Hit the Tweed well before dawn on Sunday for yet another shot at the red terrors. Started by trolling rock walls and managed to land a 46cm Big Eye Trevally on a deep diver - I seem to be a magnet for Trev's, as I generally get a few every session.
As the tide started to run faster I moved on and decided to cast hard bodies at a shallow rock wall. First cast and I hook up, but the hooks pull after a couple of seconds. I was not happy as this felt different to a Trevor, so I cast to the same spot and within two casts hooked up and stayed connected. I quickly moved the boat into deeper water and then got a glimpse of colour - didn't look like a Trev, but wasn't very red either. After a quick fight I wrestled the fish into the net and cracked a smile - a 40cm Tweed Jack was lying on the deck. Couple of quick pics and the fish swam free.
As the sun came up I decided it was time to chase a feed so switched tactics and began chasing Flathead. Working along the edges of rockwalls and weed beds I caught a number of just legal and undersize Flathead, but threw them back confident of getting something slightly bigger. After a bycatch of Bream, Cod and something with black stripes, I managed to land a 50cm Flathead that went straight into the esky for dinner. With that it was time to call it a day.
I realise this is fairly small as far as Tweed Jacks go, but I have put in many hours learning to fish the Tweed this Summer, so I was wrapped. The irony is the water temp was down 2 degrees on the last couple of weeks and that is when I managed to finally land a decent Jack - there goes that theory!
My wife says now I have got a legal one I can relax and not fish as hard as I have - yeah right
Marty
Reply With Quote
