The tailor were hot to trot
Sick and tired of having Sherbs continually texting "happy snaps" of his holiday tailor captures, Jody and I thought we had better get into the action and join the "tailor master" for a session at one of his favourite haunts.
We arrived late afternoon to find almost perfect weather conditions - a low swell and a slight south wester - for the rocks we wanted to fish from.
Unfortunately there was also a fair ammount of floating weed about which threatened to upset what should have been an ideal fishing session.
It soon became apparant that there was also a lot of little Whiting about and most of our mulies were coming back picked to pieces.
Things were a bit quiet until something picked up one of my mulies and began stripping line off my new Daiwa Saltist 4500H.
Whatever it was had a fair bit of weight to it and the guy fishing next to me was quick to call it for a Mulloway. Anyway, whatever it was, behan swimming up and down the channel we were fishing in, picking up kilos of weed on the line until finally something gave - my line. I quickly convinced myself it was a stingray or a small shark.
Anyway, that seemed to have upset the chap fishing nearby more than me because not too long afterwards he smashed what looked like a custom made rod on the rocks and then threw all the pieces and a nice looking reel into the water (amazingly, another old bloke fishing from the beach managed to hook and land the section that still had the reel on it a little later).
Anyway, back to the fishing, and after a few hours of largely non action things weren't looking to flash. There were no sign of tailor and the floating weed was really starting to build up in the channel.
Sherbs, Jody and I started to look at each other, wondering "what's happened to the fish", "how much longer are we willing to keep pulling in weed and feeding the whiting".
But then, it all came together. The weed gradually thinned out, the wind dropped and all of a sudden the tailor came on the bite.
For the next hour, to an hour and a half, it was pandemonioum, with the fish hitting the baits almost as they hit the water.
And these were good sized tailor, with plenty of vigour, and most of them put on quite spectacular aerial displays in the fight to the rocks.
In the end, the Moonraker gang (Jody and I), came out ahead of the Heartland guy (Sherbs) with Jody landing four very solid tailor, me a further nine (I threw a few back) and Sherbs four nice fat beauties.
Thanks Sherbs and Jodes for a fun, action-packed evening and may the spring tailor run continue to bloom.
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Agreat night jody and colin
Heartland is on a comeback on the next trip, You two watch out
The killer rig will be there
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heartland on the comeback
when u at the bottom of the pack u can only look up sherbs ...... lol
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nice work boys sounds le i
nice work boys sounds le i better get out there and start chasing them now aswell but where thats tha question been a while since been talior fishing
fishings involved im already there
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great stuff, looks like the
great stuff, looks like the effort paid off
whats with the rod bloke breaking his rod???
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It was very strange Brad
I am not sure if he was upset because he was a local and we had already taken up most of the good spots - or he just got sick of catching weed. He seemed ok at first and he and I were having a bit of a chat for awhile.
Then he hooked some weed, which caused his line to get hooked up on some rocks under his feet. He tried flicking it out with his rod and then all of a sudden he started smashing his rod on the rocks. After a few hits it was in three pieces and he threw the lot in the water off the end of the rocks.
It was good news for the bloke who caught the bottom half of the rod and the reel. The reel would need a good clean out, but it might be salvagable and it it was a reasonably good quality reel.
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Great catch there
Great catch there people!
Bet you had to drive home alone after hugging those fish Colin....
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Lol No I had Sherbs for company, but he smelled as bad as me
The funnierst thing was when we dropped into Hungry Jacks for a bite to eatr on the way home. The girl who served us thought we had been in a fight.
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nice catch there have to
nice catch there have to join u guys sum time
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can i come with u too sherbs?
can i come with u too sherbs?
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sherbs fishing adventures,
sherbs fishing adventures, book him via his PM LOL
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good fed of talior
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Well Done Guys, I am looking
Well Done Guys, I am looking forward to getting into some Tailor action this weekend ... Fingers crossed!!!
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Great
They sure look like solid tailor! Well done guys!
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Great catch. I came home
Great catch. I came home empty handed yesterday and with broken reel from some North Mole monster. My trusty $10 reel. Other people didn’t seem to have much luck either.
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It happen's no matter
What cost of reel you buy, I got a 350.00 reel that needs somework on it
And wont turn properly
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It was Silstar Strike LF-55
It was Silstar Strike LF-55 which I picked up on special. Otherwise it’s around $20. :) I’ve just lost the top cap which sets the drag force. The spool span so quickly that somehow unscrewed the cap. I guess that my incompetent beginner’s action might have contributed to it a little bit as well.
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I wouldn't blame yopurself Likc
Those cheaper reels do tend to have those sorts of issues.
You may be able to drop into a friendly local tackle store and show them. They may have a spare part that will fit the bill.
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I was just thinking
With all the tailor around an overniter at flatrocks mite be the go.
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Jody's nice tailor foursome
Jody had her new Moonraker singing last night and landed a nice quartet of tailor.
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id be keen for a flatrock
id be keen for a flatrock trip stu, finish my exams on tuesday and then im free. would be a good chance to get everyone together for a fish
by the way, very nice fishing session, good report
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Great report Colin, looks
Great report Colin, looks like you all had a good feed of Tailor. Lucky the conditions came together for you.
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Thanks mate
I will be so happy when this weed moves on.
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Jody
A nice lot of fish Thanks for the secret spot of yours
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Good work guys, pity about
Good work guys, pity about the leviathan earlier, but those keep you coming back. That angry feller should take up something less frustrating like golf :-D
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Lol Daisy
I could imagine him wrapping a few irons around some trees.
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nice feed
great feed of tailor ppl well done
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Geez
At least clean the sand off them before the pic!!!
Haha, nice catch boys and girl...sounds like a fun sesh
Cheers,
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Lol If only Sam
It was pitch black and the only place to wash the fish was being haunted by a massive stingray and there had been a small shark hanging around near there earlier. I would have hated to lose a fish or two some scavengers.
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Fair enough
Also that fish you lost, sounds awfully like a mulloway, running up and down the beach!
From the couple i have caught down mandurah way off the beach they always run hard paralell to the beach.
But just on the safe side, just keep it at a Stingray and you'll feel better lol
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Lol Or a Nor West Blowie
That's what I reckon it was.
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great hawl mate. i hope i
great hawl mate.
i hope i get a few fish like that this summer while camping.
cheers danno
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So do I Danno
I hope you get onto some beauties mate.
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love to tailor hug, glad im
love to tailor hug, glad im not doing your washing colin
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great night
well done on some fantastic catches and a great report there Colin , going to try get a few the weekend and slide them straight back out , see whats hanging around .....
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Thanks Dave
I have a few tailor fillets that I am tempted to try and catch something bigger with.
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once again , well don on the
once again , well don on the night out. great read and some laughs to go with it. bit of a tosser with his rod, but it takes all sorts. congrats on the feed
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I think i recognise that
I think i recognise that light in the last picture :)
Good catch guys, Tell me when your taking me fishing col so i can give u those fillets :)
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Thats a guy behine
With his light on lol SORRY MATE nice try
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Sherbs makes sure there are no landmarks to be
seen so he can't give away his secret spots (Lol).
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hehe
or mine :p
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well done
Well done guys, looks like you creamed it!
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Thanks Adam Sorry for making a mess of the Fishwrecked
shirt. A few soaks in bleach and soap powder and it is almost back to normal.
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I was up early
But still eating the ones from the other night, So had some fish on the bbq yum
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