Cant even catch bait lately
Last weekend went down to quinns beach to catch bait off of the most northerly rock groin there at about 5:30pm. Last summer i got heaps of herring and whiting by throwing out pollard to start then two baitchasers with a bit of prawn on each behind a full berley cage and more often than not get double headers but this time nothing only a couple of little whiting and heaps of blowies. As the sun set i switched to mulies as last year got plenty of tailor there and by then a few guys had come down also using mulies - nothing - just one small pike we were even using little light sticks.
Yesterday went off the end of Mindarie marina wall at 5:00pm to get out of this bloody wind. Threw heaps of pollard in with berley cage baitchasers etc - nothing all afternoon. Decided to let the rig just sink to the bottom and got lots of little pink snapper about 15cm long returned them all of course so i guess thats a good sign for the future. No herring and got 1 little yellowtail. About 7 of us then fishing with mulies as the sun set and nothing. Where are the herring and tailor?
caughtup
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Date Joined: 06/02/14
i wouldnt bother round here
i wouldnt bother round here mate. in my honest opinion, head up north. 45 mins ur at yanchep, good spot for tailor. all these marinas and metro spots have been fished out id say. i remember the days where you go floreat quinns burns beach and go home with a good feed of fish. now you'l be lucky to get a couple herring n whiting like u mentioned.
lancelin seabird wedge cervantes, any of these northern beaches u wil catch ur herring and tailor
dont get me wrong, ul stil get blowies lol.
goodluck bud.
castalot
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Date Joined: 08/04/14
quinns beach is a top spot
quinns beach is a top spot for tailor even the odd mulloway passing threw, have caught good sized tailor there on windy sea breeze arvos, I think its just about picking the right time to go.
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fishing mikey
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Date Joined: 05/04/11
Plenty of herring at floreat
Plenty of herring at floreat drain every morning and tailor
Aaron_Moses95
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Date Joined: 23/04/12
i find fishing for herring a
i find fishing for herring a lot easier when the water temperature is a bit cooler. They have been some reasonable schools around some rock walls and jetties. I agree with the first comment, many of the metro spots have been overfished, Yanchep is a pretty good spot for herring and tailor. Once it cools off I will be spending a fair few hours up that way trying to spin up some tailor.