queensland My First Jewy!!!

[kima7]

On the night that Gus caught his massive threadfin down by the golf course at Bulimba, I had the great pleasure of having the first catch of the night...

That morning I had tried my luck on the boardwalk at Wynnum and off the rocks at Manly, but was mainly there for the fantastic weather and view - I only caught one tiny bream!

Fisherman 1 (who I live with) and Fisherman 2 (who lives next door) have recently rediscovered their love for fishing and have spent quite a few nights, beer in hand and lamp on head. Needless to say, that night I needed a bit of convincing to go down to the river as the last few reports I had received from the fishermen had been a tad discouraging. :laugh:

Sitting with Fisherman 1 and a few of the friendly AFO folk was a lovely and relaxing time in itself. But I must say when my rod bent it made my night! The fish ran a couple of times and once we had landed it and stuck it on the brag mat I could not stop smiling and was literally jumping up and down with excitement!

No bias what-so-ever, but this was the best looking Jewfish I had ever seen - all 56cm of it!

[apoklyps60]

congrats on the fish. awesome catch.

[superstryda]

Nice work!

[Angus]

Well done Kim!

You must enter it for FOTM. The pickings have been few so far!

Angus

[burger93]

Good stuff!!! I might have to have a go in the brisbane river somthime you guys catch such beta fish in there then the pine ahha

cheers sean

[Jaymz711]

wow good stuff!!

hes a beauty!

[Davo_Dinkum]

nice 1 .

thats a top jew .

kicks my pb jew out of the water .

seams there is some good fish coming from Bulimba last month or so .

[jeff f]

well done kim beautiful fish

[nadders]

nice little jewie, well done on your first :side:

[dan25]

Nice fish, well done

[Feral]

Cant beat a smile like that! Says it all!

congratulations, I assune you outfished fisherman 1 and 2 on the night

[Whiskers]

My one and only jew.

Went 40cm and am dying to get a bigger model.

Well done and congrats

[burger93]

Ayy mate thats in the pine great stuff but im sorry to say u got beatin by a women!!!

[Feral]

Whiskers, you dont quite seem to have the same smile as Kim on your dial there!

As an aside I see sunfish are lobbying to get the size limit reduced back down to 45cm, that would make them worth targeting again in estuaries! 75cm is ridiculous.

[Whiskers]

burger93 wrote:

Ayy mate thats in the pine great stuff but im sorry to say u got beatin by a women!!!

Nothing new my partner beats me up all the time

And yeah feral 75cm is over the top concidering it's the max size for lizzards

[Bommie]

well done, you look very happy

[aidanwebb]

Fisherman 2 is meant to be happy for you but is not

[dunks]

Well done Kim! There seems to be a few around at the moment. I caught 5 (all between 50-60cm) very close to there last week. Good to see a few ladies discovering the joy of the river!!

[Do$tylz]

hahah well done Kim glad to see you took my advice and posted a report Good to see a fellow State High'r get into fishing and on AFO

[dunks]

hey mate I went to state high as well. Finished 94!!

[Do$tylz]

^^ new AFO group to start

[elops]

Feral wrote:

As an aside I see sunfish are lobbying to get the size limit reduced back down to 45cm, that would make them worth targeting again in estuaries! 75cm is ridiculous.

[tugger]

nice fish kim just one of many to come but about size limits got to agree with you there steve i'd rather catch them at 75cm+ and they need to breed before being allowed to be taken

mark

[natang]

Well done Kim. Congrats on your first Jewy. I can't wait to get back for the UK and try adn get one!

[jakhunta]

Excellent first jew, congratulations.

[kima7]

THANKS FOR ALL THE COMMENTS GUYS!

And yes... I out fished Fisherman 1 and 2 (much to their disgust ) but isn't that the way it always goes?

And yes Henz it is good to reconnect with a fellow State High grad :laugh:

How do I enter FOTM?

[kima7]

HAHA! I'm sure your stingray was heavier

[Angus]

kima7 wrote:

THANKS FOR ALL THE COMMENTS GUYS!

And yes... I out fished Fisherman 1 and 2 (much to their disgust ) but isn't that the way it always goes?

And yes Henz it is good to reconnect with a fellow State High grad :laugh:

How do I enter FOTM?

Kima there is actually a section in the forum called Fish Of The Month Competition.

Check it out. All the rules and process are there.

Cheers.

Angus