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Decent jew

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 9:23 am
by ronje
Not a barra this time
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Re: Decent jew

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 9:46 am
by Matt Flynn
cracka!

Re: Decent jew

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 9:59 am
by jeffish
WOW :applause: , Ripper fish 8)

Any more details ronje ?

Re: Decent jew

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 10:12 am
by ronje
Young fella who works at local electricity authority caught it last weekend, I'm told.

I'm meeting some guys tonight who should know the details.

Caught in the river about 20 km upstream from mouth.

Rocks in the background are remains of the old training walls built in late 1800s. I put a post up a couple of years ago about them.

Re: Decent jew

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 10:57 am
by Eman
Big fish

Re: Decent jew

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 11:51 am
by bodge007
stonka!!!!

Re: Decent jew

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 1:03 pm
by Lats
Beast

Re: Decent jew

Posted: Wed May 02, 2018 6:37 pm
by ronje
Bit more info.

Caught last Sat 28 Apr.

guys fishing live poddy mullet for barra in 4-5m of water in river.

Went 1.55m and estimated 40 kg. Bit of a struggle.

Had to wrestle it a bit to get it in boat as landing net wouldn't look at it.

Swam happily away on release and barotrauma not an issue.

Not tagged.

Re: Decent jew

Posted: Wed May 02, 2018 9:21 pm
by jeffish
:mrgreen: Great follow up info ronje. That's a very impressive fish and great to hear it swam away OK

cheers :cheers:

Re: Decent jew

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 7:45 am
by JJLure
Huge. I know the spot well. Have caught hundreds of cat-fish there over the years.
Never heard of a jew there though. It must have been lost or sick I'm thinking.
Impressive catch though.