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!