eastwood1980 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Hi guys, i don't really write reports etc but on Friday night i went fishing to barrenjoey head the calm side around 9pm to catch some tailors with a mate of mine. Fished for around 2 hours, not a single bite...... i was like you serious?.... oh also we were using long shank hooks to catch the tailors.... i know suppose to be a ganged hook.... Baits: pillies cut into little blocks. It was now 12am...... the current was moving to the left, suddenly my freinds glowstick was moving right slowly.... i was like... errrr mines going left why is yours moving right and no bite at all..... then he yanked it..... i was like..... wtf.... its a hairtail, length around 1.6m long. So i put another glow stick near the bait and tried it again.... bang i am on.... and busted me off....... At then end lost around 15 hairtails in front and ended up catching 2 only LOL...... didn't have the right gear for the hairtails... Aren't hairtails suppose to come out in winter.... there are so much hairtails in barrenjoeys head right now... maybe they are moving in now slowly? Both hairtails were around 1.6-1.7m pretty big i have to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwood1980 Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 Oh i have to photo but seems like i can't put it up.... Can anyone help me here? or pm me your number and i'll send you the photo and can you post it up for me? if not oh well.. hehehe admin ? can you help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOOS Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Man, i love hairtail. they got crazy teeth, easyly bite through line, need gangers or bit of thin wire trace.. but soooo nice to eat. my mum fries them up with bit of sauce so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapper Tom Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Hey Eastwood. I can comfirm that no they are not just a winter species. It just happens that for the last 20 odd years they have been mainly reported/documented in the press in the colder months around the Sydney area. Hence the misconception. Classic is Cowan Ck at night followed by Bot Bay both day and night (but not of late) and Syd H off Clifton Gardens (but not of late). Stewy has a theory on this ie why they have been missing in numbers for the last 7-10 years and I agree with him. They are getting netted before they reach their destination, when they do its because a large weather system has interferred with normal systematic commercial trawling and hence they get through in smaller numbers. Verfied documentation exists that they have been caught by anglers up and down the coast at all yearly times and even been caught as far north as townsville harbour in the middle of the summer. It is interesting to note that if they are a colder water species that (as far as I know) they are not caught in our far southern waters. They are a very very interesting prehistoric species of which very little is known. Great Teeth Hey! Research however suspects that they sort of live around New Z and migrate between there and here. No evidance exists that they migrate here to soley spawn etc etc (ie like trout) as a species mating ritual, so why they would come here, that would take about 2 pages to explain. Mate if they are here now go chase em they will be hanging around for a bitlonger, Oh and particularly on full moon nights contrary to some beliefs. Chase the baitfish and you will find them. Cheers and good luck. Trapper Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwood1980 Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 Thanx for that useful infor trapper, going for hairtails again this saturday night.... hopefully with my wire trace and ganged hooks ... will be able to catch more. They are here in good numbers.... so should be fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOOS Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Pictures.. sorry took so long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwood1980 Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 Thanx heaps Defishent! I hope you catch heaps there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trapper Tom Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Hey any other fishraiders. Just out of curiosity has anyone put a live bait down in the hole off Clifton Gardens/ deeper areas of Bot B or Even Newcaslte Harbour. If they are in they Hawksbury they may very well be in these spots. A suggestion for a try. Cheers Trapper Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Well done Sam, mate they are a couple of nice chromies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvbigfish Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 not suprising me and my partner hit flint&steel last month targeting jews,i caught a nice size hairtail which i too thought were a winter species , i guess not , good work and good luck for next week!! cheers paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anf Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Well Done! We got 6 at Flint and Steel on Saturday morning! Don't forget your wire traces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianniz Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 did you guys walked to the lighthouse??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwood1980 Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 Ya have to walk around the lighthouse, watch out for TICKS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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