juicy233 Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 This afternoon I decided to go for an evening fish on the mosman side of the spit bridge off either side and target some tailor and yakkas on some little soft plastics and hard bodies. As I got there, there was a little surface action out in the middle of the channel however as the sun began to set, the tailor turned on and there wasn't a time when there weren't splashes on the surface from tailor feeding on all those tiny mullet that hold in the shallow bits beside the lights of the bridge. First cast after dark, bang right onto a decent 20cm tailor. After about an hour of using a shallow diving 60mm hard body, I had caught 8 tailor ranging from the 15cm mark to 35cm. I had noticed that I would often catch fish 2 casts in a row then not catch any for 5-10 mins, I guess this was just the school moving about either side of the bridge. After I had caught these 8 fish, I got the worst tangle on my line I have ever seen, somehow the line was coming off my spool at 3 different points. Whilst dealing with this, I watched my brother cast a little metal 10g jig and get some more tailor just some consistently larger models around the 30cm mark as he could cast it further. Around 7pm, the change of the tide from dead low to rising caused the tailor to go bonkers and even swim in close chasing small yakkas and mullet. It was at this point I had become incredibly frustrated with my tangle and had given up for the night, however, my brother wasn't done yet, he hooked into one of the weirdest fish I've ever seen, it looked like a deformed stingray without a tail crossed with a flounder. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of it as it came off as we pulled it up but I am absolutely stumped at what this fish could be. Overall a great night fishing, my first time using hard bodies successfully has been a blast and I'd say even these small tailor were a great success as I've learnt a lot about how to use these bibbed lures and how all these fish bunch up under the light. Maybe some other time I'll try get into some big predators feeding on the seemingly infinite bait here at night. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ireallylovefishies22 Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 sounds like you hooked into a numb ray! be careful of them, they can give quite a nasty electric jolt. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juicy233 Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 Wow yeah I've looked at pictures of the numb ray, that looks identical, I've never seen or heard of them before, are they rare in Sydney? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ireallylovefishies22 Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 not super rare, they can be caught in most estuary systems around nsw. quite a nuisance to deal with as you cant touch them lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Flatty Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 I think you got off lightly having landed the numb ray and to not have found out why the species is famous! I trod on one on the Clontarf flats and I’m not forgetting about that in a hurry! Well done on a good session with the tailor. They are normally the bane of my existence but when there’s a bit of size to them, they are good fun, as you found out. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 2 hours ago, ireallylovefishies22 said: not super rare, they can be caught in most estuary systems around nsw. quite a nuisance to deal with as you cant touch them lol Well, you can touch them, but will not be doing it again. 200 volts or so it what you cop. Standing on them while prawning at night, or pushing a nipper pump into the sand with a numbray hidden in the sand, certainly makes you jump. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 10 hours ago, juicy233 said: Wow yeah I've looked at pictures of the numb ray, that looks identical, I've never seen or heard of them before, are they rare in Sydney? They can really give you a belt if you touch them. Interestingly when diving, if you touch their tail area quickly, they will do a full circle summersault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Thanks for sharing @juicy233. It’s great fun hooking into tailor on light gear, especially flicking metals. I often troll a Rapala through there and pickup tailor and sometimes Mackerel and Salmon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juicy233 Posted June 26 Author Share Posted June 26 Good thing it came off on its own accord, otherwise it sounds like I would've gotten a nasty shock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james Cutler Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Great report. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 Lucky you never grab that Ray! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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