tonez Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Wow. Very nice fish mate. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooker435 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Fish Of A Lifetime:yahoo: Sounds like every aspect of the capture was awsome!!!!!!! and to share it with your Father & Brother that's Golden!!!! Well Done!!! Regards, Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tide'n'knots Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 that is a sensational fish mike, congratulations and thankyou for sharing your story in detail I felt like I was with you when it took off under the anchor rope, it seems to be a habit of theirs to take of nose first into the current. I am very envious!! pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpolivnick Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Best report seen in a while !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooooled Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Hey Raiders, Bit of a special post so I may go on a bit. Thought I would share my most recent catch with you. Spent Wednesday and Thursday fishing the Hawkesbury with my brother and father. Conditions were tough on Wednesday with the winds still blowing from the day before. Cut a long story short - the next day was perfect. Mudcrabs in the pots and squid were cooperating, things were looking good for the afternoon run out tide. I didn't know how good they would get. We were just settling in to our second spot for the afternoon when all hell broke loose. The rod set closest to the boat buckled over and I grabbed it, setting the hook. The fish ran upstream into the current and straight under the anchor rope. So within 30 seconds of this fight starting - I was in trouble. My brother was already bringing the anchor up, so with him holding the rope up, I passed the rod under and I was in the clear again with the fish charging into the current and towards the reef. I managed to turn the fish and thankfully it ran wide and then went with the current downstream and towards deeper water. I felt the heavy headshakes of a fish with some serious weight and called it for a Jew. The leader came to surface three times before I got a glimpse of what I was dealing with as it continued to charge for the bottom and away from the boat. But when the murky brown water of the Hawkesbury finally revealed it to me, it dawned on me how important it would be to land this fish properly. A few expletives were uttered at the sheer size of the fish which had finally given up and was heading now towards my brother with gaff in hand. Special thanks to my bro who slipped the gaff into it's gaping jaws and perfectly pinned it through the bottom jaw and lifted it up over the side and onto the deck. Now we could see it in all it's glory. This thing was way bigger than any Jew I had caught previously and definitely the biggest fish I have ever landed. I was hoping for a nice schoolie - when we measured it, it went 140cm. It didn't fit on the brag mat! (please note the tail in this photo is bent up the inside of the cast deck and looks shorter than 20cm beyond the end of the mat - but it was measured properly on flat a surface and it went 140cm) High fives and carrying on attracted the attention of the family fishing next to us who came over for a look. The very young kids couldn't believe their eyes, and it reminded me of being a very young bloke learning of the mighty mulloway that lurked in my local waters and the dream of one day catching a big one. Unfortunately we didn't have scales but even if we did they probably wouldn't have been adequate for a fish of this size. I checked the dpi website and a fish of 140 cm should be 27.7 kgs. It felt every bit of it. I know it will take me a long time to top that fish but the memories will be with me forever. A huge thanks to my father Gary, and my brother James. Without these two I wouldn't go fishing half as much as I do and there is no way I could have landed this fish of a lifetime without them. I have attached one pic with a red bull can in frame for COTM and would like to submit this fish for the fishraider records. Enjoy the pics & thanks for reading. Mike FISH OF A LIFE TIME!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaki10 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Where Abouts is Juno point I come from Sydney west and just wondering how I would get there which boat ramp to get on at and etc? Please if you could help me out it would be wonderful cheers by the way that's one awesome catch! Something I have not seen in 3 years since I went on a holiday in coffs harbour and some guy pulled one off the break wall at the beach but good on ya mate you're a great fisherman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captin Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Good report and what a catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Congrats on a superb fish and a great report of its capture. It has been entered into COTM. Cheers Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieweekender Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Great fish, well done there are some big fish in the Hawkesbury. You have my vote for COTM. We caught a 80+ flathead there on the weekend and i was kicking myself for not taking a photo with a can but am not so upset now. Where did you get the fresh squid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmaniac Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Excellent capture mate. Although I do not target jews, I can appreciate the effort you put in to land that monster. So well done, I bet you were ecstatic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregL Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Now thats a Jew! Well done on a great fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onyourway Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Ahh yeah liittle jealous!! haha well done mate thats an awesome day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bashful Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Congrats Mike! Awesome report and pics. Keep them coming and hope you get COTM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyse01 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 well done, awsome catch.. that was a great read, nothing better on a monday morning at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewie Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) The fish of a lifetime! even more special catching it from a Polycraft! Awesome stuff! Edited April 16, 2012 by chewie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borgie_29 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 What an awesome fish!! Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay83091 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 WOW.. That's HUGE. 27kg!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kooks Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 We I guess we have this months winner for COTM...top work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinsoi Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 What a beast of a fish .... Congratulations all round Nice report too and thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quintrex480 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 That's a beast of a Jew! well done mate, makes me want to put the kingie gear away and dust off the jewie gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slink Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Nice work mate !!! That will be a story to be told around a beer or bbq or campfire or whatever !! Unreal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Squidy Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Top work, fish of a life time there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepi.. Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 what a fish!! congrats mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finallyOnline Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 kudos to you sir that is definately a fish of a lifetime many congrats and respect... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benm Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Just wow. My jaw almost fell off my face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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