queensland Narrowneck tailor last night

[Joe K]

Hi Guys,

Paul and I drove down the Coast after dinner. We walked down the beach just past Sea World and saw a crowd of fishos on the beach. As the tailor are hitting the Gold Coast beaches, we decided to try Narrowneck. The gutters are not as deep but we can fish away from the crowds.

It was a cold 9 degree night with a light Westerly. The sweep was quite strong and the breakers made wading in the water to cast out quite a challenge. We fished the rising tide for two hours and ended up with 6 nice tailor. The best tailor went 56, 53 & 52cm. A yummy meal of tailor fillets tonight.

Cheers... Joe.

[tugger]

Some nice tailor Joe the big one would have put up a good fight

[fishingnut]

What baits ?

[Damien2Rad]

Nice fish.

[Joe K]

Thanks Guys!

When Paul was pulled forward while fighting the 56cm tailor I knew it was a good fish. They know how to make the most of a fast running current. Fishing at night I always use bait and last night it was pilchards.

Damien, a few nights past when it was a full moon, a fisho mate was casting slugs 7-8pm and scored some nice tailor on the beach at Sea World.

[ellicat]

I'm enjoying these tailor reports.

It's almost warm enough for me to be inspired. :dry:

[Joe K]

It's coming close to the end of the tailor run as their roes and melts are fully mature. This time of the year we get the larger greenbacks mixed in among the tailor. It's warm enough to wear shorts and a T-shirt when fishing the dusk tide.

[kmcrosby78]

Reviving an old thread here but am getting excited as we have just booked to stay at Sea World next Fri & Sat night, which times in nicely for the full moon. Around 6am/6pm low tides, so will hopefully fish at dusk Friday night (worst case go down later and fish the incoming tide), then try a dawn session Saturday morning, then let results dictate the plan Sat arvo/evening and Sunday morning. Going to be a busy weekend ......  PB tailor is only 44cm from memory so would LOVE to increase it ......

[ellicat]

Good luck. Hope you can get a winning entry into the comp.

[Drop Bear]

7 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Reviving an old thread here but am getting excited as we have just booked to stay at Sea World next Fri & Sat night, which times in nicely for the full moon. Around 6am/6pm low tides, so will hopefully fish at dusk Friday night (worst case go down later and fish the incoming tide), then try a dawn session Saturday morning, then let results dictate the plan Sat arvo/evening and Sunday morning. Going to be a busy weekend ......  PB tailor is only 44cm from memory so would LOVE to increase it ......

I've got a good feeling about this mate. I reckon you are gonna crack one over 1m!

 

[Drop Bear]

7 hours ago, ellicat said:

Good luck. Hope you can get a winning entry into the comp.

Yep what he said. haha

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hey kmcrosby78

Good luck. Hopefully you manage a stonka or two! I've never even caught a tailor, so I'd be happy with a PB of 44cm  

Cheers Hamish

[kmcrosby78]

10 hours ago, Drop Bear said:

I've got a good feeling about this mate. I reckon you are gonna crack one over 1m!

 

Bl00dy hope so, not worth getting out of bed otherwise .......... On a serious note, stepping up in to 50cm+ class would be a nice feeling  

[Drop Bear]

2 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Bl00dy hope so, not worth getting out of bed otherwise .......... On a serious note, stepping up in to 50cm+ class would be a nice feeling  

Yep, while I have caught perhaps 100 Tailor, I have never caught a big Tailor. One day. 

[kmcrosby78]

16 hours ago, Drop Bear said:

Yep what he said. haha

I've been meaning to ask you how you manage to fly like that Robbie ......... and why you haven't got a beard anymore ........ and if you still have those blue shorts .......... 

[Drop Bear]

On 28/08/2020 at 9:24 PM, kmcrosby78 said:

I've been meaning to ask you how you manage to fly like that Robbie ......... and why you haven't got a beard anymore ........ and if you still have those blue shorts .......... 

Drop Bears can do amazing things. 

[GregOug]

On 27/08/2020 at 9:22 PM, kmcrosby78 said:

Reviving an old thread here but am getting excited as we have just booked to stay at Sea World next Fri & Sat night, which times in nicely for the full moon. Around 6am/6pm low tides, so will hopefully fish at dusk Friday night (worst case go down later and fish the incoming tide), then try a dawn session Saturday morning, then let results dictate the plan Sat arvo/evening and Sunday morning. Going to be a busy weekend ......  PB tailor is only 44cm from memory so would LOVE to increase it ......

How did you go KM?

