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Jump into summer jewfish on the Gold Coast
* from P32
zone where you can feel
As soon as you hit the bottom, knock the bail arm over and tea bag the bottom.
increase by half.
Now it’s up to you
smaller fish.
If you can’t get livies,
tics later but for now, whichever technique you use to fish for this species, enjoy it and have fun.
it, right on the bottom. Now, pin a live bait through the nose on one hook and through the back with the sec- ond hook, allowing the hook points to be well
Generally, boat con- trol can be an issue be- cause you must keep vertical over the line.
and if all goes to plan, you’ll be smiling after a solid fight.
another very successful way to hook-up is with big plastics.
Hopefully in Decem- ber we’ll start to see black marlin move in close and other awe- some summer species with them.
exposed.
Do not sink or try and
Never allow the line to become slack or form a belly.
Remember to always check the bag and size limits and release the
Big plastics are good and fool many fish into a bite.
Until then, have fun and fish hard!
hide the point in the bait because you will miss the hook-up.
If it does belly out, you’re going to lose contact with the bait and sinker, and more than likely snag.
I will talk about fish- ing for jew on plas-
Where you catch one, you’ll often find an- other, so crack on and hopefully you’ll score a few more.
Use the same tech- nique by jigging right on the bottom.
Use your sounder and hunt around to find fish.
Keep the bait in the zone, which is about 10cm off the bottom, and be ready.
They generally hold fairly close to the bot- tom, so zoom in if you need to.
The eat is often brutal and because you’re so close to the bottom, you have to work hard to turn the fish early.
Once you’ve marked them, come back around for a drift.
Drop the bait in the water and control the fall to the bottom so the sinker doesn’t overtake the bait and create a tangle.
As soon at that tip bends, go hard and if you survive the first 10 seconds, the chances of boating the brute will
Mark North caught this 7kg snapper while chasing jew sh offshore.
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Bush ’n Beach Fishing, December 2020 – Page 33