Jacks over summer

[Why-ting]

Spent a bit of time chasing jacks over the summer months. Got into a few with a few big fellas taking some new trophys home, think i lost around 15 hb. Didnt manage to break 50cm which was pretty dissapointing, but ya get that on the big jobs.

All fish caught casting and most on hard boddies. All fish were also released to make little lure stealers. The bastards have been takin a liking to my little bream lures of late but are pretty hard to stop soo close to stucture with 2-6lb gear. Last 5 trips close to $100 of lures>:(

Enjoy the pics. Whytey

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[bdowdy]

nice fish with that many its worth the 100 bucks in lures.cheers bdowdy

[geoff72]

gold bobmer ,wot a killer ,top stuff

[jackextracter]

Nice jacks there why-ting what was your biggest?

[Red Bull]

G'day why-ting, mate those are some lovely jacks. Top stuff!

I noticed in one of the pics that the gold bomber has some kind of added weight under the head of the lure? Is that something you did yourself? Is it just to make the lure less buoyant in the water, or is it more for casting purposes?

I'm interested because the old gold bombers are one of my favourite lures, and any ways I can improve an already great lure would be eagerly sought. :)

Cheers, and great work with the jacky's

Red Bull

[Why-ting]

Nice jacks there why-ting what was your biggest?

Didnt Break 50 just mist out 49.5 :-[ see if i can do it on bream gear over the next couple of weeks.

[jackextracter]

There still around mate theres a good chance of getting another one i have caught them in winter before on plastics so it all depends on if there feeding and being there at the right time.

[Why-ting]

There still around mate theres a good chance of getting another one i have caught them in winter before on plastics so it all depends on if there feeding and being there at the right time.

I know they're still around mate but im sorta hittin the bream a fair bit now but the bastards dont mind the bream lures either my tackle box is coming home lighter every trip from em:'(

[Why-ting]

G'day why-ting, mate those are some lovely jacks. Top stuff!

I noticed in one of the pics that the gold bomber has some kind of added weight under the head of the lure? Is that something you did yourself? Is it just to make the lure less buoyant in the water, or is it more for casting purposes?

I'm interested because the old gold bombers are one of my favourite lures, and any ways I can improve an already great lure would be eagerly sought. :)

Cheers, and great work with the jacky's

Red Bull

G-day mate. The stuff under the chin of the bommer in that pic is called sticky wieght. I use this stuff to make the floating bommers suspend sometimes. You can crank it down and leave it sit in the 1 spot and tease fish into hitting it with little twitches. Its sort of like a heavy blue-tac and only costs about $12. I think Duncan at Fish Head should have some.

Cheers Whytey

[yellahunter]

super effort mate,

as others said i would easily give $100 worth of lures for that haul.

well done mate, hopefully i can bring up a good tally next summer

[Chalkandcheese]

some nice ones in there whytey, some real good conditioned fish

[Red Bull]

G-day mate. The stuff under the chin of the bommer in that pic is called sticky wieght. I use this stuff to make the floating bommers suspend sometimes. You can crank it down and leave it sit in the 1 spot and tease fish into hitting it with little twitches. Its sort of like a heavy blue-tac and only costs about $12. I think Duncan at Fish Head should have some.

Cheers Whytey

thanks for the info Whytey, much appreciated. I understand what you mean about the suspending idea. I've had a bit success further north with husky jerks that suspend in the one spot for a period, then get slammed. But I rate the action of a gold bomber better, so will perhaps experiment with your idea on those lures.

Cheers again mate

RB

[vinny78]

nice fish mate. i too spend alot of time chasing jacks in the warmer months up here around townsville. however they're not often the size of those you've shown us in these pics.
i mostly chase the red devils in the smaller creeks up the coast- skinny water- and i mean skinny! i just walk the banks tossing surface lures. my fav lure was a cheap arse gold popper(which isn't gold anymore) which never let me down until i took my oldman who outfished me with a halco nightwalker.
needless to say the cheap arse gold popper is now retired.
but yeh, i find it slow with the jacks through our 'winter' so i target sooties instead.

[childers]

unreal pics ,hard to beat photos of jacks ,thats a great photo collection ,well done mate ,cheers.

[Stumpthumpa]

This just in - caught at Brunswick Heads 2 nights ago. Not mine unfortunately.

[ashh]

:o what a horse !

[jackextracter]

This just in - caught at Brunswick Heads 2 nights ago. Not mine unfortunately.
What a waste of a fish i would not want that photo on my thread.

[jackscatch]

Great jacks, i was just wonderin how u used the bomber to get so much luk

Cheers

[straddy77]

gotta be a reef jack that puppy on the brag mat! is that nearly a metre?
nice fish!

[Chalkandcheese]

gotta be a reef jack that puppy on the brag mat! is that nearly a metre?
nice fish!

ruler says its nearly a meter, and a ruler never lies8-)