Hairtail

[oapns]

Hi guys, I was planning to go for a hairtail fish this weekend and was wondering if there are any around or am I wasting my time?

Thanks.

[tan the fisherman]

Gday mate -they are around but not many of them for some reason - try Jerusalem Bay

Edited July 23, 2009 by tan the fisherman

[Kirks]

Hey Mate

I would give it a pass as the trawlers go out and around the mouth of broken bay and pick all of the hairtail before they even get a chance to get into river system.

Cheers

Steve

[Catchin Jack]

Bloody trawlers

Does anyone know if the hairtail come south to spawn or why they come here?

Leo

[Trapper Tom]

Hey Fezza

Still a mystery as far as I know. Not much is known about them.

They appear sometimes in all sorts funny places ie Botany Bay had a extraordinary run at one stage a fair few years back.

I do fear that the trawlers have figured out their run into the Hawkesbury and have thereby compromised total numbers and breeding stock etc etc. I did do a post on this about, errrr ????????? maybe 4 months ago, ie why a migrating species of any animal may not appear at a particular point in time that they are supposed to. Suggest click search on hairtail. Hopefully it won't come up with a picture of my cats tail

All the above is only anecdotal though, except for my cats tail, that's real.

Cheers

Trapper T