Noosa River Jacks....25-03-07

[Pistol_P]

Well....yesterday arvo I got a call from Benny (fish_on) who was fired up for a Jack session at the spot I landed my last good fish on a live poddie mullet.
We decided to leave the lures and plastics at home and just throw livies out and do it lazy style...;D .
Just on dark Ben's reel lets off that noise we love....zzzzzzzz....hook up with a
good little fight and Benny lands a 35cm jack.....Not the biggest but a nice Jack anyway.About 15 minutes later Danielle (Bens Mrs) has her rod bent nearly in half and a brutal fight on her hands.....She did exetremely well and landed an awesome Jack at 48cm....She was stoked...:o .
Next up my reel took off and I landed a small fella at 33cm.
All went quiet...for 5 minutes when Benny had a screaming hit and run and a solid hook up....next thing bang!...the braid snapped with the best shotgun noise I have heard for a while.....:o .....He wasnt happy!
Continued to fish and Danielle landed another small one in the thirties and then Benny took revenge as he had another screaming hit,dirty fight and landed an awesome Jack at 50cm.....He was a happy man.
While I was taking photos of Bens fish My rod was belted and I was on landing a Jack at 46cm........giving us the opporunity of a quick double photo.
It was seriously a crazy night and we ended up landing 6 jacks.All fish were caught land based and ALL fish were released to fight again!............Sorry if pics look a little funny but I had to touch up the background....;)

Cheers
Pete

[Why-ting]

Thats a great session by anyones standards. That must be 1 hell of a spot you have there Pete. Were they all caught in the same location?
Well done mate.

Cheers Whytey

[tiges]

What a sesh boy's (and girl)!!! Don't blame ya for cammo'ing the pics Pete. The spot would be raped and pillaged in no time otherwise. Good pics too mate, that 1 with you and Benny should go "straight to the poolroom".What braid and linestrength was Benny fishing?

Cheers
Tiges

[tunapikus]

awesome looking fishing pete what a cracker little session nice little hall there

[ffejsmada]

Well done Pete and crew, great fish, what a session!!

You did well to brave that storm and wind that came through in the arvo.

Again, well done!

[Pistol_P]

Why-tey.....Yes all fish in the same location.

Tiges....Not sure what benny was fishing:-/ ...I know it was the Nitlon Braid.
I use 14lb fireline and find it great....with 30lb leader.

ffejsmada.....Yeah that storm looked ugly but was ok....got windy though.

Cheers
Pete

[heathrow69]

What a great session there Pistol P and gang!!!!

Those pics of the jacks are awesome!!!!

Congrats and well done all of you!!!!

Cheers

Heath.

[jackextracter]

Great session mate nice variety of jacks there, top report.

[bludog]

Mate thats a awesome effort by all concerned

You sure must have a great spot.

Bludog

[BAR UP]

Hey Pistol, maybe the reason for such a good session was because of the approaching storm.:o

[Murph77]

They are some awesome jacks there mate, what a session. Well done

[aaron_gilmour]

Awesome stuff . looks like the weather has been good down there and the jacks are on the go.
I have been using mustud big mouth 2/0 hooks and lip hooking the mullet to catch my fish. Have you been hooking your mullet in the tail section behind the dorsal or in the head region.

I have found the wide gape hooks to hook the fish in the side of the jaw necely and althouth the hooks are fine gauge when fishing smaller muller baits the hook dosnt tire them out to much or weight them down. Even caught a 70cm barra on them although I took him easy in fear of straightening the hook.

Cheers

Aaron

[stessco]

3536Jacks back 24th March

[Pistol_P]

Awesome stuff . looks like the weather has been good down there and the jacks are on the go.
I have been using mustud big mouth 2/0 hooks and lip hooking the mullet to catch my fish. Have you been hooking your mullet in the tail section behind the dorsal or in the head region.

I have found the wide gape hooks to hook the fish in the side of the jaw necely and althouth the hooks are fine gauge when fishing smaller muller baits the hook dosnt tire them out to much or weight them down. Even caught a 70cm barra on them although I took him easy in fear of straightening the hook.

Cheers

Aaron

Hey mate...
No I always pin my livies lightly behind the head...and have a good hook up rate.

[Matthias]

Very nice pics mate.

Pete.

[Pistol_P]

Very nice pics mate.

Pete.

Thanks Pete
Whats happening your way?

