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nathank
30-01-2011, 07:01 PM
Hi all, went out last night to target something different.. Tarpon, but the tides werent right till quite late and couldnt help but call into one of my jack spots with a mate.. after calling a hookup for a bream.. then i said tailor... then it went to trevally much to our surprise a very healthy jack materialises...cool!! i hadnt had a run and the weather wasnt making things ideal (was windy from the south) i had a rather larger dead mullet bait out and went to wind it in for a bait check. thought it was snagged then it started to come free....ahhh, mudcrab.. it felt huge and i excpected it to dropp off for sure, when the light was shined into the water it was apparent why it seemed so big!! there were two crabs on the line one was a huge buck and the other a medium jenny.. guess old mate had seduced her and was in the middle of a romantic dinner lol. has anyone had this happen before?? First for me anyway.. kept the male and let the jenny go (of course) the tarpon front was no go but i did get the best consolation prize of all.........

marty_z
30-01-2011, 09:52 PM
guess old mate had seduced her and was in the middle of a romantic dinner lol. has anyone had this happen before??

Have pulled in a buck straddling a jenny on a lure??? Even in the boat the buck would not let go of the jenny.

Another great jack mate - maybe I have to give the lures away and turn to the dark side :-[

Marty

carnster
30-01-2011, 11:25 PM
Top catch mate.

nathank
31-01-2011, 01:17 AM
yeah he took a hell of a lot of convincing to let go.... felt for the poor guy and gave him an extra half hour in the bucket lol

thelump
31-01-2011, 08:13 AM
Yeah I have had the same with Sand Crabs. My mate yelled to me "you've caught 2 f@#$&%g crabs".

shano
31-01-2011, 07:13 PM
what a nice colour that jack is , well done!

matt fraser
01-02-2011, 08:57 AM
Geez, you can't even avoid the jacks atm, and a muddy too! Mate you're in a purple patch right now, enjoy!

Cheers,

Matt

zealot
01-02-2011, 09:32 PM
jes i luv a good buck