Hi all i have been waiting to finally break the draught on my 2008 spring jack hunt and it has happened
To begin i called nathan (tropicaltrout ) and asked if he was interested in a seson at one of my favirote jacks spots. after we both done some sweet talking to the bosses we had clearance we meet at the boat ramp at 3.45pm to go and collect our supply of live bait of course to my disma the tide was alot higher then i had predicted which didnt help since i want a variaty of fresh speciemen to sacrfice to hopefully awaiting mangrove jacks. We then had enough bait (thanks to nath bring some he had from earlier in the day ) and off we went to spot xwe anchor up with 4 lines in the water and we didnt have to wait long for some action around 5ish i had a mullet get smashed as i tried to slow this fish down i grab the braid ( which is not a normal thing for mwe to do due to the use of overheads normally ) of course it burn my finger and duw to me relaxing the line the fish let go of the bait . SO of course we keep fising for a while longer with no inquirey and me being a quick thinker i decide to put out another line well first bait i put on i cast out and lune get cught in reel and healthy bait go swiming off
ok ill give it another go cast bang same again this stage nath is telling me to give up i would trhow that thing in the water i didnt listen i put on a peeled prawn and just as i get ready to cast my other rod get smashed bang the bait pulled clean of the hook i cant belive my luck. 2 to the fish nil to me
THen it was my turn to have a lul and nath starts getting action . He brought 2 rods one that would handle a red devil on the run and one that normally handles red devil in the reidy areas but it the rock areas would most likey end up in 2 pieces nath and me achatting away and he tells me about how he loves when the lives take a run like something is on there tale and the rod bending and drag peels off well sure a shivers the fish lets go just as he start winding damm therere on the ball tonight he says
Any after another hour of no action finally i see my rod tip twitching a little and then as i get my hands on it the rod loads up i locked in to him he is heading straight for the rocks so i give him full load and slow him down finally the line is over near the boat where me and nath are waitng to see that red flash then up he comes a 47cm mangrove jack great way yo start the jack year off and its looking good for more to come pictures below
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They are too quick to have to pickup the rod after they hit!!
Originally Posted by Callop
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