Dave_ Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 (edited) G'day everyone, My young fella and I have been trying our best to finally land a Mangrove Jack lately and we finally found a few as well as a few surprises. I tried a spot on the Pimpama River at a weir that looked very likely for Jacks. We got there at low tide and there was plenty of bait and structure and some surface activity so it like promising. First throw of the cast net yielded all manner of bait including Herring, Silver Biddies, Mullet and a few Prawns. Awesome, love cast nets. First cast with a small live Herring and I got a nice Bream at approximately 30cm. Good start. Another Bream of about 26cm followed. Soon after that, my young bloke had a fish on only for it to run immediately into a snag. He free spooled it and the fish swam out and he landed his first Mangrove Jack! Just a little feels but I was stoked for him. He got another one soon after. I then got a small Jack and we were really confident of getting a big one but things went a little quiet with only another Bream of about 25cm and a few small Moses Perch to keep us interested. High tide came and with it came 2 more small Jacks. I seen some sporadic surface activity so I flicked out a bigger unweighted live Herring and it got nailed. It was ripping some string and my new Daiwa black label v2 2-4kg was loaded up nicely and I'm saying "please be red, please be red!" but it wasn't the big Jack I was after. It turned out to be a small GT, a first for me and needless to say I wasn't too disappointed. Quite surprised at that one. I also had a crab pot in and scored 2 nice Muddies as a bonus. 5 little Jacks, a few nice Bream, Moses Perch, a GT and 2 good Mud Crabs in total. All fish taken on live Herring. Fresh Mullet was used in the crab pot. It's a shame the Jacks weren't bigger but at least I'm getting them. A big one isn't far away. Cheers, Dave Edited February 15, 2016 by Dave_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papafish Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Great catch guys! Where about in the river did you fished? It's a pretty long river Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W4z Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 That's a nice hot session! Would of been a lot of fun. Looking forward to seeing a big jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 A great report Dave. Looks like a top place to get among them. Keep the reports coming, Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_ Posted February 15, 2016 Author Share Posted February 15, 2016 Great catch guys! Where about in the river did you fished? It's a pretty long river There's a weir on Kerkin Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papafish Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Nice!! Thanks for the info There's a weir on Kerkin Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adsy91 Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Nice work mate, gotta love the northern species. Good to see someone our side of the border catching fish too, keep it up...I might learn something haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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