Gold Coast Jacks, PB

[wayno60]

just got home from an all nighter.
Hit Biggera creek at 5.00pm for 20 nice size poddy mullet then over to the seaway just on dusk and not a touch. Moved over to the north wall of wave break isl to get out of the wind 11.00pm still 0 for 0.
I Remembered the last time it was blowing and i headed for the marina out the front of Mariner's Cove where i had been dusted by a jack once before.
2 rods with liveies and one with a slab and i had only been there for 30min and bang im on, the slab does it again. 53cm jack is netted and in the boat. I Sat there for another hour and zip.

I moved around to the other side of the arm i was fishing and all i could get interested was 2 eel's, so back around to the side i started off but one arm down.
The area i was in would have been 10m by 20m so not alot of room to move. Out go's 2 livies and a slab. sitting there thinking oh looks like ill have to be happy with one jack when i spotted the tip of the slab rod give a bit of a flick. i gently picked up the rob and slowly took the tension. This 60cm jack didnt know he was hooked till i felt his weight, then didnt he take off.

Being in such a confined area i had to work fast to keep him away from the pilons but he was also netted and boated. after a short time it was time for another move up to in front of Versace, no hits but from what i seen and heard its looking promising.

For those of you who know isnt there a big difference in the size of a jack from 53 to 60cm, just so much higher and wider and the tails are nearly twice the size.

so i know where im off to tonight.....

cheers
oh pics to come.....:o

[Crestcutter]

I moved from the goldy but was born and bred there. Myself and Paul Bert use to jossle for position around the Monaco street bridge at night with slabs of mullet and liveys on for jacks. Any of those bridges fish well for jack on the slack tide. You dont get a lot of time but it's like a fish alarm with the tide at slack.

Soon as it starts to run again you may as well go somewhere else.

Well done mate, they go hard and are nice to eat.

[wayno60]

yes i got one there two weeks ago, bottom of the tide, slab of mullet.

[nathank]

wayno im gunna buy you a camera... hope you got a pic of such a rare sized Jack mate.

Well done buddy

[bennykenny]

nice work wayno 60 is the holy grail of jacks, congrats mate.
Nathank, still waiting for some of your reports, you were smoking them last season!!!

[nathank]

Benny im stuck in a bad headspace at the moment lol, i have been fishing a certain spot for a meter plus silver bullet and have dropped 5 fish in 6 sessions i need to get this monkey off my back then i will put up some pics of a few Jacks...
I have sussed two new spots as well am am hoping to bust my pb of 60 from last year i have even seen one that would have given it a nudge ;)

[wayno60]

nath, camera??? who took that pic you have as your avitar....and that night you had forgoten yours....

[ffejsmada]

C'mon wayno, I wanna see pics of the 60.

[Stik-ugly]

Top fish Wayno,I am waiting with baited breath to see the pics[slab of mullet]

[nathank]

nath, camera??? who took that pic you have as your avitar....and that night you had forgoten yours....

My mate Justin took the pic of my avatar.. that one is the 60cm beast from you know where :) I wasnt havn a go at all Wayno nor am i questioning ya caught a beast the same size.. they are awsome fish when they reach that size.. the one i got when you were with me was a 53 (got it on my iphone) Once again Congrats mate and wheres the picture lol

[Screamin Semen]

oh pics to come.....:o

Put up the pic on a mat so I can officially congratulate you on making the 60 club mate :)

[nathank]

Just got home from my first serious go at a jack.... i guess a pike eel doesn't really count.. man them thing are something straight out of hell i reckon..

[wayno60]

73396
No brag mat you will just have to take my word

[wayno60]

73399
for the non belivers

[wayno60]

73403

actually 59cm.8mm

[BLOOEY]

Cracker jack wayno! Congrats. Ben

[Si]

nice jack (s) wayno. well done. makes the all nighter worth it.

cheers

[Screamin Semen]

Nice fish mate...guess I can not congratulate on 60 club :)....shame you killed him and his mate though :\

[Stik-ugly]

Wayne I didn't doubt you I was just keen to see a picy. That is a very nice Jack,well done

[nathank]

nice fish mate but like screamn said shame ya killed him as they are really residential fish and ya wont be able to catch him again.. anyway your choice.

[wayno60]

yes that'll probable be the last big one i ever keep, the smaller one's for a feed are ok but i guess it being my first big one, you know the story.
I went back the night after a got bricked by one and another one followed a bait right back to the boat and had a slash at it 6 feet from the boat, i peeled back the bail arm to get it to the bottom as quick as but he was back in his hole.

cheers

[Jackinthebox]

That's a great fish Wayno.

Suprised security didn't give you the move on?

Going to be hard to better that one mate. BTW, I like your outdoor sink setup :)

Cheers

Mick.

[wayno60]

I did get the move along from security at marina mirage, but it was only early, i guess when you pull in nice and quiet at 1 in the morning ol mate doesnt want to have to leave his coffee and tv to tell some fisho to bugger off.

[Dylan_Rylatt]

awesome fish mate i am soo jealous...... keen to get on the board this year have been putting in way too much time landbased for no results.... this gives me encouragement to keep trying cheers for the report

Dyl

[the gecko]

Well done mate. I reckon that jack was sixty when you caught him, they dry out and the tail curls up after theyve been dead for a while. Security can be active around there until 2am. Depends who you get, some of them are keen to hear how the fishing is and have a chat. Some are not.

[wayno60]

heading out again tonight to give em another crack......
report in the morning..