Tailor time
Mate and I went to our usual Tailor spot Sunday night. It has been a long time since we had a good tailor session and both have been waiting for the weather to warm up for our next productive session.
I was quietly confident after seeing the conditions; chilly southerly, decent swell with high tide just after dark. My assumptions also supported by tides4fishing.com ...But i've been let down before!
But this evening hopefully is the first of many solid Summer tailor sessions. First fish came in as anticipated, just as it got dark! It wasn't our typical 'hot' session where it would be a hook-up a cast, the fish decided that they would spread themselves out over about 1.5hrs.
The tailor shut down around 8ish and we had 8 in the esky ranging from 38-44cm. Other fishos on the other side had some big herring and a tailor or two.
I slid out a fresh tailor head as i was gutting and scaling but that was untouched. Most likely because i have no idea what i'm doing when it comes to slide baiting. It's something i'm looking to get into this season in hope of catching my first toothy.
All caught on my default rig of 4/0 gangs with a cork, and a running star sinker above the leader. A little bit of weed around but has been clearing as the days go.
Happy to have finally gotten into some good tailor myself... sick of you blokes and your awesome river tailor sessions!!!!
ozmos
Posts: 34
Date Joined: 25/12/11
NoR?
NoR?
....nana nana nana nana nana nana nana nana FISHING!
Snags
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Date Joined: 07/05/09
Yeh, just!
Yeh, just!
diknik
Posts: 1
Date Joined: 26/10/11
Slide baiting is fun mate.
Slide baiting is fun mate. Got a nice little shark at White Hill using slide baiting. Works best with live bait but if you don't have any then don't be put off. There are two types, one that can only slide down to your swivel and another that can go both ways along the line. If there is a strong swell pushing your bait back out, you'll have to use the "one way" slider. Good luck and them tailors sounds nice!
Snags
Posts: 558
Date Joined: 07/05/09
All the gear and no idea
Yeh I'm using the non-return slides. Finding it difficult to get the bait all the way out and knowing if or when it has reached the end of the line... practice makes perfect i guess
uncle
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Date Joined: 10/02/07
good stuff
didn't a slide bait,drift bait used to be called a running sinker,guess they stopped running!!
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs