b4nd1t Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 me and some mates just recently got back from a skiing trip and had a few days to spare so we decided to head up the coast to see if we could get onto some nice winter salmon..anyway first day there set the alarm for 4am and got up and began the trek to Spot x..the water was lookin beautiful without a cloud in sight..just as the sun began to rise the fist lure was thrown out and BANG!! im on..after a small fight i land i nice kilo tailor..The three other guys i was with quickly got their spinners into the water and had their first cast to the same result..This action continued for about and hour with one after the other being landed and then like magic they went off the bite..of about the 30 landed we kept 6 for dinner..the metal spinners seemed to have lost effectiveness so i decided to switch to bait..having caught all my previous kings on pilchard cubes i took this approcah again and after a small wait i was onto a little rat only went 50cms so sent him back..i rebaited and the a short time later my rod bucked and the drag peeled off the penn and i immediatley called it a king..after a nervous 5 minute fight trying to steer him from reefing me i finaly got him close enough to the rocks and my mate got a clean gaff shot on him..he went 76 cms and 3.4kgs on the scales and tasted great on the bbq later that night..along with that my mate landed a bumper salmon on a spinner he must have been 4-5kgs but we set the big girl free.. all in all a great trip and glad the fish were biting. cheers b4nd1t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f1sh3rm4n Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 awesome story b4nd1t, sounds like u and your mates had heaps of fun, great work with the king, its never easy to land them of the stones, you must have a really experienced gaff man. nice salmon as well, looks like an absolute thumper of a specemin youve got there. by the way what size and type of lures were you using to catch the tailor with. they are awesome fun when you hit a school of them, even more of light tackle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b4nd1t Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 awesome story b4nd1t, sounds like u and your mates had heaps of fun, great work with the king, its never easy to land them of the stones, you must have a really experienced gaff man. nice salmon as well, looks like an absolute thumper of a specemin youve got there. by the way what size and type of lures were you using to catch the tailor with. they are awesome fun when you hit a school of them, even more of light tackle. you should know you were there fisherman, yeh the gaffmans alrite but he ruined the fillets..but we cort them on 40 and 65gm raider metal spinners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryadams Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 That's awsome mate!! Wish I was there but unfortunately had to work all week unlike your gaff man which had a great time stuffing your fillets up. P.S I heard of some good snapper - up to 5kg just off Sydney!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leatherjacket Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Nice one! Always great to see guys catching great fish off the stones!!!! Fishing off the rocks is also good for drinking and socializng and don't get DIY on the water. I normally don't start until after daylight - 5am. In my opinion every fish off the stones is worth three from a boat. Good on ya mate! Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donjuarez Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Fishing off the rocks is also good for drinking and socializng and don't get DIY on the water. I normally don't start until after daylight - 5am. while fishing off the stones?!?!?!? insanity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank G Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Sounds like a top way to spend a morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b4nd1t Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 ye mate was a great morning...waited til i got home to have a beer 6 am was a bit early...9 am on the other hand... cheers guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnk Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Sounds like a good day out - well done. I recently moved from N'cle and am searching for some good land based spots to fish for Jewies, tailor and kings - can anybody recommend any places - live at Milsons Point cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Fossil Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Sounds like a good day out - well done. I recently moved from N'cle and am searching for some good land based spots to fish for Jewies, tailor and kings - can anybody recommend any places - live at Milsons Point cheers Ball's mate, you could almost walk to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnk Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Ball's mate, you could almost walk to it. Many thanks -now where you mean - scouted that out on the weekend - big rock that sits out and above the high water mark looked ver inviting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryqc87 Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Monster Tailor, well done mate. You should be happy to go back to your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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