Seaway

[jackash]

Had an all nighter in the goldy seaway last night. Trying to get serious about putting a decent jew on the board this winter. Slow start to the night but just on the start of the runout things hotted up. Started off with a screaming run to my mate and a bite off to start with on a 15cm mullet... probably a sharky we were guessing. Next cast had a 35cm mullet out which something picked up and swam with. I was waiting for him to stop so i could set the hooks (one of the theories on how to hook jewwies i think... wait for them to stop). Unfortunately after a bit of a cruise (it was a very powerful and heavy fish) he spat the bait without giving me a chance to set the hooks. Brought the whole mullet in, still alive, but a little worse for wear, minus alot of scales and a few teeth marks.... think this may have been a ibg jewwy. Next cast the same deal for my mate. He set the hook but no hook up unfortauntely. Had a change of spot because the current started really charging out at about this stage. Resulted in another 2 bite offs in 2 casts. And finally finished the night with a very nice estuary cod. Didnt get the jewwy we were after, but given it was our first proper crack weve definitely got something to build on... 3 of the 5 hits were probably sharkies but 2 of them were very promising (we thought). Any advice would be great.
THanks guys.
Jackash

[ryansrods]

hi jackash i live in yamba latley there has been alot of school fish around 6-10kg which will still pic up your bait but take a fair bit to get in ther mouth i find downsize your bait abit small mullet herring yakkas or squid and you might find you start to hoo k a few i find this because theres alot of white bait in the water this time of year the jew are chocers so a smaller bait works better when the mullet run in winter go bac to ya big baits as there will be alot more bigger fish around

[RAT-KING]

Gday jackash one of the old rumors is that u are meant 2 hook jew on their second run because on the first they run with their mouth open I dont beleive it, I say wait a little while but not too long in the run if its screaming wait a bit then hit it hard or alternatively fish in gear with about 1 kilo of pressure thats one of the best methods good luck Simon

[jackash]

Thanks guys. Ill be back into them in the next few weeks so ill let you know how i go.
Cheers

[Dart_Raider]

Hey Ash sounds like a pretty eventful trip mate! Your bro would've been spewing if he'd been there missing out on those hookups......I can just imagine how excited he would have been. If you're keen for a fish at all just let us know hey.

Cheers,

Simmo

[jackash]

Gday jerry.
HAha yeah i gave him a call, he was pretty excited jsut hearing about it on the phone. Got into a massive giant herring tonight apparently so he was reasonably happy. Mate if i ahve the funds in the next week or two before uni hots up ill let ya know and try fit a seaway sesh in. Far out i want a big jewwy.

[ryansrods]

hi jackash if ya ever in yamba let me know ill put ya onto a big jew if ya want ryan

[the gecko]

Where are you getting live mullet from? Ive found them hard to find around the seaway.

I did a short sesh on fri nite down the seaway with Tailor and Mullet fillets at low tide, but did no good. I anchored up over the pipeline, but without livies its a bit pointless. No hits at all.

Ive also had livies up the river that came back with chomp marks of jaws 3-4 in wide, but no hookup. I moved to a 2 hook rig. Just read up on Snell knots if you dont already use em. They are pretty easy to learn.

Are you in a boat or off the wall?

Hook early or on the second run, who knows, the debate will go on forever. Ive got dvd of guys catching them from a boat in the Hunter river. These guys just use heavy sinkers, livies, put 4 rods out with medium drag, and the jews hook themselves while the rod is unattanded!! They get 4-5 jews in a session, and do multiple sessions. I dont think it makes much difference when you strike, but then again, Im still after my first jew, so Im no expert. I'll get one this season tho.

Andrew

[NeMo84]

35cm mullet, big baits for big fish. What kinda gear u using?

[ryansrods]

depending on the size and kind of bait your using as to when to set the hook if your using squid or small livies or fleshh you can usually strike a fish fairly early but if your using big livies what for the first hit (the fish disabling your bait)second hit the fish takes your bait in its gillrakers and blows the scales off third hit and hes swallowed set the hook this isnt rule of thumb when ya think ya got it worked out theyll do the total opposite but after catching hundreds of xos jew hyave found this to generally work 8 out of 10 times ryan

[jackash]

Thanks ryan. Info is mighty useful.
Gecko. Mate got the mullet down at broadbeach. Got rellies that live on the canal there so stopped by. Mind you the decent sized ones were very few and far between. Fair few poddies around but only got 8 or 9 good sized ones in 3 or 4 hours cast netting. Yeah was out of the boat. Fished around wavebreak a bit then on the pipeline for the top of the tide. Over near the north wall though.

Nemo. Fishing with a penn spin reel, 20 lb braid. And Jsut a 7 ft Wilson Live Fibre around 10 kg. Then again the first few we had enquiries from i dont know if this gear would have given us much control over the fish.

[ryansrods]

jackash fishin wit a bait of the size you been fishin nothin less than 50lb 80lb even better would be nothin worse than hookin ya trophy fish and ya been snaped off cause of ya light line

[Gold_Coast_Chaser]

Maybe i should give this a go one time, probably be a bit more of a buzz catching a big Jew, then bream and whiting, although i do love catching bream and whiting. You guys all seem to struggle catching mullet, I catch mullet in my canal with the cast net very easily, if i wanted to i could net up to 50 live mullets between 10-30cm (The occasional whopper 40cm that tugs at your net a bit)within an hour, its a Nerang River canal. Any hints on fishing that seaway??? Maybe a PM?

[jackash]

HAha mate i got nothing worth Pm'ing yet. Hit the seaway and drift you baits back into the pipline on slack water and before the current gets to strong.
Yeah i might pull out some heavier braid for next tim ryan. The two suspected jewwy bites gave me some sort of idea of what i might be matched up against.

[ryansrods]

jackash can the braid for jewies and use a quality mono for fish of this class anyway braids fine on ya little fish