I was going to go kayaking on the weekend, but it was cancelled due to rain. When the rain had cleared I tried cow rock off hillarys in the arvo, and canning the next day but no luck.

I ended up picking up a 9' graphite rod that day, so after I dropped the kayak off I thought I would try it out on the beach. Headed to Oceanside a bit late, but they were still open, so the first bit of luck for the day.

Being sunset and relatively windy, I thought it would be good to try for some tailor. I headed down to swanbourne but couldnt quite figure out where the good spots were (and couldnt be bothered walking down the beach for ages). So I drove up to Floreat Drain. I missed the carpark, but decided to just fish where I was (about 100m north of the groyne).

I was going to take all my gear down and leave a mulie out while I used the other rod to cast some lures, but decided to go light and just took the rod/reel, three lures and a pair of pliers and headed down.

I casted out a metal baitfish, and on only the third cast out I got a nice bend in my rod, pretty close to the shore. Forgot to set the drag, so I just guessed it as I was fighting the fish. I got it close to shore, and waited for a wave, but couldnt quite get it in. After a few failed attempts, I decided it would work a bit better walking backwards rather than trying to pull the fish in. It came off the lure about halfway between the water and the top of the water wash, so I quickly picked it up off the shore.

Turned out to be a 58cm, 1.6kg tailor

I know its not massive compared to some of the tailors catch (especially up north), but I think its a good effort considering it was caught from a sandy beach where the tailor are normally half the length (or quarter...). Its also my first tailor (well, except for some 10cm versions in the river in the morning), and my biggest fish caught in perth

Goes to show, sometimes the simple option works. That and I swear they must spray fish pheromones in Oceanside because the only times i've caught fish in perth were right after I went to Oceanside (well, one was the next morning, but thats close enough).

edit: hopefully the pic will work now