Swan river tailor
Submitted by lachieH on Wed, 2014-10-08 16:29
was watching an episode of fishing WA and saw a part when they fished a large cliff-like hill next to meet Henry bridge. They pulled out tailor up to 40cm on their light lines. So I was thinking if I got in my kayak and casted some 10g twisty's towards the shore at this time of the year already, would that work? Or should I wait until the middle of summer? I have heard it's the best tailor spot in the river and I live close to it so it wouldn't be much of a struggle getting down there whenever I wanted to fish.
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Fishing the swan for bream, it's just an obsession
kinga86
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It also goes good for bream
It also goes good for bream and flatties but wont be long until the tailor are around there in good numbers
shorething
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Yep worth a go for sure. Got
Yep worth a go for sure. Got into them regularly last year.. Won't be long now if they aren't there already. Such a great thing for late arvo fishing! I found pre Xmas fished better further up into the canning too but may have just been my luck last year :)
sarcasm0
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October is the time
http://fishwrecked.com/forum/48cm-swan-tailor
I reckon upsize the lure we use rapala crystal minnows/husky/slashbait trolling lures around 7-10cm Blue back silver bottom with black spots or clear colors. Friends use Damiki lures with a large bib about 60mm diving to 3-4mt which are pretty cheap.
Good luck I reckon october is the start of the season for big ones in the swan. Last year I caught a hooter that made the 48cm one look like a baby, we got it boatside but it backflipped and tailwhipped me, I reckon it was well above 60 and so does the deckie who had it halfway into the net....
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Go hard at it I say, if lures suck, then slow troll mulies on a running ball sinker/ganged hook rig, which always seems to hookup, but lures for me have got the bigger ones.
Bryan
Swompa
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So was that you fishing this
So was that you fishing this afternoon? I drove over just after 4 and there were two teenagers fishing just near the cliff.
lachieH
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Yep it was us . We wernt
Yep it was us
. We wernt casting lures for tailor but we used small crabs for bait and they worked so well there. Couldn't get past the blowies with squid but if you waded out a bit and got it out into the weedy areas the bream hit it hard. Next to the pilons there hooked up to a 30cm plus bream but gave hm to much slack line while tightening up the drag and he came off. me and kingfishha are definately going again
Fishing the swan for bream, it's just an obsession