Evening Jewie Bash

This afternoon at around 5pm I get a call from Brad, I'm kicking back havin' a beer and he asks if I'd be keen to go target some Jewies. I honestly say I couldn't really be bothered but I hadn't wet a line in a while and it was something new for me so I decided to have a crack.



The plan was to fish a spot that we've never fished before but it has a bit of a reputation for big Black Jewfish. I rocked up at Brads place a bit late but we headed off about an hour before the low feeling reasonably confident but not really expecting a whole lot.



When we got there we walked to the spot and then set up our gear. First baits went out and it wasn't long before I got a reasonable hit but then I came up solid on a snag. I busted it off and started to re rig. Meanwhile Brad hooks something small and brings in a nice little soapie. Not as big as we were after but the right species so a good sign.











I got my line back in the water and continued to get some good little bites but struggled to hook anything. I got snagged again! So I re rigged and was about to put my line back out when Brad hooks something a bit bigger.







The line peels off his Abu like no tomorrow so he cranks the drag a bit and gives it some more curry. A couple of times I thought he was almost about to get busted off as you could clearly see that the fish had him against some snaggy country. Brad wasn't sure exactly what it was and said it felt sharky but I was optimistic that it was a nice Jewie. As it got closer we saw what we were after, a nice jewie around 80-90cm.



I leadered the fish in and went and got the camera. After a couple of snaps the fish was revived and sent on his way. This was Brads PB for Black Jewfish, well done mate hopefully plenty more bigger ones to come.











After that it went a little quiet and we were just about to go home when I hooked up. It shot off at a rate of knots so I cranked the drag right up, not willing to give him any extra line. After a couple of awesome runs I got him to the rocks and Brad leadered him in.











We decided to keep this one, we both took a fillet each and it topped off a fantistic evening of fishing. All up we probably spent no longer than an hour fishing, and given the fact it was our first time targetting jewies at this spot I was very satisfied with the outcome.



The gear we were using was 30lb braid with 100lb leader. The size fish that we caught really made us work hard on this gear and I think a lot of good luck came into play. Any bigger and I wouldn't hesitate using 50lb gear taking into account the snaggy terrain we caught them in.



Thanks for the evening Brad and can't wait to do it again!


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yeah mate, noat a bad way to

Fri, 2008-01-11 22:11

yeah mate, not a bad way to spend an hour and drown a 6 pack of bundies eh?  Perhaps next time a net might be a good idea, just to make the job a little easier hey - and mabey a few more cans of rum.  Anyway was a good session and your right, i cant wait to give it another crack

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yeah mate more rum sounds

Fri, 2008-01-11 22:20

yeah mate more rum sounds like a good idea  and the net would make life a whole lot easier hehe...

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Great fish! Those colours

Sat, 2008-01-12 06:22

Great fish! Those colours really come out when fresh from the water.

Save some for me I may be up there next week.

Now to study those background features so I can find that spot
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Top fish and really nice

Sat, 2008-01-12 08:01

Top fish and really nice pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Awesome

Sat, 2008-01-12 19:15

Awesome once again fellas. Sweet!

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Love it

Sat, 2008-01-12 20:59

....when a plan comes together.

Great fish again guys, you are putting us southerners to shame at the moment.

Wish this bloody wind would die down a bit so we cn get out there and do a bit of fishing.


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Great stuff

Sun, 2008-01-13 12:50

You guys keep on bringing on the great exploits. Great work again.

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thanks fellas, will

Sun, 2008-01-13 15:12

thanks fellas, will hopefully keep the pics and reports comming.  Thats it for me fo about 5 or 6 weeks now.  Will have to wait for the new boat.