Lawrie

Hey Ben It's Lawrie . iv'e been ther a few times. and you can forget land based fishing on hamilton island because there ain't any , only fish you catch is on charter and it's normally a fair way from there. but hire yourself a golf buggy and hit the roads there very hilly and you will get very thirsty hope you like a drink. the swimming pools are great and the party life is great after dark. trust me ,you won't have time for to much fishing. enjoy your holiday. Lawrie .,

Hi Raiders. It's Lawrie You can see that Mick has been ratting my old pics again. brings back memories , I used to love that bait shop , even the early starts and long hours. and sure we used to sell heaps of blood worms we were the first to sell them comercially that was in about 1971. you would be amazed how they dug those babys, they were mostly used for catching bream. and would you believe i would have customers that would come to the shop and if we had run out they would go home and not go fishing. they liked them as bait that much. The other photo of the two trout was taken in new zealand and boy don't they have the trout business all sewn up. check out the size of these suckers , you can catch trout this size all day over there . a very nice place to go for a fishing holiday. and lovely people to boot. and the other photo was taken a very long time ago, this is a photo of a couple of very rare eastern cod. that i was lucky enough to catch while on a bass fishing trip on the nimboida river. the site of these beautiful fish as the swam off in the shallows as i released them was magnificant. as we know now that these fish are strictley protected and are to be left alone at all costs. But it sure brings back memories. Iv'e Just opend a nice bottle of red and i am just sit back and relax . thanks raiders. Lawrie ..

Hi raiders. Just a little fish . But I dare anyone to kiss and release this one. I'm interested to read your comment on this guy.. I've got more photo's of him if you need to see more. Lawrie.

I could tell you my secret method of smoking tailor. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Goes well with a couple of beers. Going out now ,will get back to you. Lawrie.

Hey Mako. A mate just called in and showed me two yailor he caught this morning,and crikey they are nice fish. About 4kg not monster,s but nice fish all the same. He caught them about 3 km north of where i got mine from. I,m just about ready to go myself. It,s amazing what seeing fish like that dose to you, Re-rig the rods and arc up the suzuki.smiths beach here i come. Hopefully I might have some thing to show you later. Hope you beat my fish, thats what it,s all about. Lawrie.

Maybe the shark ate him and now he's 4.1 meters long Lawrie. Has any one seen that show on TV how they troll a piece of foam behind a boat shaped like a seal and how those white pointers come up from underneath and jump and grab a foam seal like nothing else. I reckon that bloke hasn;t seen it. Lawrie.

Thanks Roberta. Had lot's of nice remarks on the tailor, the raiders are a good bunch of fishos.hope tyey all experience one like one day. PS. The news of the capture has swept like wild fire up here.I think everyone is going to try and catch one. when the weather clears. Thanks once again ,Lawrie.

Roberta must have my problem . artharitis in the hands and those pliers are a must for me. and that red weed is a major problem ,it buggers up the worms as well, they go soft and don't freeze at all well.I have a spike made of stainless round bar with a t piece welded across the top and a half chain link welded under the top where i tie a piece of thin rope and at the end i tie my stink bait. and you push this down in the sand and as the waves wash it about, it gives you much more freedom to chase your worms. then all you have to do is move the spike every now and then.i'll take a photo to-morrow and show you it .some one can make you one up. Lawrie

Hi.Members. I'd like to know how you all would respond to this situation. Lawrie..!!

Yes Mondo.We catch worms in the winter and are usually better quality worms but are fewer.in number.We worm 7mile near forster at the pines. and do ok.also tuncurry beach can be ok at times as well.What do you use as a stink bait. I find a stingray or jewie head very good.and the fresher the better.tell me where you go worming.I personally think worming is the best part of going fishing. Good luck Mondo.

Hi Mondo, I've found in the winter they do not like wind of any kind.So you are better worming when the wind is at it's least.Also you can try worming higher in the tide,Maybe one to two hours after high tide. and down for a couple of hours. I have good sucess with this method,as i think the waves work up and down with more frequency,and the worms are normally more active, and once the waves settle down as the tide gets lower,they can get very wary. Hope this can help you in some way. Lawrie.

Smiths Beach. Half way between Manning Point and Old Bar. And I've heard of other fish to 6kg Caught around the same Place. Lawrie.

Hi to all Members, It didn,t take Mick long to post that capture,and boy what a fish.I've caught some nice tailor in my day,but this one blew them away.About half an hour earlier I got one about one kilo and cut him up for bait in slabs,and thats what he took. He only shook the bait and ran in with it ten to fifteen meters.and dropped it, and as i leaned back on him ,he took off, and boy didn't he go.He must have run one hundred meters before i could stop him. and i honestly thought i had a jewie on,only he was going a lot faster.But i must admit it was certainly a big thrill,as seven lb was about the biggest one iv'e ever caught.I hope all you guys get one in your lifetime.and you can say you've caught Tyranasaurus Tailor. Best of luck, Lawrie I thought I would throw these pictures in with the story of my catch , to Clarify the confusion. By the way, i'm going back to-night to look for his mother. Thanks all. Lawrie.

Hi members. It's Lawrie , I'm sorry, ihave not been around ,but i've been having trouble with trojans. Anyway i'm back for now. How about that jew ,I was with my mate Lee down at smiths beach and there was some nice water there,about five thirty pm. and we were spinning with raiders with no sucess and then i changed to a storm plastic, it was a dark green one about 75 grams. and crikey didn't he nail it, i was just lifting and dropping and he smaked it on the drop.don't you just love catching fish on lures!! he was full of small sand mullet about ten inches long.he must have had five or six in him. by the way he was a tad over 60 lbs. and he was in top condition. Just check the photo that mick posted thats owzat!!!!!!!! It's a shame i didn't take the photo before i gutted him. I'll catch you all later Lawrie..

