Describe your most often used Jewie Set up

[yellow door 1]

I forgot to add that this is for throwing lures

Apologies for my regimented request.

Feel free to cut and paste the template
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Drag pressure used -

Braid Strength -

Leader strength -

Action of Rod -

Strength of rod -

Size of reel -
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I know these choices are highly reliant on the spot you fish, the stage of tide and the size of fish you plan to encounter. (I did type out an enormous list then figured noone could be stuffed answering every detail)

So I've just picked the 6 most basic options that will lose alot of their meaning without the other questions But I'm still hoping something useful will come out of it.

So here goes

[yellow door 1]

I've recently started using stronger line, to hopefully get better hook sets from a new striking technique. Ie (whack them much harder)



Drag pressure used - 2-3kg

Braid Strength - 14lb fireline

Leader strength - 17lb Vanish mainline flourocarbon

Action of Rod - medium

Strength of rod - 3-6kg

Size of reel - 2500

[King-Fish]

Drag pressure used - 2kg

Braid Strength - 20lb

Leader strength - 20lb

Action of Rod -extra fast

Strength of rod - 6-14lb

Size of reel - 2500

[spawn_again]

I am no jewie master, but my setup is:

Braid Strength - 1.0PE (20lb Gosen)

Leader strength - 12-16lb Fluoro

Action of Rod - Fast

Strength of rod - 6-12lb Omen Green

Size of reel - 2508 Steez

[mr perch]

The answers to all six really depend on what lures are being thrown

[laddercat]

Drag pressure used - 4kg

Mono strength Strength - 20lb Platypus Lo-Stretch

Leader strength - 60lb Flurocarbon

Action of Rod - medium

Strength of rod - FSU5144G - 12ft Composite

Size of reel - Alvey 651 or Penn Spnfisher 8500LL

[scott1987]

2016 certate 3000
12-20lb dobyns champion/black label 4-9kg v2
Pe2 (24lb) toray power jigging braid
30lb toray leader
Drag never actually tested what strength i run.
I fish alot of heavier vibes in deep water hence the heavier gear

[bluefin]

Daiwa capricorn 1500 Daiwa Gen Black 2 to 6 kg Fins 40G 5 lb Breaks closer to 20 ! 12 to 16 lb fluro leader
Drag depends on hook size, usually only 1.5 to 2 kg. sometimes they engulf it, other times lip hooked lidhtly.you never know!

[Piscateur]

I'm far from expert some might even say novice is a stretch, that said the setup I most frequently use is a s follows:

Drag pressure used - 2-3 Kg

Braid Strength - 20Lb

Leader strength - 20 lb

Action of Rod - med fast

Strength of rod - 4-12lb

Size of reel - D 2508

[crabcrusher]

Drag pressure used - 2-3 Kg

Braid Strength - 4lb

Leader strength - 12lb

Action of Rod - fast

Strength of rod - 2-4kg

Size of reel - 2506

[Bait Caster]

Originally Posted by crabcrusher

Drag pressure used - 2-3 Kg

Braid Strength - 4lb

Leader strength - 12lb

Action of Rod - fast

Strength of rod - 2-4kg

Size of reel - 2506

You use 3kg drag with 1.8kg line?

[scott1987]

Are jewfish targeted in shallower water down south? Its not uncommon for me to chase then on 20plus metres in brisbane. Hence the heavier gear.. id hate to pull up a big jew from 20 metres in strong current on some of the gear you guys are describing.

[laddercat]

Originally Posted by scott1987

Are jewfish targeted in shallower water down south? Its not uncommon for me to chase then on 20plus metres in brisbane. Hence the heavier gear.. id hate to pull up a big jew from 20 metres in strong current on some of the gear you guys are describing.

Sydneys major estuary systems would the closest to the brisbane.Both in depths and current.
Im not aware of any dedicated jew guys fishing anything below 10lb if they are purely targeting jew in the major waterways. Chris cleaver did a talk last year saying he basically fished 10lb and up. Id say he is a pretty good benchmark for ability and technique.

The ultra light guys are probably fishing smaller water ways slash melbourne metro.

When i fished the brisbane/pin/seaway, i noticed line and leader were generally heavier. Basically because flow was much faster, Much heavier vibes were used more often and more large bycatch . Threadies in the brisbane, Kings and other pelagics in the seaway and similar at the pin.

Vic basically has no large bycatch to think of and Sydneys waters generally speaking only have the by catch like Kings in the warmer months.

[Rowboat]

First try for a Hawkesbury Jew the other week and landed an 84cm on a Samaki Thumper 70 in whitebait. No luck since then....I can see these are going to frustrate me! Caught on:

Daiwa Ballistic 2500
Dobyns Champion 6-12lb
Torah Jigging PE 18lb
FC Rock 10lb leader

Leader a bit light but ran the risk to get the bite....had no worries. A bit more of a 'lob' with a lure that size but does the trick

[stella fella]

Rod: Daiwa gen black Beowulf 7-15kg, 50g cast weight, 6ft, fast taper (if you can't find one you can substitute with a piece of rebar)

Reel: 4000 Stradic Ci4 (3000 would do just fine though)

Braid: 30lb daiwa shinobi

Drag: screw the knob down until either your finger snaps or the thread strips

Leader: 30-60lb tortue mono