IratusEst Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Good day fellow fish raiders,This is my first post on here and firstly, I like to thank the Fishraider's Administrators and all the expert raiders out there in this forum. From all your posts, experiences, passion and recommendations, I have become a learned land based raider since January this year. I have purchased some decent gears to added to my inventory and new obsession. To date, I have slowly graduated from catching salmons, bonitos, rat kings and to my recent adventures...the savages (the badass tailors).Since the king tides hit our coastal waters, the weather had improved and I again unpacked my gears. I ventured to the beach last night desperately trying to bag a few. Beautiful weather and nice forecast and it was a slow start as usual. I used poppers and few stick baits with no results so it was time for the pilchards. My glow lights dipped a few times and I was loosing baits constantly. I have no ideas what was taking my baits. Then I quickly landed a small tailor. This is when all the action started, and looking around there was no one else targeting these hungry warriors. The tailors are back and hungry with good sizes up to 50cm.They hit early around 7 pm last night and smashed all the pilchards I was throwing at them. I was running two rods simultaneously on a 12ft and 13ft surf rods. The Stradic FJ 8K was effortless in napping 4/5 good size 43 - 47 cm tailors. My light gear Sedona 4K was no match for these savages and I ended up loosing a few big ones that jumped out of the water. My mate bagged 5 squids in 3 hours for his liking. It was time to go home when the wind picked up around 9pm. It was a fantastic night.To all the enthusiastic raiders, keep your gear warm and get out there. Happy fishing and keep safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adsy91 Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Good work mate! Very nice for a first post. There's certainly some good sized tailor getting around at the moment, should be a good season. Keeo up the good work! Ads Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragmeister Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Good effort. Tailor are a lot of fun and it was off Wanda Beach as a young fella that I caught my first Tailor ( and first fish) and I was hooked for life. Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam bros Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Welcome to fishraider Majority of the beaches have been firing both up and down the coast It is a great time of year for Beach fishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IratusEst Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 Thank you all. I also need some advice on striking against the underrated tailor. I have lost more tailors then any other fishes. I don't know whether it's my technique or simply the excitement when the glow light goes berserk in the water or simply just lack of control in the dark. Any advice is muchly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Welcome to Fishraider and well done with your first post. In answer to your question, it is probably better to pick up your rod when there is obviously a fish biting. Take up any slack line and hold your finger against the line to FEEL what is happening. You will know when the fish is hooked and can strike to set the hook. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adsy91 Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 I agree with Neil. Tailor don't ever eat a fish on the first bite, they take a bite out of the tail to mame their prey then go in for the kill therefore first sign of a bite...get ready and strike on the next Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harold Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 We.come and I second what has already been said about the Tailor. They are great fighting fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IratusEst Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 Thanks again. I will definately try it out. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthecowgodmoo Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) Thank you all. I also need some advice on striking against the underrated tailor. I have lost more tailors then any other fishes. I don't know whether it's my technique or simply the excitement when the glow light goes berserk in the water or simply just lack of control in the dark. Any advice is muchly appreciated. Great report. Tailor like to chop the tail off fish before coming back to take the rest. Rig your pillies up on gang hooks if they cover at least 3/4 of the pillie's length. Otherwise you could do what I do, which is a 'two hook rig' with one hook through the head and one right down near the tail. Rig them around a metre under a float and let them take it a couple of feet under before striking. Tight lines! Scott. Edited June 21, 2016 by iamthecowgodmoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Welcome to our community and your comments are very much appreciated. Look forward to reading your posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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