stessco
13-04-2009, 12:49 PM
g'day
Went chasing jacks on the easter break for the last time this season at X creek. First day the brother in law (chris) caught the first jack working the bank with plastics, two casts later I got one as well:o . That was it for the day. We only ever use plastics to catch jacks, but we decided to go for a bait fish at night for them. You won't believe this story, but here it goes;
We were live baiting with mullet next to a snag I had my line out, I had my rod leaning out the back of the boat and my foot was on the butt of the rod. Then bang! The rod was gone over the back!!!! Ohh no my new twin power was gone. So a little stressed I set up another rod with a new mullet and chucked it into the snag, while holding onto the rod very tight. The mullet went off and I was on, while reeling in the fish it was real hard but it wasn't fighting, it was a dead weight. Next thing a Jack poped up(the jack only went 40cm). In one side of it's mouth it had one hook and on the other side had my lost hook:o . So I pulled the line in and the line snapped>:( . So we kept fishing and Chris was winding his line in and my lost line was wrapped around his hook some how. We pulled it in and got my rod back:D . I can't belive two things a Jack will hit a second bait with a hook already in his mouth and I got my rod back. Also got my first Jack on a HB.
Cheers Steesco sum
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Went chasing jacks on the easter break for the last time this season at X creek. First day the brother in law (chris) caught the first jack working the bank with plastics, two casts later I got one as well:o . That was it for the day. We only ever use plastics to catch jacks, but we decided to go for a bait fish at night for them. You won't believe this story, but here it goes;
We were live baiting with mullet next to a snag I had my line out, I had my rod leaning out the back of the boat and my foot was on the butt of the rod. Then bang! The rod was gone over the back!!!! Ohh no my new twin power was gone. So a little stressed I set up another rod with a new mullet and chucked it into the snag, while holding onto the rod very tight. The mullet went off and I was on, while reeling in the fish it was real hard but it wasn't fighting, it was a dead weight. Next thing a Jack poped up(the jack only went 40cm). In one side of it's mouth it had one hook and on the other side had my lost hook:o . So I pulled the line in and the line snapped>:( . So we kept fishing and Chris was winding his line in and my lost line was wrapped around his hook some how. We pulled it in and got my rod back:D . I can't belive two things a Jack will hit a second bait with a hook already in his mouth and I got my rod back. Also got my first Jack on a HB.
Cheers Steesco sum
44592
44593
44594