Huge Jack

[seaspirit]

First post for me and a goody;D went for a fish in secret:wiseguy:spot and landed this huge jack well over 4 kg:o :stunned: and some nice bream.total of 3 bream 1 jack.

[jackash]

Far freaking out. thats a big. any measurement on him? Theres been some monster caught this season, and thats gotta go close to the biggest ive seen. Bloody thick fish. Whatd u get him on? Are you up north or down south?
AWesome fish mate

[seaspirit]

Thanks Jackash they were caught on mullet strip and the jack went 79.5cm and 6kg neat

[seaspirit]

Jackash i'm down south brissy.Fish was 80g off record

[Luke mcleod]

Thats one awesome jack mate biggest ive seen this season what line class were you using when you got the jack ? i bet he didnt give up without a good fight. Nice looking bream aswell mate looks like you had some good fun mate.

[seaspirit]

G'day luke it was caught on 15lb mono to swivel to 30lb leader to 4.0 hook no wieght.Fishing off the bank

[Scotth]

How big is the mullet strip you would use?

[childers]

great jack seaspirit, fishing off the bank unreal ,have you pulled other big ones simmular to that .

[zigfreed]

Thats a cracker seaspirit, especially off the bank.
Great first report, keep em coming.

Mick

[Mozza]

Bloody hell!

Thats'a monster - not likely to catch them that big up nth QLD - they're out on the reef drop-ff at that size. Anything pushing 50cm is a big jack in the creeks up here...

Top catch, well done and welcome onboard.

Mozza

[ffejsmada]

That is a huge estuary Jack. Big fish.

[Reel Nauti]

That'a a bloody beauty!! Congrats and well done!

Dave

[Pistol_P]

MASSIVE....:o

Thats the 08 winner right there...!!!

Pete

[BrandonH]

Biggest Estuary jack I have ever seen!! and off the bank:o Nice work;)

also welcome to Ausfish!!!

Cheers
Brandon...

[jimbo59]

Huge jack dave did you get him at swearin' bobs spot;) ....jim

[the gecko]

Fish of a lifetime. They wont beat that for many years, not from an estuary. Go the mullet strips, best jack bait out.

cheers
Andrew

[Jackinthebox]

Well done mate!

As long as it's a legit. estuary fish, then you have absolutely creamed the competition for the '08 jack awards.

Go the stinky bait boys!

Mick.

[JEWIENEWIE]

Seaspirit, what a way to enter the world of Ausfish. That is a fantastic catch mate. Welcome and i will be looking forward to more reports like that.:thumbsup:
Jewie

[Didley]

That's a beast, Seaspirit, U come in after the seasons over and clean up big time, very impressed. Do you target jacks a lot, I hope we'll see more great fish in the future. No body has come close to that, with a la git estuary caught fish that I've seen, ever. You and Creek Vermin are showing us all there still around, we might have to give it another try boys.
ps. Maybe it's an early start to the 08-09 season;D

[Breambuster33]

what a horse:o:o:o

[cuzzamundi]

Absolteu bruiser! Speechless. Very, VERY well done!

cuzza

[geoff72]

holly shit,definatley the biggest i have ever seen, winner for 08 hands down

[Gold_Coast_Chaser]

:o :o :o :o BIG! :o :o :o :o

[r3volt]

Awesome fish mate, im jealous as :|

[seaspirit]

Thanks all.don't target them no.but we were fishin for bream and hopefully a jack and that we did.G C C They are the 2 best times to fish.

[BAR UP]

Bloody good Bream, well done, Peter.

[Richo1]

That is a snodger Jack!!! Especially to be caught alongside bream, gr8 effort a fish to be really proud of.

Cheers Richo

[For Steve]

That's amazing mate. Congratulations.

[Keechie]

i;m suprised that jack didn't eat the bream you caught, thats bloody huge, keep up that awesome work.

regards,
keechie

[frankgrimes]

Absolute HORSE of a jack!!!

You seriously caught him LB estuary??

Regardless of where you got him, monster of a jack - Congrats!!

[whiting-wizard]

Congratulations mate thats huge:o

[loophole]

Good Work That is a HUGE Jack. VERY WELL DONE!

[Cobia Kid]

i;m suprised that jack didn't eat the bream you caught, thats bloody huge, keep up that awesome work.

regards,
keechie

I wouldnt be surprised if that is what the jack was doing around that area,
feasting on the bream:P ,
that is a HUGE FISH:o :o
cheers,
jamie
8-)

[Jimbo73]

Very nice Jack seaspirit.Just wondering what record you were close to for this fish?You said 80g off record.Cheers Jamie

[rabbitohbill]

Its taken me 2 days to be able to know what to type in response to that fish.

I am speechless!:-X

[Didley]

Very nice Jack seaspirit.Just wondering what record you were close to for this fish?You said 80g off record.Cheers Jamie

Yes Seaspirit, I wondered the same thing, Don't tell me you've caught a bigger one?

[matt fraser]

Awesome Jack! well done, and those bream must be horses as well - they'd have to be pushing 40cm!

