Young jewfish

[nadders]

Hey guys,

i threw a line in under the indro bridge this morning @ the turn of the tide, and after a while of no action brought up a 40cm jew or river perch. I'm just hoping someone can help me identify which it was. Unfortunately I don't have a camera at the moment so no snaps but..

he was about 40cm as i said, profile of a jewfish but he was silver/white down below and right up the top of his body near the dorsal fin, he turned into a brilliant purple/pink hue. Very attractive little fish, big eyes and didn't have the snub nose of a river perch. I'm just wondering if young jews can be found with this pinkish/purple colour on top.

Released him unharmed btw, my best effort yet i think he was only out of the water for about 10 seconds gave him a bit of mullet for his trouble too.

[Davo_Dinkum]

if he looked like this he was a jew.but your discription sounds like a jew.

[img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/jew-16b828c24816230c1bf7a097f20124d1.jpg

[Davo_Dinkum]

oops that a little 40 cm jew i got at jindalee.

[Angus]

At 40cm and with the colours you mentioned id say little jewy.

Angus

[jeff f]

yeah jewy the river perch have the putty nose and a spike on thier gill plate

[nadders]

he looked pretty much exactly like that photo, but the pink/purple line was really "clean" and quite striking, and went from his nose to his tail.

a very nice and healthy looking fish.

cool, i guess i caught me a jewfish then hehe...

(psst, nobody mention that he was tiny)

[Nitris]

Great effort mate... im still to get me a jew even a small one would make me a happy man..

what did the damage.. ? frozen prawns again? or the Mullet u mention in ur article.

[nadders]

a piece of mullet fillet, the reason i say i gave him a bit of mullet for his trouble is cause i did a sloppy horrible job of baiting the hook initially and he took 1/2 the fillet off before coming back and getting hooked (at least i assume it was him both times =P )

i wasn't able to get any bites at all with prawns under there, i dunno what it is about prawns but all i ever seem to catch on prawns are 10cm breams.

i'm a big fan of mullet and chopped up pilchards.

anyway im gonna head back down there for high tide this arvo, maybe get another one

[Jords]

by any chance did u see a bunch of grammar rowers go by??

cause i saw someone fishing under the bridge and felt like jumping out of the boat and join em haha

[nadders]

yeah that was me, i was there from 5:30 throughout the whole race.

Were you one of the grammar boys? if so, how'd the race go?

[Nitris]

Mullet is a great bait.... stays on the hook better then the old prawn or pilly..

[nadders]

yeah its my favourite bait by a long shot, seems to get me the most action and the most hookups. although i found some week old prawns and went under the bridge this morning and pulled a 68cm catfish in was fun while it lasted i guess.

had to cut him loose too, he had so much fight left in him i wasn't gonna pick him up. shot off like a bat out of hell when i cut the line. was really hoping for a bigger jew but ah well, next time.

[kriso]

mullet is a tops bait! have caught my biggest flathead on mullet strips, stands up to quite a few nibbles before it goes missing too.

[adri4n]

yeah i like mullet as a strip bait, but somehow as a livie it doesn't seem to get enough attention for my liking, maybe its just me, nice work on the jewie though

[Jords]

yeh i was 1 of the grammar guys

race was alright but 5 km definetly wears you out

ive never really seen p that end of the river but there are definetly some good looking spots - creek drains etc.