W4z Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Until recently I haven't really been to interested in chasing Mulloway. All the stories of long nights without a bite and lots of waiting have turned me off. I knew that when I finally did have a go it would be with lures or plastics and picking the right times so I can increase my chances. Thanks to Swordfisherman being so generous in his reports I decided to try the Cooks river yesterday. The water way was new for me so even finding a place to launch the kayak took a little longer than I expected. By the time I was on the water and ready to go it was first light and a little later than what would've been ideal, but for the first time here it was helpful to be able to see my surrounding easily. I cruised down to a bridge and started throwing Gulp 5" Jerk Shads on 1/4oz jigheads. I didn't sound over the areas as I didn't want to disturb any jewies but fished blindly. Lost a few jigheads to snags and that was about as much excitement as I had. The tide was running pretty fast after a while and I was seeing fish on the sounder so I changed to a small soft vibe and threw it around for no luck. I was thinking the fish would be trevally so I changed over to a 2" Gulp Minnow on a 1/16th oz jighead and hooked up pretty quickly. A good fight started but was cut short by my leader snapping... I should have checked it, must've been damaged as it snapped halfway along. Rerigged and on again first cast. I was a good fight and came up with a 45cm Trev. That was it for the day. No more luck. Called it early and sounded around before I left. Anyone have any advice for me in regards to catching jews on the cooks? This trip was more of a suss out trip and I will have another go midweek this week. Cheers Waz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam bros Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Good on you for getting out there Mulloway fishing can be very difficult, I've had a couple attempts at the cooks for donuts. It's just all about perseverance Hopefully you get onto that Jew soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witha Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Nice work mate that's a shot for the pool room. Cooks jew in my experience; two hours each side of the high and hit bait schools around big structure. They'll be there. Sent from my SM-G920I using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W4z Posted July 25, 2016 Author Share Posted July 25, 2016 Cheers mate. Yeah there was bait about both times I was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackfish angler Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Cooks for Jew can be great at times but hit and miss but nice report W4z . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 When the tide starts to run hard keep the big lures on and fish all the bridges hard and full and dark moons seem best. I like high in the very early morning just starting to run out or a racing really low tide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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