Seaway

[jackash]

Will give it a go. What the theory behind this... pulled hooks coz of no stretch..?

[the gecko]

Im running 30lb braid on a Backbone Elite 10kg snapper rod too. Ive just bought 2 new rods, and all the tackle shop guys reckon this is sufficient for jew......

Ive gotta agree that mono is widely used for jewies tho from what Ive read. More stretch, less chance of a fussy jew dectecting a line is the issue, not pulled hooks. So the rig is important too. I use a sliding sinker rig, so that the bait runs freely off a baitrunner 3500 reel. All I need is the fish to cooperate now.

Im gonna have to get livies upriver I think.

cheers
Andrew

[jackash]

Fair enough will definitely get the mono out. YEah i too was of the opinion my tackle would be sufficient... then again i didnt feel like i had alot of control over the one that sucked in my sea mullet. i do have a heavier rod though so i may aswell use that. Yeah we were jsut using a sliding ball sinker. Heavy enough to get it down to the bottom in the current. Let us know how you go gecko.

[jackextracter]

Braid should be ok thats what we use and every one else i know, mono has more stretch but u let the fish run anyway i have never had a prolem with braid.

[ryansrods]

i find mono works better as it does aid in not pulling as many hooks and because of the areas jew usually hang around right on the edge if not on structure braid just parts as soon as it hits anything under that much pressure and it does help in turning the fish s head like a sling shot

[sneaky]

Hey jackash, i grew up in Forster Tuncurry and the place is famous for big Jew of the breakwall. as a kid we'd spend tides trying to catch these sometimes elusive beasts, and hours catching our live mullet for bait, in NSW theres no cast nets. But once you break the drought you get a feel for it. When it comes to setting a hook in a jew i go by feel, i reckon every fish species can swollow a bait or play with it, depends what feeding mood there in. Some of my biggest jacks have bit like little brim on strip baits till they lean on it. My brothers Jew record is 38kg and he said it bit like a tiddler till it leant on it, u just know when you think its time to strike. Sometimes you get it right and others not. Experience

[ryansrods]

so true sneaky

[jackextracter]

I have had em hit like bream also, one had me convinced my mullet was getting pected by bream and i went to wind in and boom a big heavy wait and zzzzzzzz big surprise so they must just sit there for a while and mouth the bait.

[fish2death]

Hi! Jackash just reading about your runs with no hook up, what i have beening doing for a few years now with a good sucsess rate is to pick where you want to place your hook, take a scale off and place a good strong toothpick just under the skin, then place the hook though the skin around the tooth pick, you get maxium hook exposure and you will be suprised on how well it holds on, Ive used this method in storm seas off rock walls and the livey will stay on and in good shape, i also open the gape of the hook so the point is away from the shank so if the jewie goes to spit it out during the strike you have a better chance, good luck!!!

[84mick]

Hey guys, if your pulling hooks often would circle hooks work better as they hook the corner of the jaw?

Cheers, Mick.

[ryansrods]

circles are good but the trouble i find is its hard to find a big enough circle these days and i have had trouble wit the chemicay sharpened ones snapping half way through the bend

[mattooty]

Braid should be ok thats what we use and every one else i know, mono has more stretch but u let the fish run anyway i have never had a prolem with braid.

Not nearly an expert, but lost 2 big fish due to 50lb mono rubbing off on rocks a few nights ago. Either run a hell of a long leader or just mono.

Jackash, another thing to think about, where are you hooking your mullet? Underneath behind the anal fin or in the back?

[jackash]

The medium sized one just were a single hook in the back behind the dorsal, The big one put one in the shoulder and then on behind the dorsal. Whats the go? And what hook size would you boys suggest?

[ryansrods]

stick with a single hook 10/0 with a wide gape i use the black majic lb 9/0 wich are about the size of most 10/0

[jackash]

YEah i only had 6/0's at the biggest on me the other night so went for 2, as a single 6/0 in a 35cm mullet didnt seem adequate.