Catching luderick and a pb jewie

[ireallylovefishies22]

Headed out to the harbour today with @44jeff, @eaglesilk5 and 2 other friends from school. We headed out to a place near circular quay, where we had landed a few good luds on the last session. Jeff arrived about an hour earlier than the rest of us, and he managed 1 fish in the fist few minutes before it went dead. When we arrived around 9:30, we burleyed up and began trying other parts of the wharf in case the fish weren't in Jeffs particular area. After about half an hour, I had a down and I managed to land a small luderick, around 30cm. As I was unhooking my fish, Eagle managed to hook another and we landed 2 fish in quick succession, both around the same size. After trying the same areas for another half hour for no results, i decided to move to the area off the small beach, where i had seen some fish earlier. The sun was quite high in the sky now, and my skin was feeling quite hot. As I put my rod down to put on some sunscreen, I see my float shoot under, and i'm on! After a good fight, I landed the biggest fish of the day, going 38cm. This would've been a good fish to catch in the upcoming pirtek fishing comp!

After grabbing some lunch, we headed over to the same wharf where we had tangled with some kings last week. When we arrived, the rain started pouring down, so heavy that you could barely see the other side of the river. It was absolute mayhem for a couple of minutes, but as quickly as the rain came, it disappeared, and the sun came out and it turned into a total glass off. Classic australian weather 😂. The water was substantially browner now, and it was hard to catch yakkas. When we eventually managed to find a few, there were no kings following them up, which was strange as we had kings harass almost every fish we brought up last time. We gave up on this plan, so instead we decided to chuck out yakka fillets into the channel. This resulted in 3 nice bream, around 30cm, and the usual small pinky snapper. As we caught a few more smaller sized yakkas, i decided to chuck out a livie out far on my 30lb rod, trying for a larger fish. After an hour or so of the livie sitting out without any action, i decided to check it, and the yakka had been completely destroyed.

I reckon it was a crab, but if anyone has any other suggestions, let me know. 

With the yakkas slowing down and the day coming to an end, Jeff and the others dedcided to head home, so it was just Eagle and I still fishing. We decided to try another spot close to the wharf, leaving our livies and cut bait still out. After catching a few big yakkas, we had run out of bait, so i headed back to our main spot to grab some. As i left with a few more chunks of chicken, I see eagle's livie rod bend over and start screaming. I run over, but i'm not fast enough, as the fish has already spat the hook. I head back over to the spot, and tell Eagle what has happened. After fishing for about 15 minutes, eagle goes back to begin packing up, as it is getting dark. As he reaches the wharf, I hear him yell out my name, and as i rush back, i see my rod is bent. The fish felt like a heavy weight, so i called it for a large flathead. However as it surfaces, i see a flash of silver. Its a jew! The adrenaline is really pumping now, and with the ferry moving in, i need to land it quick. I bend down, and try to grab the fish, but instead i get a faceful of salt water. After multiple attempts, I manage to get my hand around the fish and i fling  him up onto the wharf. The onlookers congratulate me, and i cant remember the last time i felt so happy with catching a fish. Eagle manages a nice bream too while this is happening, again around the 30cm mark. 

  65cm jewy, crushes my previous biggest! also my first ever fish on a live yakka.

Since it was really starting to get dark, we pack in in for the day, but eagle's rod goes off in the last few moments. A 27cm bream to end off a cracker day, cant complain with that. Ended with 4 landed luderick, 5 nice bream, and the nice jewie.

Edited April 18 by ireallylovefishies22

[lhan]

What a great day out and great report too!

[big Neil]

Brilliant report of a very full day on the water with your friends. How many times does it happen that staying that little bit longer produces the goods. Certainly the case with you and Eagle. Not only did you get some excellent fish but you have gathered a lot of valuable information for future outings. That's what fishing is all about...having fun and learning something new when you get to do it.

Well done, bn

[bessell1955]

A very rewarding day, well done.  

[Yowie]

A good days fishing, a mixture of fish, plenty of fun  to be had.

Don't think a crab grabbed the yakka, they usually inflict more damage than that. A fish of some sort.

[jenno64]

Great post and well done on a long day of interesting captures!

[Pickles]

That was a terrific day @ireallylovefishies22 with mates and a solid Jewie, only just under legal, well done.

[slothparade]

My guess for that Yakka would be a ray as it looks a bit squished. Crabs tend to year chunks off, whole other fish also tend to take chucks out as well. 

 

[Larkin]

Well done on the jewie! 👍
 

[zmk1962]

Great read and report. Perseverance with mixing it up on bait, location and target species often delivers results. Well done. 
cheers Zoran 

[kantong]

nice fish there, good jewie! 

[mitchie18092]

That was another jew that had a go at the yakka.

They tend to 'scale' baits as opposed to biting in half. Very typical. As soon as they feel any resistance or something fishy (mind the pun...) going on with the bait, they will drop it.

A big reason circle hooks are so effective for them as it removes the need to strike a hook set.

Nice fish!