everything, cramming a few trips into one, hopefully plenty more to come this summer! Tag Awesome catch boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaohuang Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Nice work with the jewies, good size! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike89 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 You certainly have a way with the silver ghosts! Well done, some top quality fish and fantastic photos you've shared. Good effort, keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock&Beach Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Great report guys. Well done on the first Jew to your mate Cheers Stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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