Jewfish (Mulloway) Fishing Episodes

Episode 575: Jewfish Roundup With Greg Vinall

Greg has hosted the Australian Lure Fishing Podcast since the very first episode in January 2019, being the interviewer for every one of the first 500 episodes. When he’s not interviewing top notch lure fishers he’s making wooden lures, chasing northern estuary...
  • Lure fishing for mulloway is one of the most challenging sportfishing opportunities for southern anglers. It’s a species that takes some dedication and commitment to crack, but it’s also a very rewarding fish to catch.
  • Mulloway fishing isn’t just an after dark pursuit. Nearly all of my ALF podcast guests catch the majority of their fish during daylight hours.
  • The majority of lure caught mulloway are taken in estuary systems, but targeting them in bays, or land-based from seawalls or ocean rocks is also effective.
  • Many top anglers have noted that once active mulloway are located they are usually not fussy about what lure you put in front of them.
  • Tides can be important. Mulloway fishing can be productive on most tides, but where, and how, you fish for them may vary.
  • The southern mulloway is found from around Canarvon in Western Australia around the south of the country and up the east coast as far as the Mary River.
  • Mulloway are slow growing, maturing at around 5-6 years and living up to 40 years. For this reason, most lure fishing for mulloway is catch and release.
  • They’re opportunistic predators and feed on a variety of prey including fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods. Their love of squid, sandworms and prawns is legendary.
  • Those who have done a bit of mulloway fishing will have heard the croaking sound they make whilst being handled. They make this by grinding their pharyngeal teeth together.
  • Mulloway have an eye adaptation called the Tapetum Lucidum, which gives them better vision than most fish when the light is dim or the water is murky.
  • Hard bodied diving lures are particularly effective when mulloway fishing from rock walls when rivers are in flood
  • Soft plastic jerkbaits and paddletails can be deadly in most environments, with larger lures used on seawalls and rock ledges and smaller ones more typically used in bays and estuaries.
  • Soft prawns are effective in a range of environments, but particularly when jewfish fishing estuaries around new moons when natural prawns are active.
  • Soft Vibes are consistently effective, especially in deeper water or where there is more current flow.
  • Metal blades, jointed swimbaits and metal slow pitch jigs are also effective mulloway lures at times.
Episode 549: Northern NSW Land-Based Jewfish With Josh Annand

Episode 549: Northern NSW Land-Based Jewfish With Josh Annand

The NSW Northern coastline is a superb destination for a great many prized fishing species, but few are so revered as the jewfish. Definitely one the country’s more challenging fish species on lures, it’s understandable that many keen jewfish anglers guard their knowledge closely. Today’s guest Josh Annand isn’t one of those though. He came onboard the ALF podcast to share what he’s learned about targeting jewfish on lures from the stones – and he didn’t hold back.

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Episode 542: Spring Fishing Spots Around SEQ With Nabeel Issa

Episode 542: Spring Fishing Spots Around SEQ With Nabeel Issa

For the boating angler, Southeast Queensland during spring is all about big snapper, quality jewfish, threadfin salmon, flathead and plenty more! Nabeel Issa is a multiple time ALF podcast guest and always has plenty of great info to share. Today he walks us through why spring is his favourite time to fish in SEQ and gives us the rundown on how, when and where.

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Episode 532: Top Brisbane Landbased Fishing Spots In Winter With Beau Rixon

Episode 532: Top Brisbane Landbased Fishing Spots In Winter With Beau Rixon

Brisbane offers an astonishing range of land based fishing options to suit anglers of all skill levels, ranging from the hunble flathead right through to tailor, squid, bass and jewfish. Local fishing tutor and land-based guide Beau Rixon spends a lot of time fishing the area from the shore and teaching others to do the same, so for today’s episode I invited Bea to jump onboard and share some of his favourite land based spots.

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Episode 152: St Georges Basin Jewfish With Dave Johnstone

Episode 152: St Georges Basin Jewfish With Dave Johnstone

Over the past 5 years fishing for jewfish in St Georges Basin has become very worthwhile, with the quality and quantity of fish increasing since netting ceased. Dave Johnstone is well know for his Basin fishing exploits and has put a lot of hours into figuring the jewfish out.

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Episode 103: Moreton Bay Jewfish With Nabeel Issa

Episode 103: Moreton Bay Jewfish With Nabeel Issa

In this episode Nabeel Issa explains his strategies for finding and catching Moreton Bay jewfish. You’ll be surprised just how prevalent this species is in the bay, and Nabeel will arm you with the knowledge you’ll need to successfully target them.

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Episode 94: Greater Sydney Daylight Jewfish With Chris Cleaver

Episode 94: Greater Sydney Daylight Jewfish With Chris Cleaver

Catching quality jewfish during the day in the highly pressured waters around Australia’s largest population centre has become an art for respected jewie specialist Chris Cleaver. In this episode Chris shares his secrets and dispels the misconceptions around finding and catching jewfish on lures.

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Episode 82: Northern NSW and SEQ Estuary Jewfish with Brad Smith

Episode 82: Northern NSW and SEQ Estuary Jewfish with Brad Smith

Brad “Smithy” Smith is a long-time Gold Coast fishing guide with 25 years experience targeting jewfish on lures in the estuaries of northern NSW and southern Queensland. In this episode Smithy share two little know but deadly techniques he’s developed for targeting this awesome sport fish.

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Episode 78: Hastings River Jewfish With Mark Saxon

Episode 78: Hastings River Jewfish With Mark Saxon

Mark Saxon is a gun estuary fishing guide in Northern New South Wales and the developer of Sax Scents. Mark has the local jewfish population well worked out. In this episode Mark shares his tips for bagging a decent Hastings River jewfish or two.

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Episode 51: NSW South Coast Jewfish With Steve Starling

Episode 51: NSW South Coast Jewfish With Steve Starling

Mulloway (Jewfish) are, as Starlo explains, a cryptic species. Few fishermen have them so wired that they can consistently catch this species on lures. Starlo is one who has worked hard at figuring mulloway out – and in this episode he explains the tips and tricks that have vastly improved his success on south coast mullys.

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