Thread: Mulloway/Jewfish rigs

A mate of mine catches a lot of Jewies from the wharf at work. He first catches a bucket full of Yellow Tail ( easy done ). Then he puts two hooks about 40 mm apart on short lines back to a single swivel. Then a long trace with a bean sinker in it to another swivel. One hook goes into the bait just behind the head and hooks through under the spine. The other hook goes in 40 mm back. The bait is live when he sets it and not to big a fish. Hope that helps. I'll draw it for you if my description is as clear as mud.

Originally Posted by cuppabillytea

A mate of mine catches a lot of Jewies from the wharf at work. He first catches a bucket full of Yellow Tail ( easy done ). Then he puts two hooks about 40 mm apart on short lines back to a single swivel. Then a long trace with a bean sinker in it to another swivel. One hook goes into the bait just behind the head and hooks through under the spine. The other hook goes in 40 mm back. The bait is live when he sets it and not to big a fish. Hope that helps. I'll draw it for you if my description is as clear as mud.

Thanks.
That is basically the rig I described above.I hope I can get it to work,a mulloway on a new fishing outfit would be awesome.
Andrew

Originally Posted by cuppabillytea

A mate of mine catches a lot of Jewies from the wharf at work. He first catches a bucket full of Yellow Tail ( easy done ). Then he puts two hooks about 40 mm apart on short lines back to a single swivel. Then a long trace with a bean sinker in it to another swivel. One hook goes into the bait just behind the head and hooks through under the spine. The other hook goes in 40 mm back. The bait is live when he sets it and not to big a fish. Hope that helps. I'll draw it for you if my description is as clear as mud.

Don't be bashful Billy, draw away, I've never been Mulloway fishing before, I need to learn before I do.
You lucky bugger Andy, have fun and good luck, let us know how you go

The hard part you Andrew is catching the tailor first.

Mind you, I haven't tried targeting Jewfish...

Originally Posted by tailslide

The hard part you Andrew is catching the tailor first.

Mind you, I haven't tried targeting Jewfish...

Imagine what you'd catch with Tailer for live bait.

Haven't been fishing for Mulloway for ages. The rigs we used with plenty of success at the time were basically as follows.

Swivel to a good length ( say 3-400ml ) of wire trace, then a 3.0, followed 2 x 4.0, and then another 3.0 for the tail. The size of the hooks varied dependant on the size of the bait we had available, but still maintaining the variation in hook size. Generally no extra lead was used.

We used yellowtail, small tailor, or mulies.

Mulloway can be finicky. Throw into a channel and if you have the facility on the reel used, strike drag or very low drag. Mulloway will pick the bait up, and inhale it. If you strike too early, you are lost.. Wait until you can feel a genuine drag on the line. ( I used to wait until I was actually losing line to the fish ) It sometimes feels like you have a big piece of weed hooked up.


Then hang on. We used 12kg line and light Ugly Sticks with overhead reels. Gave us quite a fight. Remember to keep your fingers out of the gill rakes on Mulloway. Very sharp, and can do you a fair mischief on the fingers.


Never thought much of Mulloway for eating. We used to call them 'neighbours 'fish.

Have fun.

Watch the worms in the bigger ones.

Cheers

Thanks ADMIRAL. That reminds me. My mate only catched fish for sport. He doesn't eat fish at all.