light line jack

[gregdeeth]

got home this arvo and hit the net, noticing geoff72 nocked off a few a jacks today i thought the dropping barrometer might have them active.

i quick scurry around at home i noticed i left nearly all my estury gear at my parents house where my boat lives. the only stuff i had was my box of expensive bream hardbodies and my bream hb rod with a heavy 1lb line.

i thought stuff it i'll go anyway, went to a landbased spot where you can sometimes find a lurking jack.

cutting to the chase after about 10mins of casting came up tight on the ecogear sx40 and after a bit of a tussle to kept him away from distruction. got him in for a quick pic and sent him back. only small at 35cm but a lot of fun on such light gear.

fished for about 30mins more but only got 2 small trevally and a small bream.

greg

[Paddyinoz2006]

Awesome stuff. Brave with the 1lb gear . Must have taken a bit of line off ya even though he was only a small one.

[Pistol_P]

That aint a small fish on that gear Greg....
Thats a great effort....Well done.
Nice deep red in him to.

Cheers
Pete

[youngfisho]

wow didnt know they made 1lb line thats like less than half a kilo breaking strain. nice fish. cant wait till i nail a jack


andrew

[Synful]

Nice work there to get him in on 1kg line Greg!

My first and only Jack was about that size and i can tell you he pulled more than any 1kg during the fight - top effort on the light gear

Judging by the photos, it looks like you were still shaking from the fight he put up too

[84mick]

Thats a nice looking jack there mate.

Cheers, Mick.

[Murph77]

Nice jack greg. Gutsy effort flicking the SX-40 around on light string - top effort

[bream"n"bass]

thats sweet. were do you catch jacks cause i have never caught jacks and would love to. i dont mean exact spots unless you want to tell me but an area of a river that holds a good amount. any info will be appreciated. definately a worthy capture on 1lb.

thx

[geoff72]

great work greg,1lb line,mate thats the catch of the week,top stuff,bet you had a few words going thru your head when you hooked him,specially using an exy lure like the eco.

[yellahunter]

great work Greg, thats a great catch on the light line mate

[jackextracter]

Nice jack mate good effort, its just so fun catching fish on light gear theres nothing better.

[richieboy]

Tough fish champ. Light gear, even sweeter. Top stuff Deethy.

Rich

[gregdeeth]

bream & bass,

came from the mid to upper reach of a local creek. plenty of natural structure and current.

[the gecko]

Good effort risking a pricey lure on that line.
The things we do when we only have a cetain type of gear on our hands.
Well done.

Andrew

[Matthias]

lol. Nice catch Greg. Would have been interesting if you'd have hooked one the size of the one in your avatar photo. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzit.

Hey what rod is that your using? Looks neat.

Pete.