[the gecko]

Awesome session pete. Thats what dreams are made of.

Andrew

[fish_on]

hey tiges ive got 20lb nitlon braid spooled up on my reel that went ka-bang. never heard anything like it thought my rod snapped. ive been using 40lb leader, sometimes even more but not having as many hits. dropped it down the other night to 30lb and got more hits. we are in one good spot mind you. im just glad my mrs got one,her first ever jack at 48.not bad. think the approaching storm may have stirred them up a bit. going back on thurs after this wind here stops. its blowing about 35 knots ;D

[seapup]

Pete brilliant effort mate! When we going to chase some of those mongrel Jacks?
Benny.

[Pistol_P]

Pete brilliant effort mate! When we going to chase some of those mongrel Jacks?
Benny.

Thursday we are on!...8-)

[richieboy]

Awsome fish Pete. All concerned look very pleased as you should be. 6 in a sesh is saying something about your Spot X. Don't delete all your PM's at once. ;)

Richie

[wheezer]

see you boys there....!!

[greenie.77]

they are some awesome fish there i would be happy to catch 6 in 2 years of fishing well done

[gregdeeth]

great fish, looks like the lazy way out had you working pretty hard

[tiges]

see you boys there....!!
Better do ya drag up a bit then "Larry light drag".;D

[84mick]

Hey Pistol, maybe the reason for such a good session was because of the approaching storm.:o


I have been told about how jacks can fire up just before a storm will hit, I was out at Boggy Creek just before it hit us and big schools of bait were jumping all over the place (didnt get any hook ups).

Pete and gang, I have to say well done! Thats some good fishing you got into!

Cheers, Mick.

[fish_on]

dont worry tiges drag was up mate. pete is the larry light drag. by the way wheezer you have no hope of coming because we are using bait not lures. andy anti bait. ha ha. ill save those poor little jacks. this spot is protected at all costs :-X :-X

benny

[jackextracter]

Thursday we are on!...8-)
Good luck for thursday hopefully the weathers good for yous.8-)

[Pistol_P]

dont worry tiges drag was up mate. pete is the larry light drag. by the way wheezer you have no hope of coming because we are using bait not lures. andy anti bait. ha ha. ill save those poor little jacks. this spot is protected at all costs :-X :-X

benny

I think Tiges may have meant wheezer was the larry light drag.......;D
And wheezer used to bag me all the time for light drag settings...hey....
Tiges please tell us the rest of the story...;D ;D

[tiges]

I just like to shite stir the big fella Pete. As you know, one of my regular haunts has a lot of weed in it. I fish a pretty tight drag to keep the fish from running straight in the weed. Wheezer has to fish a lighter drag setting cos his Pixie has a sticky drag.:o ;D

[Pistol_P]

I just like to shite stir the big fella Pete. As you know, one of my regular haunts has a lot of weed in it. I fish a pretty tight drag to keep the fish from running straight in the weed. Wheezer has to fish a lighter drag setting cos his Pixie has a sticky drag.:o ;D

Well if he ever gets his Steez his pants may become sticky also......;D ;D ;D ;D

[wheezer]

settle down boys....pixy is all good thanks to mr erskines carbontex treatment...lucky you aint chuckin lures fish_on coz then i'd be calling ya harry highpants...love that trend you setting tucking ya columbia into ya pants!!

[fish_on]

only the right side of my shirt is tucked in thanks. due to rubber butt always grabbing on my shirt. im not 8 ft tall remember. harry high pants ha ha youve lost it. love the sticky comment pistol about the steez. i just look forward to getting my left one in. wheezer will finally be jealous.

[mason23]

Sensational haul of Jacks! I've heard the Noosa has been producing some quality Jacks so far this year...it looks like you guys nearly cleaned it out! ha! Well done! I'm stoked whenever I land a single Jack, let alone six!!! Great Jacks Pistol.

[Matthias]

Pistol Pete- Sorry bout the late reply. There are still alot of jacks around but I've mainly been targeting other stuff. My mate got a nice one last week. I was netting food for my jack the othernight and a guy caught 3 jacks in the local canal with mullet strips. All in about 15min. I think they school up this time of year and gourge b4 winter. I'm going for a jack fish tonight.

Pete.

[Lacey Blue Dog]

Hi Pete
I know where you were fishing we went there on Sat night caught three and one Esturry Cod and travelly. All on live bait
Lacey Bluedog