Salmon and Tailor

Went out with the goatlobster before the storm blew up, plan was to catch and release some tailor off the reefs then hopefully find some salmon lurking around.
The tailor spot was going bonkers, we pulled fish ranging from 47-52cms every cast on plugs and stickbaits. You could see the tailor schooling in 1ft of water so it was easy pickings.

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Played around with them for about half an hour before deciding to get serious and find these metro salmon.

First cast at the next spot was met by a solid hookup on stickbait for the goat and then the water erupted behind my plug with salmon absolutely going bazerk. Had a ball for a couple hours catching one after another on stickbaits, poppers and minnows.

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Whenever we lost sight of the fish we'd throw the lures out the back and troll and we'd find them pretty quickly again.
Hoping to do it all again when the weather clears. What usually happens with the metro salmon after a big blow, do they push out further offshore or will they still be hanging around in close? My first year targetting them offshore so not sure what to expect after this shitty weather.

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 gotta b stoked with that

Thu, 2014-05-08 17:20

 gotta b stoked with that mate

the weather looks like she was brewin up nicely for yas?

gd work n thx for sharin

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 awesome job!!! were was this

Thu, 2014-05-08 17:20

 awesome job!!! were was this at?

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 Nice pic's Beau- Yep I'm

Thu, 2014-05-08 17:21

 Nice pic's Beau- Yep I'm waiting for the wind and swell to drop and I will be back out there looking/hunting for them.

 

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Cool fun, them salmon are

Thu, 2014-05-08 17:24

Cool fun, them salmon are that next step in grunt and size from the average greenback hay. Yous werent launchin from bent st ramp yesterday were you lol. Dija get my pm reply Beau? Ripper pics, unreal contrast in that first pic

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Haha nah this was from

Thu, 2014-05-08 17:31

Haha nah this was from earlier in the week lol. The first and third pic took quite a bit of editing to end up how it is. I dont usually like editing so much that you can clearly tell the photo has been changed a heap but i think it looks cool. I'll dig up the originals and show you guys.

This was offshore kingfisha..

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Thu, 2014-05-08 17:36

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Boat or jetski Beau?Nice one

Thu, 2014-05-08 17:57

Boat or jetski Beau?

Nice one bro. Im pretty sure I know where it is, going by those pics. Havent fished there since I had my ski and used to come up that way after some insight from yourself. Awesome little spot hey. (If iv got this right!) 

 

Keep it up. 

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From the boat mate

Thu, 2014-05-08 18:08

From the boat mate

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Those pics with the 7D

Thu, 2014-05-08 18:56

Those pics with the 7D Beauski? Crackers mate

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Yeah mate and Canon 24-70

Thu, 2014-05-08 19:12

Yeah mate and Canon 24-70 f2.8

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 Cracker fish and even better

Thu, 2014-05-08 19:18

 Cracker fish and even better pics. Well done

 

 

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yeh amazing fish and

Thu, 2014-05-08 21:02

yeh amazing fish and photography

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 Great fish n pics m8.

Fri, 2014-05-09 11:21

 Great fish n pics m8.

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Do you use singles or trebles

Fri, 2014-05-09 13:49

Do you use singles or trebles on your lures?

I'm planning to give it a crack soon, was thinking trying around some of the reefy areas around Garden Island.

 

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I use singles with crushed

Fri, 2014-05-09 15:52

I use singles with crushed barbs myself, I dont keep many fish so try cause least damage as possible. Last thing you wanna be doing is piss farting around trying to get trebbles out of a fish or a net while you got a hot bite

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good work, nice shots to

Sat, 2014-05-10 13:06

good work, nice shots to

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Where?

Sat, 2014-05-10 14:07

 I know u were offshore but I can see the land about 100 meters behind you beau. What was that beach called. U must have been in close if the tailor were only in 1ft of water

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There's no Beach there mate.

Sat, 2014-05-10 14:19

There's no Beach there mate.
If you could fish it from the shore I wouldn't be there in the boat lol

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   It's in what I call "my

Sat, 2014-05-10 14:51

   It's in what I call "my backyard".

I just about know every small piece of reef that jutts out.

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 Ok nvm

Sat, 2014-05-10 18:41

 Ok nvm

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 What lure were you using

Sat, 2014-05-10 18:49

 What lure were you using beau?

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Plug

Sat, 2014-05-10 19:22

Plug

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LOL,

Sat, 2014-05-10 19:25

what line/leader, what time of day was it, what tide, what barometer?

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Yeah sorry

Sun, 2014-05-11 08:37

 Sorry for all the questions. Just desperate for a salmon that's all. Never got one and want one on my new surf rod.

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Nice

Sat, 2014-05-17 17:48

 Nice work mate sounds like a ripper sesh!!

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Had an even better one today!

Sat, 2014-05-17 18:38

Had an even better one today!

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Nice

Sat, 2014-05-17 19:04

Nice work Beau. Hope to find a few tomorrow for a bit of fun