6 kg Tailor Caught off Quobba station Cliffs.

6 kg Tailor Caught off Quobba station Cliffs.

G'day all,

 

Few weeks ago went up to Quobba station from perth,

 

This was the first fish caught on the day, on a tiny spin reel - i was going for small fresh bait for the boat trip, however hooked onto this beast of a tailor

 

put up a good fight :)

 

Matt.

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nice tailor

Sat, 2012-01-14 08:33

great work would have been a bit of a surprise!!

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wot a monster of a tailor!!

Sat, 2012-01-14 08:47

wot a monster of a tailor!! nice catch, that woulda given ya some curry on light gear!

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Bloody oath Gents, put up a

Sat, 2012-01-14 09:50

Bloody oath Gents, put up a real fight!

 

cooked him up that night for the camp, did a seafood mornay. Delicious!

 

Heading out 2morow to Rotto in the new boat, yet to upload pics , Seafox 257 with twin 115's...previous owner is on this site somewhere....

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Nice

Sat, 2012-01-14 10:47

Great greenback trueblue3!

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Cracker greenback mate good

Sat, 2012-01-14 11:09

Cracker greenback mate good stuff. And congrats on the new rig, it was for sale on here for a while, very nice boat at a great price!

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Ripper tailor mate, would of

Sat, 2012-01-14 11:29

Ripper tailor mate, would of been a good surprise when your looking for bait

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At work at the moment, would

Sat, 2012-01-14 12:47

At work at the moment, would rather be fishing!!!!!

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Whopper

Sat, 2012-01-14 14:27

But I am interested. What terminal tackle were you using and what bait. If you were going for small stuff the light rod and reel is a feat on its own, but I suspect you were using a light leader, small hook and small bait. That makes this a a fantastic capture.

Pray tell the tale.

Neels

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congrats, managed one

Sat, 2012-01-14 14:56

congrats, managed one similiar in size and circumstances 13 years ago from quobba, tasted pretty good fresh/filleted/straight on the bbq!

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Was using a small whiting rig

Sat, 2012-01-14 15:09

Was using a small whiting rig with 18Lbs line...so it definatly shocked me, had to fight it to keep it away from the rocks so it wouldn't break me off.

 

Used my Tiny Tiny spin reel thats around 10 years old so the fishing gods were looking favorably on me that day :)

 

 

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Oh and it was a rather large

Sat, 2012-01-14 15:11

Oh and it was a rather large chunk of occy that it went for.. the other two hooks had small pieces of mullie

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Man that is a feat

Sat, 2012-01-14 15:15

How you didnt get razorred by the teeth has me baffled. You must have been lucky and just lip hooked it. Either way Im impressed.

The jumbos like that I caught at Kalbarri was on a designated tailor rig and even then was a challenge.

Well done mate.

Neels

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Nice tailor mate! would have

Sat, 2012-01-14 15:30

Nice tailor mate! would have put up a bit of a fight sounds like you had fun on the gear you were using. dont you just love it when the fishing gods are on your side.

Unfortunately that hasnt been me lately haha

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absolute beast mate, well

Sat, 2012-01-14 15:53

absolute beast mate, well done.

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Yeah cheers Neels, it was

Sat, 2012-01-14 16:22

Yeah cheers Neels, it was definatly an amazing arvo on the rocks with a few beers and this beast.

 

Hopefully the gods are in my favor early in the morning, planning to be behind Rottnest @ 5am to have a crack, only been out there 3 times in the new boat so I'm still learning but I will update tomorow night how I went.

 

cheers guys

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Awsome mate, ive got to get a

Sat, 2012-01-14 19:15

Awsome mate, ive got to get a 10 pounder this year, i just have too!!

 

cheers russ