Another Jack thread

Haven't posted a report for a while but I thought I'd share a new method I've been putting into practise.
I've been fishing for jacks a bit differently this season. Different to the "fish the snags" method.

I've been finding good dropoffs with hard current flow. This provides a lot of bait eg. prawns, baitfish etc. spilling over the dropoff into the mouths of hungry predators.
I might add that this is all over sandy bottoms, no structure. Just goes to show that Jacks are a pretty active fish and like to cover the flats on certain tides.

I've been doing okay on the red fellas this season but scored my first 50cm fish on this method last night.

Fish was released to fight another day.

Think outside the square, Jacks habitat areas other than snaggy country.

Thanks Jeff, it doesnt surprise me really. Most people, myself included would just fish snags for them and get comfortable in continuing that. Always good to learn new tactics :)
Nice fish by the way too...

Nice fish Jeffo, in the yak as well, and nite time, and on a arti, you like to stack the cards against ya!
I yakked for em on Thursday arvo, nearly swore off lures and on to bait, nearly.

interesting! surely its more of a night time thing you wouln't chase them there in the day would you? that is a cracker mate

Thanks for sharing Jeff, a nice look'in specimen caught using an effective technique.

Any by-catch using this same method?

Dave

Nice going jeff :) My PB was off a sandy bottom in about 16'. Not so much a drop off but fairly rutted.

Absolutely agree! Same over the muddy sections too.. i.e., areas where a gutter might spill over a flat, seemingly featureless muddy bank.

I'm inclined to think that they prowl around a bit more than we might give them credit for as well. Especially at night.

Beautiful fish mate- well done.
Yet to take one on a lure!!

Hi Jeff, thanks for sharing the technique. Perhaps they got overconfident and ventured further afield cos they thought youd given up on the red fish, lol.

Nice 50 from a sandy bottom.

cheers
Andrew

nice fish jeff, good to see you still playing in the river now and then...:p

I agree Jeff, most of my jacks are well away from known snags, yet I still find myself casting towards them in hope. I think that jacks are quite similar to flathead in thier feeding techniques, they sit quietly in a feeding lane waiting for dinner to be served by the currents. It does not need to be deep water that holds them like this either, a merging of two shallow feeding lanes will produce the same predators in quite shallow water.

Nice one Jeff,beautiful colouring in that jack. Good when a plan comes together.
Paulo

Well thought out Jeff, nice Jack mate.
Baz

Cracking colours Jeff...thanks for sharing..be certainly worth some trials..I wonder how you would go drifting these areas with livies..

Nice work Ffej, always thinkin. That's a great Noosa fish mate, well done. It's good to see you giving the river a touch up, it must miss you.
Dids

Nice work Jeff ..... We saw some good Jacks come from open water during our last Hinchinbrook trip ...... incl a mates double ( 2 fish on the one lure .... at the same time)

as you've pointed out - a hole or shelf can be just as good as a prominent snag ( maybe even better .... if it has good depth at any tide)

Chris

Well done Jeff, a 50cm Jack is a cracker! I haven't caught one in years, so I'm going to make it my goal this summer.

I did the opposite to you on friday night, I pulled a flathead off a bridge pylon. The lure wasn't deep either. Probably on 2-3 foot down in 10 - 12 foot of water????

It must have been a nice warm feeling when you hooked that bad boy in open water!

Well done,

Matt

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Well done Jeff, a 50cm Jack is a cracker! I haven't caught one in years, so I'm going to make it my goal this summer.

I did the opposite to you on friday night, I pulled a flathead off a bridge pylon. The lure wasn't deep either. Probably on 2-3 foot down in 10 - 12 foot of water????

It must have been a nice warm feeling when you hooked that bad boy in open water!

Well done,

Matt

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http://www.coastwatch.com.au/Fishing/FishingVideos-701/

Matt- I only seen this a couple of weeks ago- awesome vid of yours mate-

you're trolling for 20m an hook a 50cm+ jack - pretty sure if you wanted that jack you could go out anytime an get him anytime lol nice work mate

That was Matt before he started shaving...:):rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by spaded

http://www.coastwatch.com.au/Fishing/FishingVideos-701/

Matt- I only seen this a couple of weeks ago- awesome vid of yours mate-

you're trolling for 20m an hook a 50cm+ jack - pretty sure if you wanted that jack you could go out anytime an get him anytime lol nice work mate

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Wow thanks for that, I haven't seen it in years. I wish it was that easy everytime! Those were the days, pre marriage and kids, with sooooooo much fishing time!

We were unbelievably lucky filming that segment. First time we tried filming, we nailed those two cracking jacks! That 58 is still a PB, if I can claim it, because my brother actually hooked it (on a rod I rigged and cast out), but he handed the rod to me, so he could film it.

I still love those sessions, lure fishing late afternoon, and then baiting after dark around a tide change.

How good are Jacks! I hooked a 50 plus last weekend, and got a good reminder of the raw explosive power of a solid jack - lasted about 2.5 seconds!

Cheers,

Matt

ol Harry Hi Pants :) :).
That brings back some memories Matty, I never missed a coastwatch Episode

Thanks Brian, I noticed that too....... quite embarrassing now.

Brownies was compulsory viewing back in the day. Quite an experience to go into channel seven and talk to Brownie and the crew.

Cheers,

Matt

and sorry Jeff for the Hijack

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Originally Posted by matt fraser

Thanks Brian, I noticed that too....... quite embarrassing now.

Brownies was compulsory viewing back in the day. Quite an experience to go into channel seven and talk to Brownie and the crew.

Cheers,

Matt

and sorry Jeff for the Hijack

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Jeff who :tongue: it's all about the Jack! Hi Jack :rolleyes: