nerang mangrove jack/trevs and lost lures

[adriene]

Spewin they were on at my spot again big time. Kept these ones. A jack followed up one of my smaller trevs?

they look massive, what did they measure?

[nathank]

nice fish mate 57cm!! thats a beast.. ive been getting quite a few lately( and getting dusted even more) i fish on the goldy but live bait for them on big mullet.. man they are exciting fish to catch would love to find a spot to get them on lures i just cant seem to get one at my spot.. and i have chucked everything at em.. poppers softplastics hardbodies etc had one eat a 20cm pike the other night!!!! needless to say he busted me into the pylons......

[Eug]

good effort landbased!

[the gecko]

Interesting theory Andrew. My spot faces East and i catch them in the arve but i also catch them in the morn?

Its a general theory that has to do with open water and rockwalls around canals. The trevs will push the bait away from the sun, cos the bait acts like tiny little mirrors, and predators can easily see the prey. If they feed into the sun, they cant see the bait as easily, until the sun goes down. So if they have a choice of rockwalls in a canal, they will go to the side that reflects sunlight to em.

Its only a general theory, you then have to take local conditions into account. Id say your spot has 2 canals intersecting, or a bend in a river with a point that creates a back eddy? Bait would then hold in the eddy regardless of sunlight.

Just a theory, Im no expert, but Ive been shown this tip by oldtimers and it often holds true.

cheers
Andrew

[Eug]

Some good tips there Andrew! Will lock that one in the memory banks and try to remember that when I'm next out.

Cheers
Eug

[wayno60]

Ive found thats the same principal, just on a smaller version when i jig for herring.
They will lie in wait in the shadows of the bridge, jetty or large boat and when i work the jig just on the sunshine side of that line they must be able to see it better and bite.
Of a night time its the same, where the jetty light or street light make that shadow line is where they are...

cheers

[84mick]

Well done! 2 jacks in 2 days is pretty damn good, fresh flesh baits work extremely well too. I hooked up to a stonka the other week but straightened the hook after I got it out of the rocks ;(

[carnster]

Andrew - Love talking to the old guys- they know some stuff.

Ariene - One was 60+, the other was a little bigger.

Spewin about this rain, tonight is pretty balmy could be good on the top of tide if the water is clean somewhere.

[RAT-KING]

Well done thats a great effort especially landbased!! I have spent alot of time chasing the jack and trevs there with little success congrats!

[mangrovejacks]

Top session mate - well done. Good on ya for braving the rain and coming up trumps.

Great report and nice pics too. Great second fish also! May the Jacks keep coming for you mate.

Very good tips there gecko. Shall be keeping some of that in mind.

[theangryangler]

I have fished the nerang a few times and only ever gotten little bream and a bass!! maybe i am to far upriver??(within a k of freeway bridges) any advice for a fellow jack addict?
One time fishin under the bridge there was a car run straight into the rail on the bridge headligts and bumper bar comin over the side into the river!!
and with usin HBs should i quick retrieve or slow and twitch it or just straight wind in?? got tons of rapalas and wat not but never anythin but flatty on SPs
thanks
AnGry

[adriene]

I have fished the nerang a few times and only ever gotten little bream and a bass!! maybe i am to far upriver??(within a k of freeway bridges) any advice for a fellow jack addict?
One time fishin under the bridge there was a car run straight into the rail on the bridge headligts and bumper bar comin over the side into the river!!
and with usin HBs should i quick retrieve or slow and twitch it or just straight wind in?? got tons of rapalas and wat not but never anythin but flatty on SPs
thanks
AnGry

pm sent. medium to fast retrieve i used. also caught on the last 2 hours of the run in tide

[Dorado]

woohoo, 57 cm , now were talkin!!

Jacks often feed in with the schools of trevs, so dont think its just trevs on their own. They mingle nicely when they are feeding on baitfish. Yes the bait moves on up the river, and they find a new spot.

Doesnt look like you need much help with spots, but of you want a tip......the trevs smash up the bait against a rockwall AWAY FROM THE SUNLIGHT, so at sunSET, stand with the sun behind your back, and face the direction of the East, and thats where the trevs push the bait fish to. They never feed into the sun.

At sunrise, they will push the bait West, etc.

cheers
Andrew

Thanks for the great tips Andrew! Cheers!