Trying To Catch A Big Bream But Options

[Mully]

Bloody trying to catch some STONKA bream on plastic and these bloody things were annoying me all night

[Spudly]

Yea, that would suck wouldnt it... might as well have been toadfish hey?

Good onya mully.. well done!

[Mully]

heheheheh it was fun regardless of size

[catchnrelease]

Onya mully! Bloody wish I could have that as bycatch!

Why do you do fish at night so much? What was the final tally? What went the biggest? That third one looks all right.

[poly]

traglin i would think by the look of them, yum

[catchnrelease]

A few look a bit like teraglin but the bulk of them are definately jewies.

[poly]

confirmation please mully

[Jumpus GooDarus]

Shape of the tails poly !

Have another looky some are convexed whilst others are concaved.

Good one Mully unlike you I've 4gotten what salt water looks like

[Mully]

sorry fellas been flat out - all are mulloway Argyrosomus japonicus sizes were 45cm to 71cm not huge but a hell of a lot of fun..

Was fishing soft plastics and the school decided they tasted nice so they hung about ,,I didnt mind the little ones fight like hell and are cunning buggas around dense structure like I was..Lost around 4-5 and captured 7 all up.All were happy snapped except one as he was a bleeder so I didnt mess about straight back for him.

Night time luring be it hardbodys or soft plastics is even more of a challenge if you can master night lureing you have daylight down pat....Its the challenge and fun I love luring its not everones cup of tea but it excites me every time I hit a nice hookup..

[Mully]

Mulloway have 2 distinc species very similar but different none the less down south here they are mulloway-Argyrosomus japonicus previously Argyrosomus hololepidotus but they had a name change... OTHER NAMES: JEWY, JEWFISH, SILVER JEW,
SOAPIE, SCHOOL JEW

mulloway up North in the tropics are MULLOWAY- Johnius diacanthus OTHER NAMES: JEWY, JEWFISH, BLACK JEW,
SPOTTED JEWFISH

There fins are dark yellowish in appearance, the tail fin is pointed distinguishing it from the southern jewfish or Mulloway.


SOUTHERN




Northern black jews





The coloration of fins and tail are more profound yellow on the blacks and the black spot behind the pectoral fin is more profound..I can also see a differance in the shape especially in WA mulloway personally I reckon we have 3 species WA south and Northern they all look different to me.... lol but I love them the same



This post has been edited by Mully: Feb 15 2008, 08:54 AM

[Mully]

sorry if I ramble on toooo much again

[poly]

not at all mully that is the kind of info that can help all fisho's, do u think there is a difference in the way each type will feed

[quintrex101]

wish i was catching them, better then blody tiddler bream ( all eyes on j.g

This post has been edited by southcoastin: Feb 15 2008, 05:44 PM

[Mully]

There feeding habits are pretty much all the same I have looked at each very closely and they do not differ at all really.I have caught black jew using the exact same techniques as our southern jew so what they eat or fed on seems the same.
Personally their body characteristics are slightly different and their names but their habits and breeding habits are very similar all round even the South African jewfish is the same species as the Sothern but if you look closely you will see slight visual differances.
Awesome fish regardless and all have that aweful smell especially when they grow older,dont know if you have noticed it but that jewie smell is a perfume that doesnt do much for me.

[kkw]

Got a mate (actually the son of a mate) who made a vdeo on Mulloway fishing in Port Philip Bay I think. Warren Carter. He reckons you would make a fortune if you could bottle the fragrance of a freshly caught Jewfish. Phew!!!! No thanks.

[Mully]

Have taken a few 20kg plusses home in the car and they really make you feel crook after a while that smell is very very overpowering.