queensland Peel Island Jew

[Cmaltby]

Made a decision this morning to go chase some squid around the back of peel island, I went to bcf bought some jigs and headed out. On my way I pulled up at a spot thought stuff it I'll have a quick fish.i wasn't catching much but it seemed like a perfect spot to fish the sunset so I scrapped squid and stayed. I caught a couple of parrot fish and started floating pillies out the back on a handline where I lost a decent snapper at the boat it seemed to spit the hook. I then noticed a heap of bait about and started jigging caught a few herring put them on live and had no luck. There started to be a lot of surface action so I changed to a zman pink glow minnow smothered in X factor  and was flicking into the bait ball again with no luck so I started bouncing it along the bottom and my rod took off, took me a while to stop the run and get it under control judging by the head shakes I thought I had finally hooked onto a monster snapper only to be surprised when I pulled up a massive jewie. Measured it up in the boat and it went longer than the 90cm sticker on the side of my boat by the time I had it home and it had shrunk it still went a respectable 92cm. All in all was a great afternoon. So much for not fishing this weekend 

[Cmaltby]

Caught the Jew on a $35 bcf combo too, I don't believe in spending a lot of money on gear. I've spent a lot of money and a little money and never seen a difference in the fish I catch. 

[K-Lub]

nice jewy mate wish i could say i have caught a horse like that one

[Binder]

Look at the smile on the dial, says it all!

Congratulations on a stonka fish!

[Cmaltby]

Was a cracker of a fish I was literally cheering when I landed it. First big fish I've caught since I started fishing the bay 

[samsteele115]

That's a cracker of a fish mate well done. Even more inspiration to put some time into that type of fishing from now through the winter  

[Cmaltby]

Yeah I think I'll head back better prepared next time, will be getting some balloons to float my livies on I should have more luck then 

[tugger]

cracking jew I bet you were over the moon when it surfaced

[Cmaltby]

I was literally cheering was so happy landing it was a difficult enough task as I was l by my self. 

[timtam_]

Ripper fish mate. Those lures will literally catch anything

[The Mad Hughesy]

good on ya mate, great Jew.

 

im a big believer in not spending huge money on fishing gear (unless its land based sharking when there is no such thing as cheap gear)

 

[Cmaltby]

Land based sharking? Sounds interesting, guessing you get mainly bull sharks 

[The Mad Hughesy]

1 hour ago, Cmaltby said:

Land based sharking? Sounds interesting, guessing you get mainly bull sharks 

depends on where you go, but for the most part yeah. still learning the how and where for the bigger models. but the small ones on 6lbs gear is a bit of fun