Good spot you've got there!

Cheers,

Matt

[seaspirit]

Yes Seaspirit, I wondered the same thing, Don't tell me you've caught a bigger one?
No didley thats a pb.80g more than now old pb i caught in 05
cheers

[the gecko]

Youve done this before ?? :o:o:o
Lets tie him up and torture him til he tells us where at ;)

Unweighted bait is interesting. Does the unweighted mullet strip sit on the top, mid or bottom of the water?

cheers
Andrew

[whatscracken]

Well done Seaspirit on the jack of the season. The benchmark has been set

[Didley]

Sea Spirit, you've done this before:o:o:o:o. Are they estuary fish or open ocean, caught off a headland or something. That's all I want to know. In my experience its very unusual to get jacks over 60 cm, let alone 70cm, let alone 79 in an estuary. I think this has blown us all away mate.

[Shagga]

Great Jack.

[bigone22]

Thats a beauty mate, well done!!!;D

have you been out since?


Cheers mate

[shorty 01]

wow thats a jack and a half nice catch mate

[azzure]

mate you must have very small feet :P. nice session there mate, where you fishing on a ledge or something because i couldnt imagine a massive size jack lurking through the shallows. once again mate well done :)

[peterm]

Well done dude ! That is certainly a nice fish and would have been heaps of fun to catch I bet .

My brother managed to land a 48cm jack on the weekend from up at Noosa. All I caught was a huge friggin stingray.

Cheers,


Pete

[ddobson]

I had to adjust my eyes for a bit there cause that is huge. Big snapper and jack caught in the shallows. I need more time of work. Well done.

[UNCLE NUGGY]

awesome catch seaspirit
just wondering about the right pectoral & the dull colour , maybe brackish water hey???

cheers
UN

[tailorboi99]

Wonderful fish mate!!! You're lucky he didn't get his teetch into your leader :x, Welcome to ausfish too.

Cheers Tom

[MeePee_99]

Great Fish!!!!!
Top Stuff!!!!!!

[yellahunter]

Now thats what I call,
Taking charge of the 09 season,

I think we have our leader

[Jackinthebox]

G'day Yella,

this fish was last season (May '08).

Cheers,
Mick.

[Screamin Semen]

Now thats what I call,
Taking charge of the 09 season,

I think we have our leader

Well said mate.

You beat my PB of 78cm :o .

We definitely have a leader for this season and will have a hard time topping that. Makes extractors fish look like a baby :'( :'( :'(

Keep up the good work!!!

[yellahunter]

G'day Yella,

this fish was last season (May '08).

Cheers,
Mick.


Its still 08 isnt it,
definately a horse,
it looks like a cracker for an offshore fish let along landbased in the river,

DOMINATE THE BAY
taking charge of the 08 season

[jackextracter]

G'day Yella,

this fish was last season (May '08).

Cheers,
Mick.
Yeah monster fish ,but wrong season, season starts from the start of summer and ends at end of summer that defently won last season if yous are doing a record comp thing on here, but would of been good if he swam off.:'(

[natho]

Great fish mate .I know big jacks are in rivers(as seen here) catching them is another thing!

[Bronson]

huge jack mate there is only one thing i can say is WOW


bron

[SLB]

wow mate good stuff!!!. what a lucky catch!!!! i've only ever seen two other jacks like this in an estuary before and i dive them all the time.
i could only imagine the bend in the rod. he could of pulled you in if you had of locked him up.

[BeastMaster]

Great fish well done.
Beast

[nuggstar]

im green with envy, bloody huge

[blue_mako]

Now thats what I call,
Taking charge of the 09 season,

A quote from a legend. Bring back Smallunit! :P .

Troy

[Pistol_P]

Did someone say smallunits name was 'Kevin'....;D ;D arrrgh bring back dirty Kev...!!!...;D ;D

[Tropicaltrout]

What ever or where ever mate that is the red devil king.... well done

[DICER]

great fish - amazing!

[mangrovejacks]

Absolute Horse mate!

A pleasure to look at.:D

[385EXPLORER]

Strewth mate what a cracker,well done.Being new to ausfish ,you may not be aware that it is customary to include gps marks with your first post.....

[peterm]

What a stonker mate ! Well done. Good old mullet flesh seems to do the trick ;-)


Cheers,


Pete

[Barraboy7]

Plenty of these big boys on the reefs off Cairns, not to be mistaken as a Red Bass.
Colour is that Mulberry hue. We have caught quite a few up to the old scale 15lbs over the years, always at night in deep eater fishing fir other red fish.
Enjoy, dribble, get the shakes all you Mangrove Jack boys.
Check the pic
Barraboy7

[yellahunter]

now thats a jack,
great pic Barraboy

[Benno1]

holy crap!!! what a beast!!!...cheers for the pic and info :D

Mrs Benno1
Sunny

[greenie.77]

yeah nice fish would have been nicer to put him back

[Dorado]

OMG! That thing is a Horse! Fantastic Effort Mate and Welcome to the site!

Cheers,