Mischief Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Bit of a late report from 2 weeks ago. So every year the mother in law (mil) takes me the wife and the brother inlaw away to corlette for a weeks holiday at a nice waterfont home. Anyways the brother inlaw and i decide to hire a boat the next day after a few drinks. Next day comes and the bro says his feeling crook and decides not to come. In my head im thinking boat or beach, anyway i decided to grab a a light beach rod and head around to fingal beach to see if i could grab some whiting with some frozen worms id bought the day before. So jumped in the car and was there in no time, sussed out the beach from a look out and chose my gutter. I only packed light with a shoulder bag and 1 rod so i could move up and down the beach with ease. 1st cast into a nice deep gutter comes up with a small dart. So does the second and third cast for the day. 4th cast bait didnt get touched, now im thinking its going to be a slow start. I change the worm and cast out a 5th time and wait for about 3 mins then a couple of nice taps and i set the hook, this things taking line now im thinking dam salmon. A few minutes pass with me chasing this fish up the beach, i cant see the fish jump i think to myself. Then i feel the head shakes every jewie fisho tells you about, now im praying to fish gods let me have my first jewie please... After about 10-15mins (felt like 50mins) i managed to wash it up onto the beach. Fish went 75cm caught around 1pm on a 2-4kg beach rod with 2500 reel 8lb leader. The next morning i went back and got some nice whiting but i cant seem to post the photos of them.Thanks for reading my long post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizza Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Brilliant catch and location ,Scratchie will be pleased . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Well done mate. Nice sized Jewie there. Lucky you having a MIL that takes you somewhere decent to fish. Cheers, BN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Great effort! A Jew off the beach in the middle of the day! I love Fingal Beach - plan to have my ashes scattered there one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest123456789 Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Great report and catch well done. Lots of skill to land a fish on such a light set up, looks like the calm conditions helped you out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rah Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Congrats on your first Jew. Great report. Cheers Tara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtyh Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Well done Mischief. Great catch. dirtyh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock&Beach Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Well done champion. Great feeling isn't it. You will want to be out there every day now. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Nice one mate! Ive haven't been on a jewy hunt for a while now. There's definitely been a few around. Scratchie Jnr has been landing a heap of schoolies from one mile! Congrats on your fish Jew and from the beach is also a feat in itself! Even if you didn't catch anything, your standing on the best beach on the world! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefin Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Beautiful, Howard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chakka Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Wow nice surprise, great report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike89 Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Great work on that jewie especially on light gear. Looks like a beautiful spot. Great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaichilli Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Nice report mate - I am giving a Fingal Bay a go this weekend on kayak. Hopefully the weather will calm down and the fish will be on bite. Cheers, Gus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Nicely done there. Congrats. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Nice catch there Mischief ? What sort of rig were you using? Paternoster with a popper or just a rolling sinker type?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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