queensland Brissy River jewie

[Yellow Peril]

caught this fish Saturday arvo just before the storm hit. Took a live mullet on a 2-hook rig. PB jewie went 10.2 kg and 100cm and was taken on 6 kg pretest mono.

Jeremy [img size=477]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/jewiec.jpg

[MichaelJ]

great fish there man congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[fishyman]

HOLY *insert expletive here*

thats a monster

awesome fish man

[Dec]

nice jewie you got there where was he caught

[kevinchen19870316]

all i can say is WOW!

that's a hell of a jew

[Malcolm]

Well done Jeremy that is awsome,how good is that from the mighty Brisbane River

[STU]

thats a awesome jewie mate

[brisfisher]

awsome!!someone was bound to get a big one sooner or later with the river getting alot cleaner in recent times.well done:)

[bretto]

Great fish mate I didn't even know there are mulloway that big in the brissie river.

[EMP]

Holy............. what a great catch, Yellow Peril!

Congrats!!!!!!!!

EMP

[Yellow Peril]

Dec wrote:

nice jewie you got there where was he caught

sorry mate, ain't telling. I have spent hundreds of hours over the past few years fishing up and down the coast, Seaway, Pin and Pumicestone Passage to 30 km offshore, trying to get a good jewie. I have caught a few schoolies and had one good jew sharked. Pretty stoked to find a spot so close to home where I can catch them now. It is a patch of rock/reef somewhere between the Gateway Bridge and the mouth. Probably only fits 1 or 2 boats at a time to fish it properly. I'll be spending a bit more time there over the next few months trying to get a bigger model and also one on a lure!

Jeremy [img size=491]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/half_jewie_b_small.jpg

[Dinodadog]

Well done bonza fish

[Simon Harmon]

That is f**cking unreal! Congrats mate

Simon

[MichaelJ]

how heavy was that 1 that got sharked?

[Yellow Peril]

whatnow wrote:

how heavy was that 1 that got sharked?

pretty sure what was left was about 11kg

Jeremy

[chubbstar]

Very imppresive, I dont blame you one bit keeping that spot a secret. Good on ya. As I told someone earlyer, send Angus a photo for Bush'n'Beach magazine.

One of, if not the best catch I've seen come out of the Brisbane River.

I'm going to take a cold shower now!:dry:

Jayson

[Cowfish13]

Awesome fish mate:cheer:

And thanks for saying roughly where it was caught:) Don't need to know exactly, but that does help when we want to target them:cheer:

[pinkey]

Great jewy, the river sure does produces some thumpers.. Theres one horse in the gallery on this site thats 44.2kg... Also seen some around 20 - 25kg on plastics so sure is a good location for them nice work!

Have you got any threadys as by catch ?

[Angus]

Nice one Jeremy, on the line rating im sure thats a great score for a pretest comp?

As far as catching them on a lure, I have wondered often about that. Im surprised a jew hasnt been caught earlier with all the people targeting threaddies. There have been a few great ones caught here recentrly on Jakal transam etc.

Maybe we need to go bigger!!!

Well done again mate and cheers for the report..

Angus

[Funfisher]

that is very very impresive!!

[Mack_attack]

Hey angus jeryl got one of about 75cm on a bushy stiffy minnow not too long in that spot x post.

[ellicat]

Nice one Jeremy. Was the sharked one from the river also ?

Do you think that weight line aided in the capture ?

[Yellow Peril]

ellicat wrote:

Nice one Jeremy. Was the sharked one from the river also ?

Do you think that weight line aided in the capture ?

The sharked jewie was from a reef NE from the Pin bar. There seems to be plenty of big sharks there and we have hooked several for short periods.

Good question about the line. I do think that keeping things 'finesse' as natural as possible does help. I used a sinker just big enough to get the bait down and let it move around a bit and 40 lb leader. I don't think it would have made any difference if I had used 10 kg line, but maybe 24 kg or a heavier leader might have spooked the fish? Who knows? I do enjoy the challenge of catching large fish on (relatively) light line, and it is alot more fun having the fish make a few runs than skull dragging it in. My best is a 10 kg threadie on 2 kg pretest, which is a Queenslannd and pending National record.

Jeremy

[ellicat]

Thanks Jeremy. One more question - Were you anchored when it hit or using an electric to slow drift ?

