First Lure Jewie

[flairj]

Hit Oyster Channel bridge in Yamba on the top of the tide today with a 5'' jerk shad in sardine bounced with the last of the run in and came up trumps with my first Jew. I've never caught a Jew before and have only given it a little bit of effort so I guess that makes me pretty lucky.

It hit the jerk shad just on the side of the bridge I was on and luckily I was with it and kicked the 'leccy into top gear, swung the boat quickly and led him away from the bridge. After that it was a series of good runs and dogged headshaking down deep until 20 mins later he popped up and into a waiting net.

Would have been lovely to crack a metre first go but there's always next time.

Josh

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[tazza_505]

Sweet looking fish!

[jaredluke]

Nice fish do you know how much it weighed?

[flairj]

No, I didn't get a weight with the boga the fish had a swim in the livewell for a while as I forgot the camera so I didn't want to stress the fish much more by hanging it unsupported. After I got the camera I gave it a few happy snaps and revived it in the shallows and let it go.

Josh

[stonecold]

Nice work mate first ones always the hardest. Hopefully many more to follow...now just gota get me one on a plastic in the wild!

[84mick]

Hell yeah thats one big jew! Well done Flairj.

Cheers, Mick. ;)

[chris_lure_man]

great ob mate looks like reall funn.. what pound line were u using??

cheers chris

[chrisallangler]

Yamba is such an awsome place and i know the bridge your talking about and it is pretty deep there. Certainly would have been an awsome capture nice work Chris.

[Pistol_P]

Very Nice mate....I miss chasing Jew up here....I wish the Noosa river population was a bit healthier with Jew.
They are great fun on plastics....well done.

Pete

[Horse]

Well done. Thats a great catch and not far off the 1m mark

[alleycat]

No, I didn't get a weight with the boga the fish had a swim in the livewell for a while as I forgot the camera so I didn't want to stress the fish much more by hanging it unsupported. After I got the camera I gave it a few happy snaps and revived it in the shallows and let it go.

Josh

Mate your a champion for letting that fish go, i will be at iluka from boxing day for a week and hope to latch onto one myself.

[serge975]

cracker fish mate. great call on the release too.

[nuggstar]

cracker fish dude well done

[smithy007]

thats a great fish there well done

[chief]

Congradulations, First jew,on plastics ,and a fine fish. Well done

[mattooty]

Nice fish mate. Its amazing how many people come into town "Expecting" to catch a jewfish over a night or 2. Put in the time and you'll get them, but in your case, I'm assuming a little bit of persistence, skill and luck combined to make you one happy angler. Good on you mate!
I love getting pictures with fish at that boatramp with the trawlers in the background. Ill have to scratch around and find a few with the exact same boats there (except the jew in them are about 3-4kgs smaller than yours is). hehe.
Matt

[flairj]

Do you live in Yamba mattooty?

[Roo]

Nice fish Josh. Beautifull markings on these fish. the metre mark isn't everything although I'm sure you'll do it soon.
Cheers Roo.

[TiNTiN]

nice catch mate

cheers TiNTiN