Pb jack

[Jeremy87]

Dad and i took the canoe for a burn today checking out some skinny jack water and what a day we had. Ended up with 3 jacks, a bass, 2 flathead the largest of which being over 60cm, about a dozen estuary cod up to 40cmish and about 15 bream. We also had another 10 or so strikes from fish suspected to be jacks, plus another 2 dropped jacks. Those who know me know how long i've been trying to pull a decent jack and the photo's below are the fruits of about 5000 casts. Last fish from the last cast of the day, i had just been bricked on my heavier outfit by a bream of all things so was throwing around a little 50mm ugly duckling on my 6lb spin outfit. We were on our way back when we came up to a spot where dad had dropped a small jack about 2 hours before. I said to dad "lets see if the fish has stopped sulking and wants to hit our lures again" a few fruitless casts and i put a cast in a bit further up the bank. Twitch twitch. . . twibang 6lb came screaming off my spool and i started screaming obsanities. Sh!t f@ck get me out of here. Dad was already on top of it and was paddleing the canoe back out of the snag. I was lucky that there was very little to be bricked on and i shortly had the fish out in clear water. The fish was released much to dads protest. I will be back to that spot soon.

[Jeremy87]

the release

[Jeremy87]

Where jack lives

[Tim_01]

excellent report mate ;) and a nice jack, good on ya for releasing him ;D

cheers,
Tim

[Matty_M]

Well done mate, sounds like you had a ball. 3 jacks in a sesh is a top effort.

[fishphile]

Nice work mate. Great report and even better fishing.

Dave

[daz35]

well done mate my first jack still is swimming somewhere

[dorado]

Great Jack mate and nice pics too :) nice c & r.

[kleyny]

great report mate.
looks like you are a long way up the creek there.
never tried fishing out of my canoe but i think you just persuaded me #;D

neil

[gogecko]

Well done mate. A few jacks have been pulled from canoes. I reckon stealth is the number one tip for getting jacks. They sure seem to spook easily.

Andrew

[Smailesy]

top pics mate nice fish

[84mick]

Great post there and great catch there as well mate, top effort.!

Cheers, Mick.

[cuzzamundi]

top effort mate! great to see you nail a few after a long drought! as they say, it only gets easier from here! top stuff.

cuzza

[gregdeeth]

nice jack and some unreal territory.

[Dylan_Rylatt]

top stuff jeremy will come keen to catch up soon mate... hey thx for the help with my sp outfit the other day works like a dream... top fish mate

Dylan

[richieboy]

Top stuff Jeremy. Looks very familiar that spot. ;)
Great looking fish.

Richie

[Jeremy87]

Top stuff Jeremy. Looks very familiar that spot. # ;)
Great looking fish.

Richie
Lots of crabs pots in the creek so it doesn't surprise me. just need high tide to get a boat in there. we only just made it out in the canoe on low without haveing to get out and walk

[Jeremy87]

scored another two this morning. one was only a midget but the other fish was around the 40cm mark. also got snotted by a good cod. My computer is playing up at the moment but i'll post a pic of the jack later on.

[mangrove_rat]

nice fish mate, what side of town is this little creek....u gonna let us know? without giving too much away? nice fish though, hope i get a couple this weekend, let ya's know

[Jeremy87]

nice fish mate, what side of town is this little creek....u gonna let us know? without giving too much away? nice fish though, hope i get a couple this weekend, let ya's know

Think narrow and think pumicestone passage. They're in all the creeks up that way you just have to work for them. Try to limit boat noise and get away from the crowd. Put your effort into major bit periods ie changing tide, dawn and dusk. Deep water with big logs fallen in from the bank helps also. Reidy's little lucifers are doing well. Get your lure right into the structure, every foot out from the snag halves your chances.

[Jeremy87]

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[01wombat]

Hi wombats better half here, just great mate i caught my first jack last weekend and let him go too as the other half said not bad being a shela

[Toppy]

Nice work Jeremy, sounds like a healthy little creek, good on ya for letting them go too!
Your a champion
Cheers
Toppy