[Drop Bear]

6 hours ago, GregOug said:

How did you go KM?

I think we would have heard haha. 

[GregOug]

5 hours ago, Drop Bear said:

I think we would have heard haha. 

True. Lol

[kmcrosby78]

19 hours ago, GregOug said:

How did you go KM?

Funny you ask Greg - I have just finished filleting them all now, took me 4 days .......   On a serious note, I didn't catch any. The four of us went straight across the road from Sea World and checked the surf out and there was a long gutter with an exit right in front so I chucked a metal slug for about 10 minutes (at about 5:30pm) for no love. Decided not to do morning sessions as they coincided with low tide, I had big days ahead with the boys AND we were staying in a one room motel set up so didn't want to wake everyone. Drove down and checked out the Seaway entrance (realised at this point I'd never been down this way before) and then the beach next to the sand pumping jetty (LONG walk from the carpark tested my sore knee out) and had a 5 minute flick with a slug, again around 5:30pm. Few fishermen there and a small gutter in the corner that had only just started to fill from the incoming tide.

Later Saturday night (about 7:30pm) I drove a few hundred metres south from Sea World Resort and tagged on at the end of a large group of people (figured the numbers would equal more pilchard blood in the water to attract them) but didn't get any hits on the pilchards (which were top quality) and there was a pretty strong sweep to the south. The group beside me had PLENTY of bright headlamps shining into the water so eventually I packed up and went back and tried a little further north right on the high tide. No luck - oh well, I always enjoy my rare chances to wet a line in the surf and the Catana 9ft spin rod I bought for this trip to spin metal lures is really good so just need to get out and use it now  

[GregOug]

1 hour ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Funny you ask Greg - I have just finished filleting them all now, took me 4 days .......   On a serious note, I didn't catch any. The four of us went straight across the road from Sea World and checked the surf out and there was a long gutter with an exit right in front so I chucked a metal slug for about 10 minutes (at about 5:30pm) for no love. Decided not to do morning sessions as they coincided with low tide, I had big days ahead with the boys AND we were staying in a one room motel set up so didn't want to wake everyone. Drove down and checked out the Seaway entrance (realised at this point I'd never been down this way before) and then the beach next to the sand pumping jetty (LONG walk from the carpark tested my sore knee out) and had a 5 minute flick with a slug, again around 5:30pm. Few fishermen there and a small gutter in the corner that had only just started to fill from the incoming tide.

Later Saturday night (about 7:30pm) I drove a few hundred metres south from Sea World Resort and tagged on at the end of a large group of people (figured the numbers would equal more pilchard blood in the water to attract them) but didn't get any hits on the pilchards (which were top quality) and there was a pretty strong sweep to the south. The group beside me had PLENTY of bright headlamps shining into the water so eventually I packed up and went back and tried a little further north right on the high tide. No luck - oh well, I always enjoy my rare chances to wet a line in the surf and the Catana 9ft spin rod I bought for this trip to spin metal lures is really good so just need to get out and use it now  

Any excuse to buy a new rod is always welcome.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

15 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Funny you ask Greg - I have just finished filleting them all now, took me 4 days .......   On a serious note, I didn't catch any. The four of us went straight across the road from Sea World and checked the surf out and there was a long gutter with an exit right in front so I chucked a metal slug for about 10 minutes (at about 5:30pm) for no love. Decided not to do morning sessions as they coincided with low tide, I had big days ahead with the boys AND we were staying in a one room motel set up so didn't want to wake everyone. Drove down and checked out the Seaway entrance (realised at this point I'd never been down this way before) and then the beach next to the sand pumping jetty (LONG walk from the carpark tested my sore knee out) and had a 5 minute flick with a slug, again around 5:30pm. Few fishermen there and a small gutter in the corner that had only just started to fill from the incoming tide.

Later Saturday night (about 7:30pm) I drove a few hundred metres south from Sea World Resort and tagged on at the end of a large group of people (figured the numbers would equal more pilchard blood in the water to attract them) but didn't get any hits on the pilchards (which were top quality) and there was a pretty strong sweep to the south. The group beside me had PLENTY of bright headlamps shining into the water so eventually I packed up and went back and tried a little further north right on the high tide. No luck - oh well, I always enjoy my rare chances to wet a line in the surf and the Catana 9ft spin rod I bought for this trip to spin metal lures is really good so just need to get out and use it now  

Hey kmcrosby78

Sounds like a couple decent sessions you had there, even though you didn't get the most fishing in on the trip.

Good job.

Cheers Hamish