Coomera Jack: Summer account opened

[Far_Canal]

Hi all

Went out for a quick flick this arvo with the old man to one of our favourite flathead spot, as the tide allowed us to get up there, we thought we could pull a few out as this spot always seems to produce fish, all year round. We were mainly targetting lizards but on this arvo the spot just wasnt firing so after a couple of hours we got frustrated and started to drift back towards home.

We drifted down the entrance to our spot and continued to flick plastics but never got a touch, approaching a nice snag that i use to fish last year was going to be the last oppertunity of the arvo as we were drifting towards open water. After half a dozen casts, nothing came to play, but i thought one more suicide cast would be worth a try, landed the plastic right in amongst the tree. As it hit the water, gave it a quick flick to get it up and over the snag and next minute BANG, my line is almost 2m deep into this snag, immediatly i knew it was a jack. Then reality hit...im using my 2-5kg 7ft bream rod, with 6lb fireline and 15lb leader and drag at about 65%. Had my fingers on the spool as my rod buckled over trying to rip this mongrel out without busting me off.

He had 3 big runs into this snag, each time taking more line, and i do not know how in the world i managed to pull him out all 3 times but lets just say the gods were with me today, on the 2nd run back in, i caught a glimpse of that pinky redish tinge that came to the surface and thats when my heart almost stopped. Managed to pull him out (unbelievably) and boated a nice 50cm Jack.

Great way to open the account for this summer.

[Far_Canal]

another better pick

[Far_Canal]

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[For_Steve]

That's awesome mad max. You must have been meant to get him into the boat. You've got some nice photos there. Did he get cooked up for dinner?

Regards, Brad.

[jackash]

Awesome jack mate. Great start to the season. Hoping i can get into a couple... or atleast one that size this season.
Cheers
Jackash

[alleycat]

Nice fish mate, bootifull colours.

[Far_Canal]

Cheers

Dont usually keep fish, havent kept one for a long time but after this fight and considering its the first of the season i decided to keep him and had 2 nice fillets about an hour after i caught it.

i regard jack as the best eating fish

[2DKnBJ]

Healthy looking fish there MM
i am with you on eating Jacks.Keep one now and then as nothing comes close in the eating stakes.

Bring on summer.

Cheers Dazza

[Kendall249]

Well done, nice looking fish.

[TIM-DONSELAAR]

Nice jack there mad max [smiley=thumbsup.gif] [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

cheers tim

[Slient]

I love this colour fish...
Great effort with SP... what sort SP

Happy fishing
Silent

[gogecko]

Great way to open the account max, its looking like it will be a better season than last year on the coomera. Everybodys landing them or getting busted off already. Top effort. I will have to get out soon, works been busy, grrrr.

Now we'll just have have to teach you how to use photoshop and hide backgrounds

cheers
Andrew

[lattic]

Nice accont opener, i bet your stoked to finish the day with him.

[Far_Canal]

Cheers Andrew.

Mate the pics were taken a little while away from where i got him

[geoff72]

what an awesome fish you got there mad, i have been stocking up on my lures to target jacks with this summer, hope it all pays off so i can post a pic to. great effort to on the outfit you were using, i use exactly the same one, line size,leader size and a dropshot
well done again great fish.
cheers

geoff