kingfish101 Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Set off midweek from Apple Tree Bay , before sunrise and with picturesque tendrils of 'sea smoke' on the water. It's a 12 km paddle from the ramp to the Hawkesbury River proper and it takes me the best part of 3 hours to make the journey and catch some live mullet in the Bays for bait on route. I use a copy of chart AUS204 to identify the holes and likely jewfish haunts and slow drift the areas with a heavy sinker close to the bottom and a long trace line to a circle hook. On this occasion the unfortunate mullet was around 15cm long and nose hooked. Got the strike 1 hour before high water slack and the beast dragged me around for 15 minutes before I could use my short gaff on him.It is hard work in a skinny kayak to put the rod in the holder, grab the fish by the gills, cut the line and put the fish in the hatch but I did it without going for a swim and with no one around to see me make a mess of the operation. My last good jewfish was way back in May and I was beginning to think the fish had all left for the Winter. 18 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xerotao Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Good read awesome effort mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 That's one good fish well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynabolt Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 A 3 hour paddle and you had the strength to bring that thing in! And to paddle back to your car?! PHOAR!!! I am in awe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Well deserved fish for all the effort put in. Great read to KF101. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Grinners are winners. Nice fish 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickmarlin62 Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris b Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 You are a grate fisher mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Great report and photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Not bad for your first post, looking forward to the second one!!! Congrats and welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Top shelf effort! Nice fish too! Well done 👍 cheers scratchie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1no Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Beautiful hawkesbury croaker mate, top effort!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 A great fish for any time, even better from a yak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 You deserved a cracking fish after the effort you put in. Well done on sharing your method too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Congrats on cracking the metre with a beautiful fish. Worth the long paddle:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie W Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Great fish, Nice yak as well. Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 A golden day on the water and one which you will never forget too. Thoroughly enjoyed reading the post and the pictures cement the reality of a top effort all round. Keep it up, look forward to more of your successes being shared with us. Cheers, bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest123456789 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Gee there are some excellent reports and captures coming through. IMO best report and capture of the year - well done 👏🥇 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankS Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 44 minutes ago, flatheadluke said: Gee there are some excellent reports and captures coming through. IMO best report and capture of the year - well done 👏🥇 A friend sent this to me. Caught in Lake Macquarie 15/8/19 Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookerbruce Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Very nice fish and report. Shows the effort is rewarded sometimes Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squ!rt Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Thats a cracker of a fish from a kayak, kudos for paddling for 3+ hours, pulling that in then paddling back. stonker of a fish, welcome to the forum, look forward to seeing more reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest123456789 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 7 hours ago, frankS said: A friend sent this to me. Caught in Lake Macquarie 15/8/19 Frank That’s the biggest Jew I’ve seen what did it weigh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Squidy Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Top report mate. Great reward for plenty of effort, well done!! Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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