Hi phillip I used to fish the lachlan years ago and used to do quite well up near the dam wall. I don't know if there are any restrictions now , but we used gold woblers and baltic minnows, and caught some nice fish. however there must be water coming out of the dam. also about six or seven klms down stream there's a bridge you can fish upstream of that .a mixture of browns and rainbows . black and gold celtas used to do the job.nice country but watch out for snakes. Lawrie.

Hi to all. Seeing as I caught the fish I'll call it 17.5kgs ,So the salter scales said. But he ate well all the same Catch you later Lawrie

Hi Bung. back again, In the deeper water i've used squid and pillys but never ocky so i don't know,but you could try it. my mate is mad on lures and has ok results . he uses storm plastics and squiges , Mostly fish up to 8kg but haven't seen him catch any bigger. Only problem up here is the rotten wind . even to-night it would blow a dog off a chain here, other wise i would be down there. Catch you later bung ....Lawrie.

Hi Bung. A nice rolling sea of one and a half meters is great, and it usually breaks at the back of the bank and then you have the white water covering the bar. thats where you get them. I am of the opinion that they are in groups because of the way they grab that worm , They certainly don,t muck about. Nice talking to you bung. Lawrie.

Hi Hooch , Yeah mate right on top of the bar.and yes your right ,worms are what there chaseing , worms are like jelly beans to these guys. You don,t want the water to rough one and a half meters is great. one thing they dont do is play with the bait they jest smash it , I suppose we are lucky here we catch our worms as we need them. and they are monsters. we have some great worming beaches. Catch you later hooch.....Lawrie.

Hi ken.A Maybe one day you,ll get up this way.

Hi to all members, This may not be to everyones liking ,but sure is fun for me, pick your self out a spot on the beach during daylight hours at low tide is best you need a sand bar within casting distance and a nice gutter between you and the bar , I dont like long gutters look for short gutters and sand spits , up here on the mid north coast the beach has all little holes and spits and lots of small gutters its only a choice but you will get the hang of it. what i do to mark the beach so i see it at night is put some reflecting tape on a stump higher on the beach , this way you can use diferent colours for diferent holes. I,ll send you a couple of sattelite shots of what i mean. The only time to fish for jew on sand bars, is couple of hours either side of high water. and the only bait to use is beach worms.I use a patanosta rig , the drop about 300mm ,and drop to sinker one meter ,and drop up to swivel 450mm. You can use long shank hook about 6/0 to 8/0 thread the worm on the hook and up the line at least six inches. The moon phase you have to fish will start one week after full moon and you can fish up to one week after the new moon , darker the better.When the jew are on the bight you can rack up your bag limit very quickly.Sometimes when you throw out they grab the bait before you get a chance to flick back the bailarm ,most of these fish are between 3kg and 10 kg .fish with your drag firm as in shallow water they jump and can throw the hook. Catch you later Lawrie.

Hi Russ. Nothing wrong with butterfly tailor, but the curent on the beach is normally quick .Less bait less drag and also the little fish leave you alone. Even a fillet works and it works even better if you fold the fillet so as the skin is in and flesh is out and a large hook is needed , gives them something to chew on. Thanks russ hope you get one soon Lawrie.

Hi Hal Only big children who can,t catch fish only dream. I catch fish , Where dose that leave you!!!! Catch you later Lawrie

When I left off last time I just tossed out my tailor head on the edge of the bank and it drifted in to the hole, it was about 15 minutes after high tide and 7.30 pm I felt that telltale rattle they give , and all hell broke loose, his first run must be close to 120meters. I had my drag set to about 8kg.and i thought he would never stop, About 5 runs later he setteled into a patern and headed north along the beach ,This is the time to keep a lot of upward pressure on him to tire him out , So just go with him and soon he will pop up to the surface ,Now pick a wave and let the wave wash him up on the beach now it,s time for my mate to gaff him and slide him up high and dry. Most important thing is don,t panic , and let me tell you when you see a jew 60lb or better,and your heart is pounding.You can say job well done. I sincerly hope that you all experience this at least once in your life time. Next time i,ll share the secrets of bank fishing in 1meter of water and catching schoolies up to 20 lb on beach worms. Catch you later Lawrie.

This time of the year I usually head down to the beach about an hour before dark with my mate lee.From august to the end of october is the best time for big jewfish for us.To rig up for these big guy,s I use a one piece 7144 rod with a good quality threadline reel loaded with 40 lb tuff line .and 40 lb good quality nylon line.use a 4oz-6oz pyramid sinker and 4foot of leader as a runing rig.Now comes the hard part , finding some nice water to fish This will come with experience,but i like a hole at the end of a small gutter .Best tide for them seems to be on the top of the tide and just after. and also on the bottom of the tide as well. for some reason they seem to come in for a feed at this time.Now for bait you can use pilly,s or squid, But my all time favourite bait are taylor heads, just run the knife down behind the head and just through the back bone and then hold the head and the body and pull apart you will end up with the head and the gut lining.Now you need to snood two 10/0 octapus hooks 90 mil apart, The top hook will go under the chin and out the top of his nose and other hook imbed in the gut make sure points are well exposed. usally throw out on the end of the sand bar and it will find it,s way in to the edge of the hole ,they will come in around the bar and your bait will be in his tracks, What hapens next will get the heart going. Believe Me. I,ll finish off the exiting bit in a day or two.as i have to go ,Hope i have been of some assistance to some of you . Catch ya later Lawrie.