Midday metro Tailor
Submitted by Gjoe on Tue, 2011-07-26 12:53
After seeing Leighroys post I decided to have a crack at the Winter fishing myself.
Headed north of quinns for a bit of a walk and found a good looking reef.
Hooked a big one but lost him and after about 50 (lol) more casts managed this guy.
Put up an amazing fight as I had my drag so loose from fiddling with a snag prior!
Released him and checked surroundings for confirmation on my new and only tailor spot.
Maybe I should get out a bit more in Winter......
Sorry about the pic-solo fisherman with a phone- Oh and this has no reflection on my
favourite shapes, I much prefer BBQ and Nacho Cheese :)
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hookedacookey
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Nice tailor
don't want to steal your secret spot but did u park at the dog beach and walk north? Fish bait or just lures is that a gold twisty? Thx
Gjoe
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Yep!
haha all good mate yeah north of the dog beach (fair walk) but there is so many close reefs there I just went for the one with the least amount of weed and yeah its a gold twisty 30 g-love em
hookedacookey
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Thought so
Very nice water up that way might give it a crack cheers any reason for the midday fish? Tides?
Gjoe
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Nah bud
I did check the tides but I had already missed high tide but seeing as I didnt have much planned today still thought Id have a crack. Def have a go mate its very quiet up that way aswell!
breno1985
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i know the spot very well.
i know the spot very well. been getting tailor up to 65cm there this winter
but the weed can be a problem
hookedacookey
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Went for a flick
This arvo not a sniff fished from quinins dog beach up to the wooden steps at jindalee. 3hours of walking and casting trying twistys poppers raiders u name it, just my bad luck I guess. Do I need to walk further???
Gjoe
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Hey Mate
I doubt u need to walk further and Id say its better to find a reef and work it for a while.
The amount of sessions I have had with no fish is unbelievable, sometimes its your day and sometimes its not.
But keep trying different things, times, places till you find something that works. I have never even had a follow of a popper in the
metro area so from my minimal experience I'd go for twisty's and mullies first.
Wait how can I give out advice I've caught about 3 tailor total lol!
beau
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try the 1oz richter plugs
try the 1oz richter plugs Gjoe, tailor smash them! Usually cost around $8 avail. at most tackle stores. For a surface lure it has a much better action than a popper in my opinion
Gjoe
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Saturday
Will try to get out on Saturday and give your advice a go beau. Yeah it would be awesome to see the tailor hit em!
And Breno I just checked out your pics seems theres a few good tailor around there ;)
beau
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theyre great lures, theyre
theyre great lures, theyre the only lures i use when fishing for big tailor around reefs. Have a look at the Jetski Photo album in the photos gallery for some of the fish I've caught. Let me know how you go
MattMiller
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Hey Beau
any reason you only use the 1oz size? Personally i would think there a little small.
I use the 2-3-4oz down here for Tailor and Salmon, in my top 3 lures shorebased for sure.
beau
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mostly just coz im using
mostly just coz im using light gear. Caught all my tailor over 50cms on 8lb mono and 2-4kg bream stix, the 1oz already puts a solid bend in the tip haha. Ive seen a couple 80cm+ fish try smash them on the surface so I know that the 1oz still works on the bigger fish.
MattMiller
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All good
they obviously work for you so maybe I should give them a crack. Could be a little light for landbased though?
beau
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yes definately but i cant
yes definately but i cant seem to find solid tailor landbased anyway, not that ive actually tried hard looking though!
Just bought a 7'6 Nitro Magnum Butt 4-6kg on the weekend which would be a more appropriate rod for LB me thinks
MattMiller
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Nice rod
that would be perfect for the sort of LB stuff I do
beau
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its a lovelyyyyy rod! Picked
its a lovelyyyyy rod! Picked it up 20% off on the weekend, did the ring around to the stores during the week and only one out of 4 stores in metro had it in stock and they only had one, so there i was Saturday morning waiting for the store doors to swing open hehe. Paired it up with a Ci4 4000 reel and is goint to be my all rounder rod! Tailor, salmon and still flimsy enough for snappers on plastics :D I realy want to get stuck into some rat sambos and kings too!
UncutTriggerInWA
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Nice looking Tailor Gjoe - well done
Looks like between 50-60cms or even better.
I good reward for working things hard. As for the spot, anywhere alone the coastline at the moment that offers predatory shelter for Tailor will be a potential success. By that I mean white water. No need for everyone to flock to Quinns. As for the twisties it's IMO a great choice and size and obviously gives you some results.
I am still out to lunch on the Richtor plugs. I have had good results and so have my mates. I still have the opionion that they are a bit "slow" though. I prefer a weighted popper.
Vince.
Work smart and fish often.
Member and die-hard supporter of the mighty West Coast Eagles.
beau
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what do you mean by slow?
what do you mean by slow?