90cm+ lure caught tailor
Submitted by Chris fish on Fri, 2013-10-04 20:08
just a preview for our last 2 weeks at stee point, full report to come. this tailor was one of 3 80cm+ fish we landed. 97cm tailor on 12lb line in less than a meter of water sight casting stickbaits in the shallows. this was my fish of the trip!!
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brg
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sounds epic,good fish
sounds epic,good fish
Aaron_Moses95
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Awesome fish mate. So lucky
Awesome fish mate. So lucky to head up north, been stuck in perth with miserable weather and hardly a chance to fish, caught 1 undersized tailor in the last 3 months. Well done once again
BoozeFishSnooze
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Damnnn nice fish! Are tailor
Damnnn nice fish! Are tailor any good eating at that size or are they to type of species to deteriorate with age/size?
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Leemo
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Not worth the fillets, when
Not worth the fillets, when you have 2 Engels full of mack, pink, baldie, rankin, trout and cod ;) haha
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Leemo
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Not worth the fillets, when
Not worth the fillets, when you have 2 Engels full of mack, pink, baldie, rankin, trout and cod ;) haha
bludgin' since 94'
Chris fish
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Yep that's it. All our big
Yep that's it. All our big tailor where all returned to the water and are still there.
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dazanator
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I wouldn't eat it at that
I wouldn't eat it at that size,well ive never eaten one at that size so not sure, best put it back and let produce Boozy
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leighroy
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Unreal
Would have made for great viewing on that mill pond
dazanator
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nice one Chris!! must have
nice one Chris!! must have been great fight! well done!!
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chrisd
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Nice fish mate
Nice fish mate
grantarctic1
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Now that looks like fun
They wood be great fun on that gear and flat conditions, would luv to get a monster like that on the fly rod. Next time i'm up there i'll have to make an effort to chase them .
Top fish mate , well done ..
Rusty Balls
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Hey Chris ..I am off to
Hey Chris ..1st of all GREAT FISH!!
I am off to steeps in jan .. any chance of general directions ?? (pm me of course) as a big tailor on fly is on my to do list for the trip ..
I am thinking east in the bays but any info would be warmly received :)
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props...
it takes a good angler to land a 97cm specimen on 12lb. One to remember for sure. Nice work mate.
Belly88
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Nice one Chris
Nice one Chris, good to see you avoided the ranger long enough to pull that one ;-)
sickkkkkk
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steep point!
i seen you up at steep point, we had a couple of days cross over. thought you looked familiar :)
Chris fish
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yeah we where at the fault
yeah we where at the fault the same time as you guys. you guys had a fair bit of luck on the pinkys from what i seen from camp.
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tim-o
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Seen the same done on a
Seen the same done on a fishing show, would be worth the drive just to do that I reckon, find the lure to getum fired up, musta been awesome to release those beasts in paradise waters
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DaddyDan
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Never see anything like it
Never see anything like it great work! Well done!!
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