TAILOR are annoying

juust got back from an awesum weekend north with neil aka nelly and had a blast.
sat morn we decided to go for a jig for skippy / small sambos and ended up releasing dhuies baldies skippy and sgnt baker with.
thatt night went north of dongara in search of the ellusive mulloway . we ended up with countless tailor all over 40cm wich were a pain in the ass as they were hitting all the mulloway baits we had set out gggrrrrrrrrr only ended up with the 1 mulloway as we couldnt get the baits past the stupid tailor also got 2 other runs from unstopables.
brenz


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wat size mulloway brenz?

Sun, 2009-11-15 17:16

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I think one of those runs

Sun, 2009-11-15 17:16

I think one of those runs had to be a decent mulloway pick up was nothing like a ray.Good weekend

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Did you try using one of the

Sun, 2009-11-15 17:24

Did you try using one of the Tailor as a live bait?

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Used some tailor strip baits

Sun, 2009-11-15 17:29

Used some tailor strip baits bit hard live baiting 40cm+tailor.Wopjrb brenz mulloway was only around 50cm.Was bricked in reef by some decent fish though

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ud be suprised i did that

Sun, 2009-11-15 18:11

ud be suprised i did that once on a 41cm tailor in madurah.. had a good run with a fish and it snapped after about 10 mins.. dont doubt the big livies

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We used to get the bigger

Sun, 2009-11-15 17:33

We used to get the bigger Mulloway using 3 and 4 lb tailor live of the rocks.They also seemed to like a Tailor that had been cut diagonally from just behind the head down to anal fin.

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Yeah sounds like a plan

Sun, 2009-11-15 18:39

Yeah sounds like a plan might slide bait one out next time with a couple of 7/o circles in its back

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Have to agree, a 40cm taylor

Sun, 2009-11-15 18:52

Have to agree, a 40cm taylor is a good mulla bait.

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good stuff cheers danno

Sun, 2009-11-15 20:07

good stuff

cheers danno

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Has to be a good fishing session when the tailor become pests

Sun, 2009-11-15 20:33

Sounds like a pretty good weekend guys.

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Big Baits = Big Fish.

Sun, 2009-11-15 20:41

Big Baits = Big Fish.

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not always mate

Mon, 2009-11-16 17:11

not always mate

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PB

Wed, 2009-11-18 18:55

PilbaraBrad's favourite saying - Elephants eat peanuts!  Its a true statement and is relevant to fishing too, having said that, big baits do work as well. :)

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sounds like a good trip ,

Mon, 2009-11-16 17:54

sounds like a good trip , bloody tailor, some down here cant get them and you couldnt get away from them.

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Yeah was quite annoying we

Mon, 2009-11-16 18:07

Yeah was quite annoying we where trying to chase BIG mulloway and they where just smashing everything...Will defiantly head up again in a few weeks to chase some mulloway again

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Make it a Tailor trip and if

Mon, 2009-11-16 22:32

Make it a Tailor trip and if you get a good Mulla as bycatch you'll be most satisfied :D

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yyyyeeeeeaaaahhhhhh cant

Tue, 2009-11-17 08:15

yyyyeeeeeaaaahhhhhh cant wait to get back up there the mullys were def there will get em next time. probably would have helped if i had more than 2 hours sleep the night before to

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dude next time hook a chem

Thu, 2009-11-19 12:49

dude next time hook a chem shrapened 6/0 behind the top fin on the tailor and send it back out.....and wait

 

good report

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We didn't have any trouble

Thu, 2009-11-19 15:13

We didn't have any trouble hooking fish using fresh squid/tailor strip baits,the problem came when we tried to stop them i will be taking 50lb line next time to try to keep them outta the reefs.

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lol those reefs are

Thu, 2009-11-19 18:21

lol those reefs are dangerouse i can honestly say the bait was not the issue the tailor were that stirred up that they would have hit / eaten anything that was injured ie live bait