[namyau]

Mack_attack wrote:

Hey angus jeryl got one of about 75cm on a bushy stiffy minnow not too long in that spot x post.

thats right jeryl and i both have gotten one at our spot x i got mine one week on a 2inch shrimp and the following session there jeryl got one on the stiffy minnow

[Nitris]

I want one :woohoo:

[namyau]

Yellow Peril wrote:

. My best is a 10 kg threadie on 2 kg pretest, which is a Queenslannd and pending National record.

Jeremy

just re-read that. wow on the record mate - that would have been fun

[Plastic Man]

thats a sweet record mate well done

[Yellow Peril]

ellicat wrote:

Thanks Jeremy. One more question - Were you anchored when it hit or using an electric to slow drift ?

anchored

[BassTracker]

Congrats on the record, hope it all goes through alright.. I wish people would stop showing all these amazing fish.. It just means I have to spend more money on fuel and even more costly, time coming up with excuses to be out on the water.

[jeff f]

Yellow Peril wrote:

ellicat wrote:

Nice one Jeremy. Was the sharked one from the river also ?

Do you think that weight line aided in the capture ?

The sharked jewie was from a reef NE from the Pin bar. There seems to be plenty of big sharks there and we have hooked several for short periods.

Good question about the line. I do think that keeping things 'finesse' as natural as possible does help. I used a sinker just big enough to get the bait down and let it move around a bit and 40 lb leader. I don't think it would have made any difference if I had used 10 kg line, but maybe 24 kg or a heavier leader might have spooked the fish? Who knows? I do enjoy the challenge of catching large fish on (relatively) light line, and it is alot more fun having the fish make a few runs than skull dragging it in. My best is a 10 kg threadie on 2 kg pretest, which is a Queenslannd and pending National record.

Jeremy

only a record cause they wont let you claim unless you join thier club system;)

[Yellow Peril]

jeff f wrote:

only a record cause they wont let you claim unless you join thier club system;)

[jeff f]

Yellow Peril wrote:

jeff f wrote:

only a record cause they wont let you claim unless you join thier club system;)

that's the way it is. You are only eligible for game fishing and world records if you are a member of IGFA or GFAA. Sportfishing records can only be claimed if you are a member of the sportfishing community. Part of the reason is the rules which must be followed to be eligible in most of the divisions.

There aren't many people outside of the club game and sportfishers who use pretest line anyway, so there aren't too many 'large' fish taken outside of the club scene which would be eligible for line class records, other than all tackle.

Have you caught a better jewie than 10 kg on 6 kg pretest line? A better threadie than 10 kg on 2 kg pretest? No? than I an not sure what your point is really? Hope it is not just sour grapes?

Jeremy

[Jordan]

yea i dont think he was having a go at you jeremy, no need to get upset like that...

[kriso]

and there was silence..... lol

[Yellow Peril]

They are top captures Jeff. You obviously know where I am coming from on the fun side of things and the challenge of trying to catch large fish on light line. I am surprised to hear that there are people out there NOT in ANSA fishing pretest, but good on ya. Still don't reckon there would be very many like you, which is why I don't believe that there would be very many captures on pretest better than the ones I posted.

But you are right, it isn't THAT difficult to do if you are set up for it properly and know what you are doing. If you look through the records charts which are publically available, some of the records are very good and you wonder how they did it and know that they will probably never be broken. Others are ripe for the picking.

I joined ANSA (Brisbane Sportfishing Club) back in the late 90's so that I could mix with people who had similar ideas about fishing to me. Fishing for fun and keep enough for a feed. I have never been too bothered by politics in the sport and barely notice it.

Jeremy

[jeff f]

sounds like things might have changed in the sportsfishing world since the early '80s mate, the crap and slanging matches back them were unbelievable, it cost them alot of members.

good luck with your claims

[Angus]

I fish pretest when I fish mono.

I must admit though I dont often because I like braid.

As with both Jeff and Jeremy i like to fish as light as i can get away with. Sometimes the fish wins sure, but I think that makes it all the more fun. Frustrating fun at times

Angus

[Angus]

Also in relation to sportfishing politics etc, I have been along to a couple of Brisbane Sportsfishing Clubs meetings and they are a top bunch of guy. Laid back and happy to answer questions as well. The presenters I have seen have also been very good at these meets.

Angus