jenno64 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) Delayed report from last Friday as a mate and I launched at the mouth of the Georges after collecting some poddies around 7am. With a full moon on the day a huge high of 1.86m had the poddies spread out everywhere but I finally gathered a good load. Headed up river on the last of the run in and had no customers around the bridge pylons but a little further up river I lost a poddy to a smash and grab raid. Shortly after my lighter outfit gets hit and a soapy around 60 comes up. Midway through the fight my heavier rods gets smashed and the rod holder flips the rod 180 degrees with the but pointing to the sky. By the time I released the first fish, this fish had taken a fair bit of line on a looser than normal drag. I turned the yak in its direction and started the chase, retrieving line and soon after up came a silver ghost which I slipped into the net. Not bad action in a 5 minute period! The fish was caught in about 30 ft of water 45 minutes after the tide turn. I fossicked around some deeper holes then turned back down river as a strong northerly came up around 11am. Only a few hundred metres from the launch site, my lighter outfit goes off over a drop off and up comes a very healthy flatty which I lip gripped, took into shore and released after a few celebrity pics with the jew. Nice to get a jew over 80 and a flatty over 70 on the same outing;) I've been chasing off the Port Macquarie beaches but have added a couple of videos from the day; - excuse the raw amateur quality and the length Edited January 24, 2020 by jenno64 add another vid 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyGreek Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Great report and nice fish 👍🏽 Fish like those are why I spend hours waiting for a fish to pick up my live baits Hopefully I can get out for jewfish soon before school holidays end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 An excellent report and photos Rob, top result. Gotta be very happy with that. bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankS Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Great read and good photos. I would be happy with a catch like that for a couple of hours on the water. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rah Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Top report a d pics mate. Looking forward to the vid! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucho hucho Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Great report. Looking forward to see the GoPro footage. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Great Day and Super photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Getting some good results mate! Love you work! cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Great effort Jenno, the georges seems to producing better than the bay atm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 Thanks for your comments guys, I'm looking forward to getting back to Sydney and planning another mission:) Whiting are biting in Port Macquarie:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61 crusher Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Great effort & report 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 A good jewie from the yak, they fight well at any time, sound like more fun from the yak. Also a nice flattie again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydney south Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Great report and videos - thanks. Would you be able to PM me where you were able to trap the poddies? As my little place at Ramsgate has been a bit slow. I also find that when I trap them up at Tuncurry, I freeze the left overs. They often work just as good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katoe Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Nice one mate just bought a Hobie Yak setting it up for fishing at the moment. Will be mostly fishing the George’s looks like you have it sorted 👍. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlvbw Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Love the yak reports mate. Cracking fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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