Skinny Water Jacks Attack.

[Matty_M]

Went on an exploratory mission up a creek north of Mackay this morning with the aim of getting as far up the creek as possible to the brackish-salt/fresh interface where Jacks reign supreme. Unfortunatley after 2 hours of pulling the punt ova rock bars we were defeated by a log jam , not far from our destination, at least we think, so we turned around fishless in search of another creek not to far away which we had a sneaky suspicion could produce the goods.

We arrived at spot x, this time making it to the salt/fresh interface at around 11am, we were thinking it was a bit late in the day when Trent got smashed by small Jack around 30cm in 50cm of crystal clear freshwater, you beauty.He got it on a laser Pro. I then tied on a the old faithfull SX40 which has produced in these situations previous, and was smashed by 2 yellowfin Bream to 32cm in the shallows all visible takes in the crystal clear shallows.

A couple of casts later after watching a few smaller Jacks follow out my SX i saw a big Jack appear from no where and smash my SX40 in only 2 feet of water and go straight for the sticks, a great battle eventuated and after a heart stopping minute the Jack was on board for a quick photo before being released. It went 50cm (TL) and was caught on my bream gear (Diawa sol 2000/Loomis4-8lb) 6lb string 10lb trace. Ended up with 3 more Jacks to 35cm, a Tarpon and and a good size Archer between us, all on Bream gear, all released to fight another day. Bloody awesome sight fishing, with all the takes and follows easily visible..

Cheers

[BLOOEY]

Very cool.Did well to stop the big fella.Ben

[snasman]

m8 that would have just been an awesome day out,great fish, nice pics Well done

[geoff72]

nice jacks mate,good story to,well done,looks like a nice spot

[Pistol_P]

On ya mat...You are getting some good fish lately mate well done.

Pete

[Dorado]

Bloody nice Jack mate! It's amazing the difference in colour variation in Jacks at different locations. Those tropical estuarys sure look a treat to fish in too. Good read

Cheers,
Dorado

[Flattie Assassin]

Woah!! Great fish and a great looking spot you have there. Congrats.

[Richard]

Thats a great jack.. especially on the light gear and clear water. wish we had persisted and followed you guys. We ended up with some fish too but the beers were calling so we called it a day a bit earlier..

[Didley]

Sounds like great fun, Matty

[ffejsmada]

Well done Matt,

How do those Archer Fish fight????
Do they get much bigger than that one????

Jeff.

[Mozza]

Great fish.

Dorado, you copied my thoughts exactly. How light are those jacks! Put a blotch down near the tale and you wouldn't be able to separate it from a fingermark.

Cheers
Mozza

[Matty_M]

Cheers Guys.

Jeff, Archers aren't the best fighters, but at least they're willing to have a crack most of the time, unlike a lot of other fish...They get to a max size of about 40cm, but the 1 Trent got was a fairly good specimen.

Dorado and Mozza, the light colour may have something to do with the crystal clear water? He got a bit redder when i put him on the bragmat.
Cheers

[Curmudgeon]

Top stuff!

You've certainly reaped the rewards of getting off the beaten track there. Well done, and good report.

I think I might have to add an SX40 to my Christmas wish list.

Cheers,
Brian.

[NOjacks]

well done boys hey are there any crocs in those creeks or wat

NOjacks

[Matty_M]

NoJacks- Yeah there are Crocs in most creeks up this way, didn't see any, but they are there!