Best Spot for Tailor & Steelback in Gold Coast

[blue09]

Hi all,

After a long break again winter is on the way.

I like to start catching my 2 favorite fishes Steelback Salmon and Tailor.

I recently moved to Gold Coast area. I own a car but I dont want to drive long ways.

Does any of you know any good spot to catch tailor and steelback salmons at Gold Coast areas?

I will appreciate answers.

Cheers.

[tugger]

we don't have steel back salmon in qld and as far as i know they don't exist in australia but tailor are found along all our surf beaches and off the pumping jetty at southport

[eg_vtec]

im pretty sure i have caught steelback salmon before on the spit jetty while fishing for tailor. sometimes they come in. i might be mistaken but pretty sure it was them

[eg_vtec]

i cant seem to find a picture of steelback salmon but if someone can post one up i can confirm if it was them or not

[uglyfish]

I'm not sure steelies come down this far mate, used to get a fair few in the narrows at gladdy, steelbacks are sold and known as flat salmon on the market tugger..There not actually salmon..

[rayke1938]

Blue

I assume you mean australian salmon they are not a regular catch up our way and are regarded as a pest as their eating qualities are poor compared to tailer. Also you may not get many replies as you have posted this in the freshwater section.

Cheers

Ray

[mexikan]

Attached is a pic of a steelback salmon a bit light in colour(this one is been dead for a while) usually a little more green across the top.

Dont know if there this far south but we caught them in NT.I thought they looked a bit like a tailor with a queenie head LOL.

Mex

[Bri The Pom]

What a strange looking fish,who ever has them they can keep em, you will catch tailor all through the seaway and some of the broadwater, livies are best i find and the north wall my favourite.

[uglyfish]

Attached is a pic of a steelback salmon a bit light in colour(this one is been dead for a while) usually a little more green across the top.

Dont know if there this far south but we caught them in NT.I thought they looked a bit like a tailor with a queenie head LOL.

Mex

Yep that's a steelie not bad to eat if there bleed and cooked straight away.Taste better than tailor imo, I only use tailor for bait..

[blue09]

Thank you all for replies. I will try the entry of the spit where people park their cars and watch views.

I do not want my feet to be sandy or muddy thats why I always prefer deep water and like to stand on rocks.

I guess that the entrance of the Spit is a nice spot as tailors always like broad and deep entrances. Am I right?

By the way yes there is steelback salmon. It is very similat to tailors only sttel back has smaller head.

I was catching lots lots of steelback salmons at all times at Rosslyn Bay (Yeppoon Area) Rockhampton while I was living there before. I prefer smaller size as that big sized fishes dont taste nice.

Thanks all. I will try the entrance of the Spit and also Southport.

Is May or June good time? I think now it is too early for tailor?

[Bri The Pom]

Ive checked my photo's and April to July is the most productive imo.

Bri

[kmcrosby78]

I haven't fished there but a mate sometimes drives down from Cleveland early in the morning and fishes Fingal Beach/Head with plenty of tailor. Fingal is just south of the Tweed - think you need a fishing permit in NSW??

Good luck, hoping to see a picture of a nice big greenback in the months to come.

Kelvin.

[eg_vtec]

no i must be mistaken for something else then. never seen that fish before haha.

[uglyfish]

Like I said earlier, there a more northern fish..

[wesfish]

boggy creek holding some sizable tailor, but you will get muddy and sandy feet the biggest tailor so far 65cm last month.

[tiotony]

I have caught two of those at Holloways Beach in Cairns whilst fishing for threadfin, I think also known as Moreton Bay Tailor