ON THE HUNT FOR JEWS

[BARNEYBROWNLOW]

Hello,

After recently feeling the urge to persist fishing for mulloway, I headed out the Clontarf beach in Middle harbour for a flick from 4:30 till 8. I used squid strips from a monster green eye I had caught recently, which at the start produced a couple of good sized bream (30-35ish), some decent trevally (30ish), a couple of tailor (25-30) and a few decent sized baby snapper (25-28ish). All these were released.

When it got dark around 6:30 I landed a monster blue swimmer crab on the squid followed by a solid whiting (29cm) which were the only two kept for dinner. I flicked a large soft vibe for a while but no luck on that, only bastard chinamen leatherjacket hitting it.

Unfortunately no Jewies, but I understand that it is completely about persistence and they only come with time, can't be expecting any on my first proper attempt.

[GoingFishing]

Nice report mate and keep persisting.....that jewie will come eventually.

Cracking blue swimmer there

[Mr Squidy]

Nice work, stick at it, they are a very rewarding fish once you figure them out. One note, if you are catching whiting on your baits you probably need to up you hook and bait size for the jewies. Even hunting the smaller models you want a minimum 5/0 circle with a 8-10cm long 2cm wide squid strip on it IMO. Most guys go up to 8/0.

Cheers

Rich

[Rah]

Nice work mate. Keep at it, that Jewwie will come eventually!!

 

Cheers

Rah