queensland Another jew

[nadders]

Quick report on a decent jewie from the other night,

getting very cold out there and a few more legals showing up, have had a pretty good run of jew this year in the ol' river :cheer:

this one christened the scorpion 1000xt, very small and light reel but had plenty of power in reserve for this fella. i'm appreciating the lighter setups as i've seen the jew a few times come up to the surface and headshake like mad, without a softer setup theres a higher chance of the hooks being shook out

anyway, cheers for reading should be getting out again

soon

[Joel Eadie]

awesome work dan that would have been the best fun on 10lb

[ellicat]

I always find it easier to hold the fish with the rod in my mouth too :S :laugh: :laugh:

What are the stats ?...looks a decent size.

[smitty]

The jew have suffered since you made those lures, good fish on light gear mate.

[smitty]

ellicat wrote:

I always find it easier to hold the fish with the rod in my mouth too :S :laugh: :laugh:

What are the stats ?...looks a decent size.

49-22-34 :laugh: very good size

[Joel Eadie]

ellicat wrote:

I always find it easier to hold the fish with the rod in my mouth too :S :laugh: :laugh:

What are the stats ?...looks a decent size.

i dont have that problem with the pike i catch

[hooked_on_trout]

Yes nice catch

These days you can use a lighter setup because the material are so very advanced, lighter rods and reels punch well above there weight.

cheers

Daniel

[nadders]

he went 76cm Brian, just over. i reckon they go harder than threadies length for length, they seem to know where they're swimming too as well

thats right dan although the setup is lighter they can be pushed fairly hard, you demonstrated that theory well with your grunter a few weeks back

[taib]

nice fish dan. that lure looks bigger than usual... new size?

cheers

ty

[nadders]

its the same size as the ones you got mate, just up in the cameras face a bit lol

[elops]

Nice one Dan. Did a mid week trip with B D after getting the outboard sorted.

Bloody cold and suffering from sleep deprivation but managed a couple, finally broke the run of bad luck. Forgot to add got 2 River Perch 30 cm on a Junior.

[pinkey]

Awesome mate, I'm really keen to get a legal soon, might needa buy a few more threadybusters

[nadders]

whats a B D lol?

still havent caught a river perch myself, any size to the jewies? and howd the outboard thing go what was the problem

cheers

Dan

[elops]

B D the other Beau.

Jewies 2 at 72 77 for me. 76 81 for B all one after another in the same spot, switched them off with the tag and release. Got a few hits from the Perch. Motor was just low oil ha ha silly me had not checked the oil tank. Good job the 24 volt motorguide is good for a few k's at a reasonable speed.

cheers

Steve.

[smitty]

Any pics steve, a haul like that deserves some

with all these jew metalhead fisher should be making an appearance again. anyone know where he got to??

[dan25]

Greats Stuff Dan, nice jewie on the light gear, bet that would have been fun

[Mr FeLiX]

Another gret fish mate, congrats.

Can't wait to get a legal jew of my own, unfortunatley I don't have the river sussed out as well as you guys

[Scope]

Yeah awesome fish as usual mate - good stuff.

Quick question - do your lures glow at night by any chance?

[nadders]

thanks mate, currently 1 colour glows in the dark. here's a quick snapshot

have been doing fairly well at night with the glows, been mainly using them, quick charge in the 360 deg white light every few casts to keep it going

[kiwifisho]

Nice Jew mate, well done again :ta:

Kiwi

[hooked_on_trout]

nadders wrote:

thats right dan although the setup is lighter they can be pushed fairly hard, you demonstrated that theory well with your grunter a few weeks back

Why the scorpion? and why isn't it available in the AU?

Cheers

[nadders]

its a japan domestic model, not offered by shimano australia. I chose it because i've owned one in a larger size previously and was happy with it, the specs are great and it has the same spool and casting ability of a shimano aldebaran which are very good at casting light weight lures

the reel is proving to be a little powerhouse, for the size of lures it can cast (smallest i really go are diving minnows in the 60mm range) the cranking power and drag output is very surprising, not to mention its very comfy to hold and use

cheers

Dan

[shanes]

hey mate nice jewie went out to the mouth with a couple of mates on sunday and did a few drifts past a big jetty/ loading pier then decided to anchor up. within 5 mins of anchoring one of the boys pulled up a 72cm jewie it was unreal fished a few hours after that for a small threadfin (20 cm) lol and about 5 squire! we were stoked also we caught everything on bait just wondering where i could get some f those glowing lures or did u say that u made them ? if not what type are they ? im thinking about giving them a crack so any advive would b handy

[nadders]

nice one mate,

you are correct in that I make them, let me know your email and I'll sort you out.

cheers

Dan

[fishingnut]

Quality jews as always

[sweresy]

Dan,

you would have to be the river Jew guru by now...... amazing consistency !!

[Beejay]

Good work Dan, you own that river mate.....cheers Beejay

[hooked_on_trout]

nadders wrote:

nice one mate,

you are correct in that I make them, let me know your email and I'll sort you out.

cheers

Dan

Dan are you limited to the light colors?

As effective as they are, you could make some nice naturals, like something in trout,sardine or semi opaque browns and flecked reds.

Obviously the old adage of the lure hooks the fisherman not the fish is true, but I

was just curious.

Cheers

[elops]

Heard that you got another nice one Dan.

[nadders]

not necessarily limited to the lighter colours, but one thing to consider is the effect of camera flash on what you see-

the lighter colours are designed to be fairly natural prawn/baitfish tones, the pearls are more silvery/shimmering in person than on film, and in alot of photos all the colours look pretty well white. the translucent/flecked colours suffer the same problem, they look quite natural in the water however the camera turns them bright white

show you an example,

this is a translucent gold fleck in the camera light(which is the glow colour incidentally)

just looks pretty bland plain white in that photo, but with better photography you can see the gold flecks coming through and looks a little less bland.

Pearl white is a good example too, looks flat and boring in alot of fish photos (like the jew at the start of the thread) due to flash angles/distance but in a better photo the natural silver/baitfish colours are more visible;

I have done some darker colours in the past but the lighter colours have always done a bit better popularity wise. Always possible to create new colours though

cheers

Dan

[nadders]

elops wrote:

Heard that you got another nice one Dan.

thats him in the post above steve, put him up in a thread 'SoO Motivator'

cheers

Dan

[smitty]

The top pic makes the lure look like a worm i reckon, have you made any fluro pink for the stargazer chasers, wouldnt mind seeing how that colour tests for me and you.

[hooked_on_trout]

Yeah the top example looks the goods, nice holo flecks.

Taking the chance of giving you a shameless plug I would say these fellas might be worth a flick of the end or Brunswick heads break wall.

Seen plenty of people using large 10 inch bomber style lure with no luck, just wonder how these lure would fare.

It is the time of year for the large Jew down there.

Cheers