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  1. Daryl McPhee
    Glad you got a feed!
  2. Daryl McPhee
    Here is a bit of biological information on them. Ask Dr Dazza | Tailor (moretondaily.com.au)
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    I usually do use a sinker at the exact spot where I got those fish as you get more bream without one. I will use anything up to a 5 Ball sinker to find the tailor or avoid things that aren't tailor.
  4. Daryl McPhee
    I'll probably give Shorncliffe a look tomorrow night.
  5. Daryl McPhee
    Yep. In about a 1 metre of water. Where I fish at night is dry at low tide.
  6. Daryl McPhee
    They were a couple of nice fish and I had a few smaller ones as well. I smoke them or coat them in salt and vinegar chips which I put through the food processor to make them into crumbs. The kids love them that way.
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    It was a good after work session on the tailor yesterday at Point Halloran. It is a very consistent spot to catch tailor and there is always plenty of room so need to fight with the crowds. As usual, the old skool techniques of Alvey's, mono, and pillies.
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    I can get them on most tides where I fish. There are a couple of spots which fish a bit better at low tide and a couple of others that fish best at high tide, but overall I focus on the late afternoon/evening.
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    This about sums it up for me. I fished so had food to eat. How wetting a line changed a life (moretondaily.com.au)
  10. Daryl McPhee
    Yes. It's always good to keep it simple and I rarely feel the need to fish where all the cool kids fish.
  11. Daryl McPhee
    Well spotted. I run the sinker on the trace so the sinker sits right on the gangs. This centres the weight and greatly increases the casting distance for the given sinker size. You can get tricky and use a barrel sinker which also provides extra protection from bite offs without the need for wire.
  12. Daryl McPhee
    Hey Drop Bear. The second rock groyne sticking out from the Caravan Park at Pulan Pulan use to hold a few tailor, but I haven't chased them there for a long time. I will be back there in Oct with a big load of American and Norwegian students. I'll be chasing snapper, grassies and tuskies from the backyard then . D
  13. Daryl McPhee
    We have been out catching a few tailor after school on the weekdays around Runaway Bay. No big fish but legal fish for the most part. It's handy to just duck down to get a feed in the afternoon and be back in time for dinner. We just used the usual old school approach of small pillies on gangs, mono and Alvey's. The approach has worked for me for 30+ years and shows no signs of stopping and no need to overcomplicate things.
  14. Daryl McPhee
    The option of being able to cast a long way with a lightly weighted bait is always a good one there.
  15. Daryl McPhee
    Good stuff Hweebe. Float fishing is popular among a few people there but I have generally found that they catch more smaller fish on average. The smaller fish are in close and I tend to throw wide with the Alvey's and long rods to some bare patches that I know are there to get a few better fish. There is often a random flathead!
  16. Daryl McPhee
    It is nice and comfortable!
  17. Daryl McPhee
    I prefer the foreshore at night for tailor in winter. I have found over the 30 years I have fished up that way that the foreshore has consistently more legal fish with a lot more undersized fish congregating around the jetty. However, with a big westerly blow the Pier can produce.
  18. Daryl McPhee
    Plenty of fish around there at the moment if you want to give it a go.
  19. Daryl McPhee
    Hey Ellicat, Yeah, a touch of grease on that one might be in order! Daryl
  20. Daryl McPhee
    Hi all, We ventured up to Sandgate to target a few tailor. No big fish, but a nice feed of choppers up to 42 cm. Old school fishing with Alvey's, bait and mono!
  21. Daryl McPhee
    There is some work specifically in NSW. This is not work that I have been associated with, but the Abstract is below and the full text can be accessed here: Oogenesis, Oocyte Atresia, Ovarian Development and Reproductive Senescence in the Dusky Flathead Platycephalus fuscus (Teleostei) (escientificpublishers.com) Abstract The aim of the present study is to examine developmental changes of oocytes and ovaries of a wild population of dusky flathead Platycephalus fuscus (Cuvier, 1829). This fish is endemic to the east coast of Australia where it inhabits estuaries and coastal waters. It is extensively fished throughout its range. It is a serial spawning teleost, capable of producing vast numbers of externally fertilised eggs in batches over a protracted annual spawning period. Successful egg production, as indicated by the presence of hydrated oocytes and post ovulatory follicles, is commonly observed in small and mid-size females (35cm–65cm Total Length; 2-6 years old) which numerically dominate the female component of the spawning aggregation. Oocyte atresia, at various levels, commences at the vitellogenic oocyte stage, and occurs in all mature fish during the spawning period. Mass oocyte atresia and degenerate ovaries were commonly observed in large fish (>70 cm Total Length and 7 years old), indicating that reproductive senescence occurs after females reach this size.
  22. Daryl McPhee
    A long swim through stingy, bitey waters.
  23. Daryl McPhee
    Now that the various Covid regulations are over, I have been out and about doing community talks again. For those around Redcliffe and northern Brisbane, I have one coming up next month.
  24. Daryl McPhee
    Here is a summary some published information from a colleague Dr Barry Pollock. The annual spawning aggregation of dusky flathead 'Platycephalus fuscus' at Jumpinpin, Queensland Dusky flathead 'Platycephalus fuscus' form seasonal spawning aggregations where estuaries meet the ocean in eastern Australia. The present study at Jumpinpin in south Queensland shows that dusky flathead have a protracted spawning period with serial spawning during summer (November to April). They are rudimentary hermaphrodites with sex determined at an early juvenile stage. Sex ratios are skewed with males most common in the smaller size-classes (< 50 cm TL). Mid-sized females (45 cm - 69 cm TL) dominate the production of eggs due to their abundance in the spawning aggregation. Within the female component of the spawning aggregation, the occurrence of individuals exceeding the current maximum size limit of 75 cm TL is low (2.6%). Parasitic nematodes (philometrids) occurred in 8% of ovaries. Degenerated ovaries, in which atretic oocytes are common, are present in half of the very large females (70 cm - 75cm TL) examined. The current minimum size restriction of 40 cm TL for dusky flathead provides protection for 73% of males and 15% of females within the spawning aggregation.
  25. Daryl McPhee
    Hi Sunny Boy, The project as a whole is not focussing on the specific location of individual FADs, but as FADs are clearly a fisheries enhancement tool that aims to increase angler satisfaction, there is little or no case for putting them in areas that people can't fish.
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