queensland 2015 PB Tailor

[Joe K]

Hi Guys,

I went for a quick fish at Narrowneck last night arriving at 7pm. With the high tide at 9pm it gave me 2 hours of fishing. There was a light SE breeze and reasonable seas but no fishos on the beach. I put on the biggest pilly on the 4/0 ganged hooks, waded into the surf and cast it 40m into the gutter. The pilly drifted 10m with the Northerly sweep and my rod was yanked down hard. I leaned back with the rod setting the hooks and the fish took off. As I fish with 100% drag I was dragged into deeper water by the struggling fish as it swam with the sweep. I let the fish struggle against the surf rod and I started to walk backwards up the beach pulling the fish with me. One last effort to escape in the shallow water and a big wave washed it onto the beach. Hooray! My 2015 PB tailor!

I cast for the next 30 minutes without a bite. I find greenbacks usually swim alone when they scour a gutter for baitfish. A school of sea bream appeared and I managed to land two 31 & 34cm bream. The seas got rougher with big rollers coming in so at 8.45pm I called it a night. Happy tailoring!

Cheers... Joe.

[Damien2Rad]

Very nice Joe! This is the time of the year for the bigger fish. Hopefully we get some more good weather over the coming weeks so we can get more big ones!

[Angus]

Solid!!! Chunks at that size.

Angus

[archer63]

Nice fish...well done Joe !!

[Dubbzy]

great fish mate

[kmcrosby78]

Nice one Joe, great fish. What pound line are you running?

[Joe K]

Thanks guys! I really enjoy writing up a fishing trip with some pics for you fellas. I was stoked with my 2015 PB tailor and was almost praying it would touch 60cm as I dragged it to the mat. I even tried stretching it on the mat to no avail!

Damian, you have a great opportunity to land these greenbacks as you can cast much further than me with a pilly. I'm looking forward to see your pic of a 60cm plus greenback. I did not get a touch from the smaller chopper tailor last night. I guess they have mostly migrated up North.

KMCrosby, my Shimano Bullseye is spooled with 20lb braid. I have a spare spool with 30lb braid but the heavier braid compromises my casting distance.

I shared the tailor with my house painter who loves tailor. The thick fillets we had for dinner tonight were thick and juicy. Yum!