Tailor training for Newbie 2-9
Went out this morning for a fish around the reefs off of Freo. My mate, Brad, and I went with a retired friend of ours, Ron, who has been fishing for tailor in the Metro area for 40 years. He promised to put us on to some good fish and teach us some new techniques, which we much appreciated!
It turned out to be a perfect morning and we were on to the fish in no time. In the less than 2.5hours we had boated more than 20 tailor between 1-2.5 kilos. To say the least we were rapt. Ron kept us moving and kept us on the fish. We were using metal slices and ganged mulies and he did a great job of showing us where to target our casts. We had a lot of doubles and it was rare to make a pass without at least one fish. It was definitely the hottest fishing I've had since I've moved here!
I'll share the most exciting time with you. Ron kep a rod up next ot the wheel and if he had a chance he would fire his metal slice into the mix. On one pass on the outside of a reef, Ron hooked up to a very nice fish, at least a 2-3lb fish. Suddenly as he got it near the boat a huge shadow came up and just engulfed the tailor and was hooked on the slice!! Ron went from fighting a 1kilo tailor to fighting a 20+kilo YTK!! The fished toyed with him for about five minutes before busting him off.
Later we had come back to this same spot and I hooked into a nice tailor and we noticed as I brought it in that it was jumping alot and staying at the surface. Ron warned me that the Kingies might be after it. Sure enough, as I got it close to the boat, four of the monsters were swarming around my tailor! I somehow managed to keep it away from them and got it into the boat. The four YTK cruised under the boat for the next few minutes. They were all well over a meter, i would say more like five feet. Unfortunately, we didn't have any heavy gear on the boat. I was dying!! I wanted a run with one of those big boys! Brad and I have already said that we can't go out there again without at least one heavy rod in the boat.
So it was a great morning and we're looking forward to a great feed tonight! Sorry I don't have any pics. I keep saying that I'm going to get a new digital camera, and after today, I've got a real reason to get one!! haha
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awesome
Sounds like what fishing is all about to me! Great morning out, cheers for sharing Eddie.
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Fantastic Eddie!
Well done mate - sounds like the froth was working for you big time! That YTK take would have been awesome. Good write up, good read!
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Auslobster
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Great Report!
Sounds like a popper would've worked as well? Were you blokes working around the breaking reefs/white water?
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top report eddie, and good
top report eddie, and good to see you finally getting into some top fish, seems theres a few big YTK's around atm from the reports i've been hearing
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YTK now where talking a
YTK now where talking a great days metro fishing.
Keep it tight, reeeeeeel tight!
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Awesome Eddie
Now that's what I call a great session.
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yeah alot of unstopable
yeah alot of unstopable YTK's some livebaiting sounds the go
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Thanks for all the comments
Thanks for all the comments guys!
Auslobster- Ron did use a popper a bit, but I think we should have given it more of a go. I love topwater and will try it next time out.
Yes, The key seemed to get the lure/bait into the 'green zone'. If you landed in blue water you wouldn't get a sniff. But Ron was putting us right up next to the gutters in the reef, and if we put it in the green water, we were usually on within seconds.
Another boat was working the same reef, but staying farther out. We must have out caught them 3to1, and that was the main reason.
Matt, I would LOVE to get a shot at those YTK's! I was spewing that we didn't have any gear to take them down. They were literally, coming out of the water for those tailor! I don't even own any gear that could have stood up to a fish that size. May have to come down to the Tackle Shack for a deal!
Auslobster
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Thanks for the info...
Been meaning to try this sort of fishing around the Murray reefs down here in Mandurah, got a box full of poppers/stickbaits that should be used for more than just salmon! There's some brilliant broken water up at Jurien when I go there next month too...
Man those big kingies must've been a buzz...I reckon either a livie or drag a shallow running Laser Pro/Rapala Magnum on at least 40 pound gear(although with the reef so close you might need 80 pound to have any chance).
Again, top report and it's certainly another way to keep people interested when the V5 ban hits!
tommo77
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ytk
havent heard of them before?
anyone have a pic?
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Yellow Tail Kingfish, plenty
Yellow Tail Kingfish, plenty of snaps of them around, probably a few in the gallery somewhere.
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Well done on the tailor
Well done on the tailor guys
Ive bene wanting to get into this type of fishing as well, tried it on sunday, but not really knowing where to go, we just ventured out between Garden island and carnac on breaking reef throwing some slices around, but we didnt get any,
Good report!