miller Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 ok i have had a couple of goes tring to get these out of the fish i hav caught can anybody tell me how to get these out ive tried cooking the head tried cutting in and couldnt find them i have one on the bbq as im witing this boiling all the jews i have tried this on have been around the 10kg mark and still no luck any help would be nice thanks miller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobfish Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 Hey Miller, Boiling the head should do the trick. At the ten kg mark the jewels will be around the size of an almond... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatty hunter626 Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 my first ever jewie was about 4 kg and we managed to get the jewl out just by cutting into the heap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller Posted July 12, 2008 Author Share Posted July 12, 2008 thanks has anyone got a pic ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luderick59 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 hi miller here is a photo of some of the jewels fish size range from 10lb to pb fish of 64lb use a hacksaw blade top of spine behind the head its oval shaped they [2] are inside floating in liquid hope this helps peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 That's an incredible collection Peter I knew an old gentleman in Brisbane many years ago who used to make intricate jewellery from them. They are highly sought after as trophies in jewfishing circles up there. Great photo mate. Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino2099 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I found them the first time I tried (must have got lucky) If you turn the head upside down so the gills facing up you then need to find the bottom of the skull an inch or two behind where the eyes line up and break through the splintery cartilage and dig around a bit and they should pop out of their fluid sack. Worked for me Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushmeat Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 thanks has anyone got a pic ? I googled Jewfish jewels (to find out what they actually are) and found this may help. Toward the bottom of the page has a pic. http://www.users.bigpond.com/murrell/fish/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickb Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 hi miller here is a photo of some of the jewels fish size range from 10lb to pb fish of 64lb use a hacksaw blade top of spine behind the head its oval shaped they [2] are inside floating in liquid hope this helps peter hi miller here is a photo of some of the jewels fish size range from 10lb to pb fish of 64lb use a hacksaw blade top of spine behind the head its oval shaped they [2] are inside floating in liquid hope this helps peter Hey Peter, there was a butcher near tuncurry breakwall,who use to buy the big one's,he was at the wall the night I finally landed my big one and he gave me 50 bucks for the set that was in 81. cheers Rick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewsta Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 ok i have had a couple of goes tring to get these out of the fish i hav caught can anybody tell me how to get these out How'd you go Sean, any luck finding those jewels. With Jewfish bits and pieces all over the place at your house, I'm guessing you'll be placed on another fishing ban again mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller Posted July 14, 2008 Author Share Posted July 14, 2008 finally i got them the clincher was (break through the splintery cartilage )thanks rhino thanks to all who replied cheers miller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatty hunter626 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 the little stone like piece of bone in a jewies head....many hardarned jewie fishos use these as trophys. cheers flatty hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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