Hey Scott,
You right about the weather, it has been really ordinary up here and the winds very unpredictable. I got out on the bay yesterday (wednesday) with completely calm conditions from 5am-11am. On the top of the tide, I started collecting bait and managed 2 squid and a few whiting. Headed to my Jew spot on the run out. It was so calm that I didn't really need to drop anchor cos I wasn't moving, but I did anyway. Started to burly and sent out 1 livie, 1 live squid and 1 rod with fresh prawns. The squid got hammered and so did the prawn but no hook up???
As I was winding in the prawn less rod I caught a chomper tailor chasing my silver hook. Ah ha, that's what had been destroying my bait. So I collected a few, butterflied 1 and sent one out live. Was there till 1hr after run out with nothing decent. There must have been a million tailor in the bay. All baits were destroyed. So I moved to another spot and same thing. Probably the worst day I've had in the bay with those conditions. Oh well, this means I will have to got out again on the weekend for this weeks fish for dinner!
Cheers scratchie