size limit on jewies in the river

[djc9]

are the jewies you get in the brissy river silver teraglin or scaly/silver jewfish? whats the size limit on them?

cheers

[ellicat]

Silver jew/ Mulloway. Min 75cm

Teraglin jew are an offshore species. (Commonly called Trag/Trag Jew)

[djc9]

damn, held on to a 57cm one last night cause i had no idea, just thought he looked relatively big enough. have taken note for future reference.

cheers

[ellicat]

Yeah, it changed in March this year. Always a good idea to put 'em back if you're not sure. At least you know for next time.

[tugger]

while fishing you should have something to measure your catch and if you don't know the sizes or fish id throw it back otherwise you can get stung 2 ways 1; the authorites will fine you and confiscate your fishing gear or 2; you eat it and its poisonous . so know or throwdjc9 wrote:

damn, held on to a 57cm one last night cause i had no idea, just thought he looked relatively big enough. have taken note for future reference.

cheers

[yellahunter]

hey dunno if you guys saw this but in the last sunday mail,

there is a pic of a young kid with a jewie kept for a feed which wouldnt be more than 50cm, it aint a trag either,

i was astonished that it was published,

[Gad]

yellahunter,that was noted, also noted was the mj on the opposite page,decent thumper

[djc9]

yeah was a bit of a shame, i like sticking to the rules. haha had only really been catching bream so just got a bit excited to score a much larger fish. do many get to over the 75cm mark in the river or do they usually head to the bay when they have grown? was on some site with heaps of photos of ones caught in the maroochy river and most were 45-60cm.

[aidanwebb]

Id say you get the odd ones over 75cm, but few and far between. All the Jews caught by my mates and their mates have been between 50 - 60cm mark. But from the reports you are the first to catch a Jew in the Brissie river for the last 6 weeks or so.

[tugger]

the jew will school in river systems around the size your talking you will get the odd larger fish as well but for larger fish try bar entrances , seaways , offshore reefs or beach gutters which the biguns swim around more often

[Cowfish13]

There seems to be a steady amount of larger fish caught from the mouth of the Brissie River

[Smiderman]

Cowfish13 wrote:

There seems to be a steady amount of larger fish caught from the mouth of the Brissie River

when you're saying at the mouth are you saying out passed the poo pipe ?

[Cowfish13]

Generally from the Gateway Bridge down is where I've seen (note the 'seen' haha. Havn't got one myself yet :S ) most of the bigger ones come from. But mainly from the Boggy Ck area and near the wharfs for the freight ships

[nadders]

this season has seen a heap of jew in the 50-70cm range, we've caught 3 or 4 legals to over 30 u/s over the past couple of months (including a corker at about 8cm long haha)

most of these fish have been downstream of the gateway but at the start of winter around july if i remember correct i got a few legals upstream around newstead reach. have not really fished that area more than once or twice since though.

i'm also aware of at least one m+ in the middle reaches this season

the jew in the 50ish range are spread widely throughout the system, the bigger ones are less common but there are definately a few around. however we've found it can be difficult to target them on lures as when you find a school the rats generally climb all over it first

look for light pools the jewies often cruise in the first couple meters under the surface under the lights

[rob316]

Just think of the cracker jewies that will be around in 2 or 3 years , alot of undersize now , but with the new limits - which I was actually against - everyone will be catching the stonkers now the population has time to grow and populate the systems....in hindsight - its a good idea for the future opportunities it will provide...now if everyone will just read the rules , or they start policing them better...but hey , we can only hope others learn by your mistake being posted here...

[nadders]

not sure if the new sizes will dramatically increase the size of fish caught in the river, i still think the big ones will tend to move further out and the estuaries will remain the nursery area, but hey im no marine biologist

[Davo_Dinkum]

well now u know djc9.

i won't off about a under size fish taken .

hands up who in the whole haven't taken a undersized fish ,either by mistake or not knowing the rules or new rules .if u say u never have ,well......................

every1 makes mistakes .

but the the authorities will nail u .

so u can get the ,recreational fishing rules guide at most tackle shops .also its on line .

measure a fish a 5$ tape measure will do .

BCF have a plastic card 10$ ,fisherman's guide ,current rules and colour pictures .i find this very handy.

also there is the: the great outdoors tide guide .with fish info and sizes etc too.

good handy little book for 5 $.

i got a small jew at DFO pontoon :)last year .so they are all over the river i guess.

[dansike]

Caught 4 jew between 80 and 90 cm over the past week between breakie creek mouth and southbank, all land based and all on live mullet or prawns.