tyrone07 Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 G’day all, had a very small window to fish a tide change in a well known location in Brisbane Waters and marked some good fish on the sounder. Managed a nice soapie on a 4inch zman swimmerz in Pearl White my pretty much go to lure at the moment. Have had a couple of sessions now with not a fish boated but that is fishing for Jew on lures very frustrating, good to get that smell on the boat. Hearing good reports out of the Hawkes so I hope it’s a better few months then this time last year. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regan Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 nice jew there mate keep them coming 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Nice work. Jew on lure is always rewarding! Cheers scratchie!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Great report Tyrone and a fantastic picture showing the lure (sp) in its huge mouth. Got to be pleased with that result coming from a small window of opportunity. Cheers, bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ledge Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Congrats on a great catch! Do you mind explaining what size jigheads you use and how you work the plastic? I bought a bunch of swimmerz in 4” and 6” recently but can’t get the fish to hit it. Have had plenty of follows all the way to the boat but no decent strikes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrone07 Posted May 11, 2018 Author Share Posted May 11, 2018 39 minutes ago, Ledge said: Congrats on a great catch! Do you mind explaining what size jigheads you use and how you work the plastic? I bought a bunch of swimmerz in 4” and 6” recently but can’t get the fish to hit it. Have had plenty of follows all the way to the boat but no decent strikes. G’day mate my jigheads vary from 3/8, up to an ounce in certain conditions, majority of the time I fish a 1/2 ounce. I usually fish in depths of 6-15 meters, I generally keep it fairly simple just single hops along the bottom. 95% of hits come as the lures sinking back to the bottom, always need to maintain contact with your lure, few little hints when you give the lure the hop follow it back to the bottom by slowly dropping your rod tip towards the water as the lure sinks, strike at the faintest of touches, and cover as much water as you can. I generally find in the deeper water you won’t get as many Flathead but the ones you do get are always solid. If you wanna practice your techniques I’d fish shallower depths with the smaller swimmerz and lighted jig head say 1/4 and target lizards specifically. They will happily hit lures and gets you practice as to striking at the right time etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest123456789 Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Nice catch Tyrone. Yet to catch one with a lure so you e inspired me. Curious as to why you seem to fish brissie waters more these days instead of offshore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARC H Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Better than last time huh Hopefully i try for one tomorrow in the same system might give those plastics ago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrone07 Posted May 11, 2018 Author Share Posted May 11, 2018 4 hours ago, flatheadluke said: Nice catch Tyrone. Yet to catch one with a lure so you e inspired me. Curious as to why you seem to fish brissie waters more these days instead of offshore? Haha mate I generally get six days off after my block of shifts so fish as much as I can, I love chasing fish just as much in the estuaries as I do heading offshore. I fish solo a lot so am more comfortable fishing Brizzy Waters to be honest. I still head out on my own on a good day, I find catching Jew on lures the most rewarding but challenging species to target 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam bros Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Love the photo with the Plastic in its mouth!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrone07 Posted May 13, 2018 Author Share Posted May 13, 2018 8 hours ago, sam bros said: Love the photo with the Plastic in its mouth!! Thanks mate, you can see I only just pinned it in the top lip, plenty of times I have either missed them or pulled hooks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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