Saturday & Sunday 24 / 25 Sept Fishing - Tailor 56cm & Skippy's.
Decided Saturday to go test my newly aquired Daiwa Emcast with my Euro SPRO FFWD 14ft rod and some other gear North of Perth. Arrived at destination 1pm - first cast and I am loving the Emcast - smooth as silk and cast a mile. Got knee deep into the water and casted close to some reef structures and the Skippy's went wild. Pulled 4 out and kept 2 of 35cm / 40cm irrespectively, left for home after my handle (just above the fuji reel section) shattered at about 6pm. Got home - cut the damaged section away and refitted the blank to my newly altered 13ft Shimano 1468 Exage. (Hope my handy work does the trick)
Sunday morn up before dawn, took a stroll down to the beach with my richter plugs and spinning gear. After 30 minutes with no luck I moved onto location 2. Second cast and I hooked my first ever Tailor on a a richter lure. Nice shakes and a couple of heavy pulls and a great test for my repaired Okuma CJ55S and 2 min later she came out onto the beach. Loved the feel of the lure being smashed and absolutly stoked to have my mission accomplished this morn - "to catch a tailor on a richter lure" - (caught all my tailor and most of my fish in my lifetime with live or dead bait before converting now to lures.)
Good start to my 2 week fishing excursion in and around Perth as I send the missus and kids abroad for 2 weeks!!!!!!
Every day at the Beach is a Good day!
pembo6
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Awesome
Well done on the fish (and on getting rid of the family for 2 weeks - LOL).
Did u also catch the skippy on lure?
Was good to meet you at the cleanup last week.
Pembo
Blue Whaler
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Same here - good meeting the
Same here - good meeting the people and putting a face to the names. We should get together sometime and drop some lines into the water.
Kids and missus were sooooo excited to go visit the family - so WAS I for staying!!!!!!! LOL
Skippy's all on whiting - they love it.
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cudbfishn
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Good fish.What are those
Good fish.
What are those stainless rod holders like?
Blue Whaler
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Hey Cud, I would be lost
Hey Cud, I would be lost without them - best rodholders IMO EVER!!!!
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pembo6
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Date Joined: 21/08/11
Dumb question
Whiting for the Skippy. Are you talking small pieces on #2 hook? Or small slices on a small gang? Larger hooks? Paternoster astyle rig with sinker on the bottom?
Just asking coz I like to target skippy but have never had much success. I usually use blue sardines on a small gang and have caught a few.
Pembo
Blue Whaler
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Hey Pembo - 2 x 3' size hooks
Hey Pembo - 2 x 3' size hooks on a 40cm trace of .36mm (10kg) mono, I use both side fillets of the whiting tied off with stretch ghost nylon, paternoster style rig. I cast, and then slowly retrieve, stopping every 5mt or so. Small tugs followed by heavy pulls, heavy pulls start retrieving quickly, then the fun starts!
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Rig
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Nice report
Looks like your hooked on the poppers now blou, good fun
Blue Whaler
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Thks Rig, yip, the fun starts
Thks Rig, yip, the fun starts now! Cheers
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pembo6
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Thanks for the info
"2 x 3' size hooks "............ Sorry.... not sure what you mean.
I am sure you dont mean 3 foot hooks?? And I have never seen a size #3 hook (or am i just blind)........
Do you mean two sets of 3 gang hooks? or two 3/0 hooks?
Just interested. Sorry to be a pain.
P.S.: I also managed to get rid of the missus for the week. But ive still got the kids, so no fishing for the next week. Bummer.
Pembo
Blue Whaler
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No problem - I use two hooks
No problem - I use two hooks on my trace. Hook size 3/0 Mustad suicides - 1st hook is tied with a std bloodknot, second snelled. They are the Mustad ultra point so sharp hooks. Good luck for the week with the kids!
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grantarctic1
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Holders
Nice fish mate, those holders look like they keep your rods nice and high, i havent seen those ones before, they look like they could flex a bit do you have any info about them .
Cheers Grant
Blue Whaler
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Hey Grant - South African
Hey Grant - South African made - stainless steel & flexiable - we use them in South Africa when targetting big Bronze Whalers / Ragged Tooth Sharks - and yes, the reason for the height is so that you could peg them in the shallow surf without getting your reel wet with your line over the breaking surf. Have'nt seen them around here.
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Leemo
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Good work Blou, definitely
Good work Blou, definitely had more success than me this morning! decent skippy by the looks, and veryy nice tailor!
you gotta be stoked about having 2 weeks to fish!
bludgin' since 94'
TonyT
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good fish there john, up 2
good fish there john, up 2 rocks way were you?
lucky bugger getting 2 wks off, but to be fair i just had a 3 wk holiday.
i hit pinarro sat night for a couple of hours , got a good size port jackson that felt like seaweed ha.
catch up soon .
Blue Whaler
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Hey Tony - good to hear your
Hey Tony - good to hear your back in one piece - I take your trip to EU was good, France the best I take it??
Yea - we should get together again sometime soon!! Those Port J are liveless bags ha ha - but good fun if nothing else is biting.
Till next time - Cheers mate.
(Two Rocks it is.)
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mw87
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Nice tailor. Has anyone seen
Nice tailor. Has anyone seen the rod holders online or anywhere locally? Id like to get myself a few of them.