North Coast Tailor

[LuckyFil]

Arrived at Broken Head (near Byron) yesterday and with the break in the rain (we've had a lot) I headed out to the rocks in the arvo. Seas are big here too so couldn't fish the main platform but found a spot out of the main swell and side sweep. Tried bait for a while but only a few bites although a fellow on a better rock nearby scored a few nice bream using beach worms.

As the sun set I tried spinning a metal into the white water, no luck until the nominated "last cast" then got slammed and after good tussle landed a 51cm tailor that was very thick across the shoulders. After that result I had to have a few more casts and managed one more at 47cm. It was nearly dark by then so went back to the van happy with the result. Had them for tea tonight with our friends. The four fillets easily fed six of us, which went down well.

[wazatherfisherman]

Good sized Tailor LuckyFil! I discovered that cooking them on the bbq after cooking the snags and using the sausage fat gave them a very nice flavour. Hope you get a few more good ones on your trip

[LuckyFil]

12 hours ago, wazatherfisherman said:

Good sized Tailor LuckyFil! I discovered that cooking them on the bbq after cooking the snags and using the sausage fat gave them a very nice flavour. Hope you get a few more good ones on your trip

Thanks Wazza. Yeah biggest tailor I've caught for ages. I recently switched out the trebles on my metals as last time the tailor were throwing out the lures with their jumps and thrashing about. Put a pair of single swinging hooks on and they worked really well both these fished jumped a lot but no sign of losing the hooks. So far so good.

Will keep your cooking tip in mind too

Cheers

Fil