North Cottesloe Tailor
Submitted by Aaron_Moses95 on Mon, 2013-03-11 20:16
Went down to a beach in cottesloe, about 1k north of the groyne. Fairly calm day , but still decent chop on the water. Was throwing a 35g metal , before i noticed some large tailor cruising about 2m in front of me. Most would have been around the 40cm mark, but i saw a couple that would have been around 70-80cm. They were completely un interested in bait and lures. Was so annoying to see them so close to me but swim past my lure time after time. Managed to jig up a decent flathead on a metal, other than that got nothin.
Other than the fact that it was fairly calm, why do u guys reckon that they didnt hit anything?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
breamslayer
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Date Joined: 26/12/12
I know one breamer got an
I know one breamer got an 80cm+ tailor a week or so ago on a lure there :) just a matter of persistance or trying other lures (I dont know what he caught it on, I personally like Duel Hardcore 100 sinking stickbaits)
clogwog
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Date Joined: 01/02/11
I had a similar thing happen
I had a similar thing happen in the Mandurah Estuary on Saturday, was crabbing with the kids
and missus and saw some mullet getting smashed on the water approx 100 metres away, had only crab bait
and no mulies with me so quickly hooked up a lure and first cast hooked a 42cm tailor.
By the time I had got the tailor in the boat all the fish had gone of the boil and would not take a lure.
Funny fish tailor, when they are biting you can catch one after another, other times not even a hit, I suppose
they just get into a frenzy and cant help themselves!!!
ricksta86
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Date Joined: 16/02/12
years back in bunbury we had
years back in bunbury we had a school of hundreds of them right up at the rocks in frontvof us, we threw mulies in the water to keep them around and funny that they ate the mulies but didnt touch any with hooks in them amazing
Leemo
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would have been mullet for
would have been mullet for sure - but there are often tailor cruising in mullet schools of the same size fish.
bludgin' since 94'
Aaron_Moses95
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Date Joined: 23/04/12
Oh yeah these were def
Oh yeah these were def tailor, because it was so calm , it was easy to tell them apart.