I accompanied my fishing mate Frank (the fishing machine) to his favourite top secret mangrove jack fishing spot on Friday night. Frank fished this spot three weeks ago and caught 18 bream and 2 small jacks but lost many large jacks because he was only targeting bream.
This time we were targeting jacks with 15lb line, fresh mullet, stronger 9 foot rods and a good landing net.
We headed north of Brisbane and after a good drive arrived at the creek bank around 6pm on low tide. The area has many snags and first cast from the bank (we didn't have a boat) resulted in only a 5 minute wait before all hell broke loose with rod bending right down and nearly being ripped from the rod holder.
Over the next few hours 6 jacks were netted, 3 big bust offs, and 3 jacks managed to reach the snags. Most of the jacks seem to have an initial savage bite followed by an attack where the grab the bait and head for the snags. The secret in landing them is to be ready and have the rod in your hands before the second jack attack.
I cannot divulge the spot as I would be excommunicated and left to do my future fishing alone.
Attached are some shots of the jacks which all measured between 42 to 45cms and 1.2 to 1.5 kilos.
I had never been jack fishing before in an estuary and was amazed at the ferocity of the second attack and the subsequent struggle to avoid the net.
Cheers
Barry
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Originally Posted by dayoo
. When are these bloody Marlin getting down here? Hopefully pick one up on the way out.
