wchh Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 At 86 cm, this is not a huge jewfish from the beach. what worthy of noting is this one was again caught as a bycatch when I was hoping for a bream. The hook was a 1/0 suicide hook and bait was half a pilchard. Caught on the corner of the mouth, almost straightened the hook. last bycatch in a similar manner and time of the year and day was a meter plus jewfish back in 2017. (27/10/2017 to be precise). This one happened just before 8:00 pm last Wednesday 25/11/2020. Both from Wanda beach. a friend fishing together took below photo. 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyGreek Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Great jewy. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Good work. Not huge as you said, but still a good size caught anywhere. Most fishos would like one that size. Jewies can turn up anywhere you throw a bait out. I have caught a couple of 40/45 cm ones on a yakka hand line, little hook, small bait, feeding in the burley with the yakkas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Monks Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Nice work!! 👏 I'd happily take a good size jew as by-catch! 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Well done. Nice Jewy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Give me that by catch any day. Beach Jewies look awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Great looking fish...very welcome bi-catch:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wchh Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 On 11/30/2020 at 2:06 PM, SaltyGreek said: Great jewy. Well done Thanks! I don’t get them very often😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wchh Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 On 11/30/2020 at 2:08 PM, Yowie said: Good work. Not huge as you said, but still a good size caught anywhere. Most fishos would like one that size. Jewies can turn up anywhere you throw a bait out. I have caught a couple of 40/45 cm ones on a yakka hand line, little hook, small bait, feeding in the burley with the yakkas. Too true. This fish came to the beach a lot earlier than one can expect, there were quite a few surfers in the water just outside the gutter I was fishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wchh Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 On 11/30/2020 at 2:29 PM, Brendan Monks said: Nice work!! 👏 I'd happily take a good size jew as by-catch! 😁 Me too! This is the 2nd jewfish I caught on pilchard from this beach when trying for bream. I also caught another two on a whole pilchard some years back from Mona vale beach. Those larger captures made me trust my servo pilchard more than anything else on the beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wchh Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 On 11/30/2020 at 2:41 PM, Rebel said: Well done. Nice Jewy. The cleaner photo made the fish look even better😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wchh Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 On 11/30/2020 at 8:36 PM, Welster said: Give me that by catch any day. Beach Jewies look awesome. Better part was I caught it when the sun was still up, unlike those other photos I had to take in darkness, this smaller fish looks a lot nicer in bright daylight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wchh Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 On 11/30/2020 at 9:15 PM, jenno64 said: Great looking fish...very welcome bi-catch:) This kind of by-catch made me lazy to make dedicated effort to chase beach Jewfish. A few years back, I often came home the other side of the midnight, now I would normally get home before 9:30 pm. Average a two-hour session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corro Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Great catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Must be large bream off Wanda to be taking 1/2 pilchards 🤔 Regardless, nice jew 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 @wchh great fish ! awesome color and appearance, oceanic caught fish always look more clean and appetizing than estuary caught fish ! @kingie chaser one of the most common ways to fish for bream is a half pillie lol. Especially in the surf where the small pickers and bait stealers will chew some of the bait away you want a bait thats big enough to withstanding some pickers but not too big as to deter a bite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wchh Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 5 hours ago, kingie chaser said: Must be large bream off Wanda to be taking 1/2 pilchards 🤔 Regardless, nice jew Hi mate:Yeh, big breams are my main target these days because my increased appetite for the steamed fish. I did catch quite a few 40+ breams off the sands lately, like the 44cm one in below photo caught on 8/11/20 from Wanda, it made the well legal blue spotted look like a baby. but they are not there everyday, I have to agree 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wchh Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 9 minutes ago, wchh said: Hi mate:Yeh, big breams are my main target these days because my increased appetite for the steamed fish. I did catch quite a few 40+ breams off the sands lately, like the 44cm one in below photo caught on 8/11/20 from Wanda, it made the well legal blue spotted look like a baby. but they are not there everyday, I have to agree 😀 This one was also 44cm but from Maroubra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wchh Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 1 hour ago, GoingFishing said: @wchh great fish ! awesome color and appearance, oceanic caught fish always look more clean and appetizing than estuary caught fish ! @kingie chaser one of the most common ways to fish for bream is a half pillie lol. Especially in the surf where the small pickers and bait stealers will chew some of the bait away you want a bait thats big enough to withstanding some pickers but not too big as to deter a bite. Thanks! I like the lighter coloured fish from the beaches, they look cleaner. Half pillie is definitely not too big for large breams. I also use heavy leader up to 80 pound in the wash for less chance of tangling, this heavy leader may have deterred a few bites, but better than untangling the lines every cast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 5 hours ago, wchh said: Hi mate:Yeh, big breams are my main target these days because my increased appetite for the steamed fish. I did catch quite a few 40+ breams off the sands lately, like the 44cm one in below photo caught on 8/11/20 from Wanda, it made the well legal blue spotted look like a baby. but they are not there everyday, I have to agree 😀 Crickey, you either have small arms or that's a of a cracker bream 😂 Looking at the size & there growth rate must be around a 15 year old bream? Well done 👍 Haven't been to wanda for ages, last time I was there got a nice salmon, much rather that jew bicatch for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachwormer Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Hey mate that's a nice looking outfit you're fishing with there (and of course a great fish too). Would you mind telling me what rod and reel you're using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wchh Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 22 minutes ago, beachwormer said: Hey mate that's a nice looking outfit you're fishing with there (and of course a great fish too). Would you mind telling me what rod and reel you're using? The rod is a Kmart 12’ ft surf rod (sport fisher) I bought about 10 years back, I don’t know whether they still stock them nowadays. It came as a combo with an original price of $40. I bumped into them when they were on special price $19 and I bought three sets. The reel was not used as I bought a few Shakespeare Silencer full metal reel (3x 6000 size and 2x8000 size) as well. The one in the photo is a 6000 reel spooled with 25 pound Jarvis Walker mono line. All the things I use are budget stuff but I have not lost any fish due to outfit failures yet in my last 20 years of fishing. 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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