Wellzy94 Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 (edited) First fishing report, please be gentle! 6 of us went out in 2 boats overnight in Cowan Creek, chasing hairtail. Boats in at Apple Tree Bay boat ramp at around 5pm, setup and ready to go in waratah bay by 6. The hairtail were definitely there! All 6 of us lost a bunch, mainly due to lack of experience trying to keep them on the hook. In the end, one person on my boat landed 2, both around the 1m mark. Skipper landed a good size tailor, measuring 32cm, and I caught my first ever Jewfish, measuring 66cm. The other boat was less action with only one fish caught, but it was a whopper 1.65m hairtail. We all plan on making a full weekend trip on the Hawks on the 9/10th July and getting a day chasing flathead and bream before settling up Cowan for more hairtail. Sorry for the lack of pics, my hands were too cold to come out of my pockets! Ill make sure to get some on our next trip (if we catch any). Cheers, Wellzy Edited June 27, 2016 by Wellzy94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Good first report wellzy! Thanks for the feedback on the area. I'm sure there'll be a few interested raiders with the upcoming social this weekend! The social will also give you feedback as to whats biting! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellzy94 Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share Posted June 27, 2016 There are most definitely hairtail there! Just a much steeper learning curve to work out how to hook them than a lot of other species. The 9th/10th will be my third night out chasing hairies, maybe third time lucky! Fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisho.sid Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 What time did the bites come on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellzy94 Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share Posted June 27, 2016 @Fisho.sid We were getting bites all through the night that showed the typical hairtail characteristic. Bites started and first fish was caught not too long after it got completely dark (~7pm from memory), and they dropped in frequency around 2:30am. Hope it helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amkr Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Good to see the cold snap has brought them in, the reports were scarce before this weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankS Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Good report thanks for sharing with us, so looks like there is a mixed size group of fish about. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little scratchie jnr Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 good first report Wellzy good luck on getting your first hair tail they put up a great fight from Brando Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellzy94 Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share Posted June 27, 2016 I caught two a couple weeks ago, just got lucky enough for them to hook themselves! Still a lot for me to learn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrybeynon Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 What do you use to hook them? I saw one in half of metre of water while I was targeting brim the other night only around 6pm. Flicked my Zman grub in front of it a few times and it was hitting it but not getting hooked up. could of dropped the jig head hook size but didn't want to re-rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellzy94 Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share Posted June 27, 2016 My rig was knottable wire trace (about 1/2 metre) with a red glowstick attached just above a single hook, with half pilchards as bait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amkr Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 What do you use to hook them? I saw one in half of metre of water while I was targeting brim the other night only around 6pm. Flicked my Zman grub in front of it a few times and it was hitting it but not getting hooked up. could of dropped the jig head hook size but didn't want to re-rig. REALLY!? Thats crazy, would have been amazing to see. Did it swim like an eel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam bros Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 (edited) My rig was knottable wire trace (about 1/2 metre) with a red glowstick attached just above a single hook, with half pilchards as bait. Well done mate I'm new to Hairtail fishing, Do you just use it unweighted and let it drift in the current or do you put some weight on it? Edited June 27, 2016 by sam bros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrybeynon Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 REALLY!? Thats crazy, would have been amazing to see. Did it swim like an eel? Yeah like a eel but shiny silver was testing out my new LED Lenser head lamp, light didn't even seem to spook it ethier unlike all the poddy mullet around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellzy94 Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share Posted June 27, 2016 @sambros im also new to chasing hairys, I had two rods weightless and two with a small sinker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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