samjames95 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 (edited) After a solid morning surf, with great swell and sets coming through, the day started early but well. With university over for the year, a day off work and a much needed break from grade cricket training, I decided to head out with a mate from the academy for a fish. With all the recent rain, cloudy skies and fast moving water we decided it was a fantastic opportunity to go after the elusive Sydney Harbour Jew, landbased as boating conditions we're far from good. The plan was to cast one heavy line deep into the channel where the fast moving murky water was with a large pilchard, then have each of us using prawns on light gear to pick up anything else that may be around. Throughout the two or so hours we fished, we had many pickers eating the prawn bait but not a single touch on the large bait. This was until my mate had his prawn absolutely slammed by a thumping 42cm Yellowfin Bream, which I was stoked to see but even happier to release. I see no reason to kill a 30 year old fish that breeds thousands every few months or so and maintains the species numbers in our heavily over fished Sydney waterways. No Jewfish, but definitely stoked to see a fish of this size. Cheers Edited December 19, 2016 by samjames95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike89 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Top catch there, sounds like a great day out with a mate on the water. Beaut fish, congrats on the release. Good photo too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackfish angler Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Nice fish well done mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day's Fishin Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 A great healthy looking bream. It's great to see fish in that condition. Catch and release in my opinion gives one a high that is equal to none! Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rah Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 A great fish there. Well done to your mate. Cheers Tara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Well done to you both for getting out there and enjoying your fishing session. 1st class result catching and releasing such a quality fish. Hope you manage to make time to do it again real soon. Cheers, BN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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