Whitehills Report 25/01/09
Just a quick thanks to the lads who gave me advice on 4WDing the area, they gave me some great tips to ensure that the 4WD component was trouble free - and it was.
Fishing wasn't too good, we were about 5kms south of the whitehills beach entrance, fishing a sandy bottom. The water was pretty rough, the wind was a strong southerly and our bait was drifting unbelievably quickly, even with size 4 star sinkers attached. Our aim was to fish for whiting/herring, then switch to tailor/mulloway rigs on sundown.
Unfortunately nothing came about on the tailor front, but managed about 7 whiting. Will definitely go there again.
Was just wondering what your advice is for fishing for tailor in these rough condidions? I was usinf a free-running size 3 spoon sinker which stops at a swivel, then attached to that a leader of about 40cm with gangs and a mulie.
Have a great Australia Day guys
Mike
Adamp
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Sounds like it was a fun
Sounds like it was a fun fishing weekend, cool photo mate looks good.
Big J
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Yeah your running the right
Yeah your running the right gear....
If they were there you should have got them with that set-up.
Did you find a nice gully to fish in???
abandon
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Yeah there was a gully right
Yeah there was a gully right in front of us with a really strong current heading to our right.
If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.
tommytomato
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Love the graphic work, well
Love the graphic work, well done, alot of chatter here about the area you tried to fish.
http://www.westernangler.com.au/forum/m_95688/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm#95688
Try looking at a few google maps to pick your spots
When you going down next, wouldn't mine going my self, got a gen and TV and heaps of time spare to give it a shot.
TT ( karl )
abandon
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Maybe next weekend
Getting some work done on the car during the week, if I get it back in time might go saturday night Karl.
If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.
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Montage
Nice montage there abandon.
What type of software program did you create it with?
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abandon
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Photoshop
Cheers, did the montage in Photoshop John.
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Colin Hay
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Right rig abandon
Try winding your line in slowly. Sometimes that will get a reaction if the tailor aren't biting.
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abandon
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Cool
Will give that a try next time Colin.
Oh well, even though I didn't get tailor last night, I rate whiting hightly, just had 6 fillets for lunch, using Karl's beer batter recipe. Beautiful.
If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.
crasny1
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Good on you mate
The set up looks perfect.Just keep trying and the fish will come. ANy help on that area ever just pm me and either my better half or me will help. Fished there every weekend (just about) for 16 yrs.
Neels
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abandon
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Cheers Neels
Thanks Neels, wow 16 years, I imagine you are quite familiar with the area haha. Will see how I go next time, if i'm still not getting anything, might have to pick ur brains :)
Mike
If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.