Jew at Jumpinpin?

[bidkev]

Anyone fished the Pin for Jew?

[Nugget]

Yes - to sum it up - floods, winter, live bait, tide changes - lots of luck.

That flathead in your profile is over the legal max...

Dave ><>
PS - Oh and welcome to Ausfish.

[bidkev]

Hi Dave,

I've been told that the area close up to Swan Bay produces. Is this true in your opinion?

The large flathood was used for bait ;D "I found it washed up on the beach yer 'onor. Honest! ::)

Thanks for the welcome btw

kev

[propdinger]

lmao @ flathead

jeff

[Nugget]

Yes anywhere along Kalinga Bank, the hole off Swan #Bay, Short, the 100 metre Bar hole, Koureyabba.
There are plenty of places just a lot of pressure.

If you've got nothing to do on Fri arvo, come along to the Tinnie and Tackle Show - I'll be talking about Pin jew.

Dave ><>




I love this pic

[CHRIS_aka_GWH]

was that a surf girl, dave.

Look at the girth on it :o.

chris

[Nugget]

That photo is actually a bit deceptive - it's not a jew!!

True story.
Bet you can't guess what it is?

Dave ><>

[craigie]

Jeez Nugget, It certainly looks :o :o like a mulloway !! and a bloody good one at that !!

My only other suggestion would be is a Barra, but it don't look like any Barra I've seen ???.

Hang on ?? No it's not April Fools day.

Cheers
Craig.

[NeilD]

It must be the biggest Teraglin ever caught ;D ;D
What is it? Red Croaker or something.

Cheers Neil

[Nugget]

Keep guessing - someone will get it soon!

Dave ><>

[mackmauler]

Its got a good keg on it :o nugget in scales!!! ;D ;D

my call...a nuggetjewfishumus ;)

[Gorilla_in_Manila]

World's biggest tailor with it's white gill skin flared out. Dorsal fin doesn't look right toward the tail though.
???

[CHRIS_aka_GWH]

my first thought was one of them little logan river perch

but on closer inspection the body looks a bit whiting like.

you are a mongrel Mr Downie - I was getting ready to leave work & now I can't stop staring at the thing !!!!!!!!!!!

seeyainthesurf,

chris

[Nugget]

OK - here's a clue.

The photo has not been manipulated in any way - it is as it was taken - in the surf at night.
It is not a jew, it is not a mulloway.

Dave ><>

[Gorilla_in_Manila]

When you say its not a jew, you mean not a black jew as well I presume.

[Nugget]

No, not a black jew.

Dave ><>

[jeffo]

got a clearer pic dave? i still think your pulling our leg... looks like a jew to me... id say a trag but they dont get that big. not a barra (wrong mouth), not a tailor (wrong tail)

[jeffo]

yep lock it in eddy... its a jewfish!

[Nugget]

Ok - another clue.

I said it's not a jew, not a mulloway.
But I didn't say it's not a Argyrosomus hololepidotus...

Dave ><>

[jeffo]

so it has to be sometype of jewfish! your standard jewie is "argyrosomus japoicus" so whats the deal then dave?

[mackmauler]

was i close dave ;D

[jeffo]

ok seams to be a fish that is not from australia! ::)

[Zeeke]

id say.. look at the shape of the tail.. 2 species of fish, very very closely related.. but one has a convex tail, the other has a paddle shaped tail..

Tim

[NeilD]

I don't care what its called. I want one!

[DaneCross]

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=419&genusname=Argyrosomus&speciesname=hololepidotus
The African version hey?
"Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: endemic to Madagascar "

[NeilD]

I said it was a croaker. I don't know the difference between the various types.
Cheers Neil

[Gorilla_in_Manila]

A slight reference to it in the further reading item 2.
http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/ajaponicus.htm

[Nugget]

Ok - I'd teased you all long enough.
It is not a jew or mulloway but it is a argyrosomus japoicus or argyrosomus hololepidotus #- #the same species - just different referrence sources.
(check the Aus DPI reference, Grants or NSW DPI - http://www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au/rec/fish/mulloway.htm).

Jew and mulloway are coloquial names - It is a kob... - That's what it is called in the country this photo was taken in - South Africa.
And don't they grow big over there....

Well done fellas - despite the red herrings #you stuck to your guns...

Dave ><>
PS - I'm streaching the memory here but I'm pretty sure a croaker is a member of the Micropogonias family - caught in US and Canada.

and another kob...

[CHRIS_aka_GWH]

... you are a mongrel Mr Downie - ...

i stand by my comment more now than before.

beware the wrath of the flying pilchard at the RNA lol

chris

[bugman]

After Dave has had his fun with you guys,

My goal this year is a big silver of the Straddie beach. I've been trying to get one of those big suckers off the beach for a couple of years now during our winter escapades.

I've tried pillies, squid, yakka, worms, tailor and mullet for a total of two hookups and two bustoffs >:(.

This year you're mine you big beauty - I'm coming for you - you can't hide anymore -

Lookout for the Bugman

[Lucky_Phill]

I heard a rumour, that while tossing lures into the surf for Tailor, with a little luck ( ::) ) you can hook ( jezz, that's a loose term ) a Mullet by accident.

Pin that Mullet to a livies rig and send her back between the break in the back banks. Apparently the Mullet is so scared of getting ' hooked ' again, it swims seaward into the Mouths of the waiting...............Kob ?

Phillie

[Billo]

Hey Bugman , i have hit some good solid Jew on live tailor fishing off the Pin ..
dead low tide right off the point where the water usually rushes .
one of the pros told me when and where last year ..i only had 2 cracks at it , and both times big bust ups ...only fishing 10kg though .i hadn't taken my heavy gear over ...sold the fourby weeks later

thought i was into a beauty one time .....40 minutes later up came a god damn 7 foot long guitar fish ..bugger !

[bidkev]

Yes anywhere along Kalinga Bank, the hole off Swan #Bay, Short, the 100 metre Bar hole, Koureyabba.

Thanks for that.

There are plenty of places just a lot of pressure.

Bit more now I'm going ;)

If you've got nothing to do on Fri arvo, come along to the Tinnie and Tackle Show - I'll be talking about Pin jew.

Wish I could Dave. Wife (nurse) working shifts and 5 kids to look after doesn't give me much time. The only time we all seem to be together is in the boat :) Thanks for the offer though and thanks again for the info.




I love this pic