sadamson Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Last night i headed to WB with my mate Adam (suffo) who was keen to catch his first Hairtail.His 11 year old son Joel wanted to come and his mum finally gave in and gave him a day pass not happy as it was a school night.(Dont worry we wont be out late) Famous last words.Maybe Adams! On the water at 4.30 at Apple Tree bay ,Quick run around to WB Picked up a public mooring and set up.Just on dark i hooked and landed a good fish then all went quite for the next couple of hours.Then Joel picked up a 55 cm Salmon which was released.You could hear other boats dealing with a couple hairtail cheers and the thud of a club on the head of a hairtail with snapping jaws.Then all 4 of of rod started getting bites and runs but we could not hook them.We were using full pilchards so we changed to only a fillet,when the fish came back we started hooking up at one point we had a triple hook up and landed all of them.The fish were doing laps of the bay as you could hear other boats, then they would appear on the sounder we found all the fish in 3-5 meters of water we were sitting in 18 meters.We ended up with 7 Hairtail longest be 1.45 meters.Off the water at 11.00pm back at Adams at 12.00 Joel in bed 12.15. Very excited young man and plenty to brag about at school today he landed 2 hairtail plus a salmon. Hope to do it again soon. Cheers Stephen (Reggie the Rabbit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Nice work Stephen Regards Stewy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Incredible Hull Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Looked like an awesome night, well done guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Great session guys! Very jealous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongy Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Great session there. Are there gates getting to Apple Tree Bay boat ramp? And when do they get locked? I dont want to get locked in after a night session tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Great session there. Are there gates getting to Apple Tree Bay boat ramp? And when do they get locked? I dont want to get locked in after a night session tonight. Keen to hear the answer to this too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadamson Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 Keen to hear the answer to this too! We drove in at 4.30 paid our money at the ramp car park $11.00 machine drove out just after 11.00pm did not notice any thing about locking gates cheers Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 We drove in at 4.30 paid our money at the ramp car park $11.00 machine drove out just after 11.00pm did not notice any thing about locking gates cheers Stephen thanks for that mate. Hopefully i won't get any nasty surprises! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locodave Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Awesome! Always good to break up the week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Great trip , nice feed to go round. well done guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Great stuff guys, glad the young fella scored a couple too, nice pics of the chrome critters.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmac Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Very sharp teeth. Anyone experience been bitten by hairtails? I experienced been bitten by eel once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish311 Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Very sharp teeth. Anyone experience been bitten by hairtails? I experienced been bitten by eel once. Yes , I get bite last 2 week ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Hooked Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Great catch! I'm heading that way myself. Can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackHawk Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Great catch guyz,what boat where u in me and my mate was there as well very few bites,alot of waiting.Did u use wire traces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackHawk Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Me and my mate were getting bitten of on 60pound leader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josamill Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 The hairtail reports have been sensational over the last 2 weeks or so......great reading and images, your efforts are appreciated. We tried Sunday with no success. Have any of you guys checked their guts to see what they've been feeding on (other than your pillies and gang hooks). Be interesting to know what keeps them up in that WB area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadamson Posted June 21, 2012 Author Share Posted June 21, 2012 Me and my mate were getting bitten of on 60pound leader. I was using 11 lb braid 15 lb leader and 100mm wire trace 2 ganged hooks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadamson Posted June 21, 2012 Author Share Posted June 21, 2012 The hairtail reports have been sensational over the last 2 weeks or so......great reading and images, your efforts are appreciated. We tried Sunday with no success. Have any of you guys checked their guts to see what they've been feeding on (other than your pillies and gang hooks). Be interesting to know what keeps them up in that WB area. when cleaning 1 had a small squid and another had a new hook and line he must have been hungry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tide'n'knots Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 well done steven, things are looking good for the hairtail social! pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyR Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Totally awesome! Best show and tell ever I reckon!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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