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Thanks guys! Red bigeye looks about right, still think the second is a bristle worm though.

Ha ha I know Jeff, very odd indeed! After doing some googling (i.e. searching "sea caterpillar") Im pretty sure its a type of Bristle Worm. Still not sure about the fish though.

I'm sure someone will get this one... But this?

Just wanted to say a massive thankyou to Jeff from me and the girlfriend. An absolute gentleman taking us out on his boat for a beautiful day on the water. People like him and this site should be commended for bringing together such a friendly community of fisher people. Couldn't have asked for a nicer day or more pleasant company! Thanks a million matey, Simmo

Thanks guys!

Caught in Vic on the coast... 55cm fought hard. Any ideas? Tackle shops and locals didn't know...

Cheers guys.

Caught by a bloke at Little Manly. When on the land it could walk and curled its arms like an octopus. When released it swam off like a squid or occy. Felt the same as a normal star. Any ideas?

Cheers fellas!

Caught near Balmain, looks kind of like a Cardinal but not really. Any ideas?

Jewgaffer, thanks for the detailed reply very informative as always. Ill be sure to shoot you a pm in the near future mate. Thanks again everyone, Simmo

Thanks everyone much appreciated! David88 thanks for answering for me, obviously I tared my weight with the fish. Novicefisherman I use 50lb fins braid, 60lb black magic mono trace, 2 fixed snell hooks 6/0 octopus circle on top 5/0 octopus on the bottom both Gama. Yakka pinned with top hook. Cheers guys, Simmo

Ive been having an awesome month on the Jewies and from the amount of posts lately it looks like they are on the move hard at the moment. Since the 93cm I got just under a month ago Ive had 6 more all landbased. Sunday night went for a flick with a mate and ended up with a decent 65cm flatty and 2 alright bream. At around 3am one of the rods starts screaming and after a surprisingly decent fight we end up with a nice 95cm Jewie. A little dejected that i still couldnt crack that meter mark I decided to head out again late last night. My normal fishing companions were too tired to make the trip, but I was still keen. After traveling to about 4 different wharfs I decided that most of Sydney was fishing that night. Finally found myself a spot with no one there! Sent out 3 rods, each with a live yakka and waited. By the time I was set up completely it was already 12.30am. Around 1.30am I had a nice run but it stopped before i had gotten to my rod , a little after that another run, much smaller than the last, it was a 50cm taylor. Not the Jewie i was after . By the time it got to 4am I had pretty much given up hope. I started taking some gear up to the car and on the way back to the wharf I heard one of my reels start to scream! Ran back and grabbed my rod, by this time the fish had already worked its way around a pylon and far out to sea. Not sure how long the fight was but it was definitely over 10mins as I had time to shoot a shocking video for the last 3.5mins. I seriously thought it was a big ray for a while but on the 3rd or 4th run I could feel some massive head shakes I was excited and also terrified as I saw it finally surface! terrified because I realised 1. Im by myself! 2. Its too big for the net i had that barely fit the 93 and 95! 3. It had tangled all my rods! Thankfully it was tired enough for me to put my rod on the ground grab the leader which was 60lb with one hand and the gills with the other, then hauled it onto dry land! Only managed the one pic at the wharf but got a few more when I got back to a mate's. 125cm weighed in at 19.8kg after being bled and out of the water for 4 hours. Friggin STOKED Cheers, Simmo

thanks guys! Simmo

Thanks fellas! Yes very close to Greenwich. Simmo