Tailor in the Nong

[azkay]

Jim they will bite you off even on 20lb if they are big enough.
Usually people fishing on beam gear got no chance unless they are hooked on the rear treble and the lure is a longish one. ..
That's an expensive way to loose a double clutch apart from the obvious snag fish. ..
That's a decent fish for melbourne though

Agree with Purple, decent fish for Melbourne. Would love to get onto some, haven't seen them locally for a long time. We use to get them when smoke was blowing at Williamstown about a decade ago. Been on some 8-9 hour trips where we caught a few but that's been about it for me since..

[purple5ive]

A rough guess would have been between 35 and 40cm, nice healthy fish and boy what great sport on light line, I might bring a light wire trace with me next time because I could have caught half a dozen or so of them with the right gear

Use hardbodies that have long profile similar to the dcs... They usually go for the tails . They nip the tails them come back and swallow the now struggling baitfish that has no tail to swim with...
Twitch and pause and you can kiss the lure goodbye. Wind at a medium.pace and you should get them to targrt the tail area..
But ofcourse ita fishing so they can totally do the opposite lol

They are awsome fighters at that size on light gear.

[DougieK]

take a couple of salmon slugs and a small wire trace.

Would be maaaaaaaad fun on XXL gear.

[sloth]

Yeah I've been bitten off on 8lb whilst breamin. They're a pita

[Fishsniper]

Yeah I've been bitten off on 8lb whilst breamin. They're a pita

I reckon they have been around for the last week or so, I will try at night one night this week and see if I can find them, the mulloway have slowed right down on the Nong ATM, they were biting better around the full moon, but I found that they bite better at the Nong on the New moon for some reason so i will give them another
crack in about a week or so if anyone wants to try for a Mulloway.
Can anyone recommend a good soft plastic to try for Mulloway?

[matt1991]

I want to try for Mulloway tomorrow night hopefully as i have an RDO on the Thursday. I mite give under the Westgate a shot.

Tailor are a great fish to catch and they fight like hell! Down at Merimbulla in NSW they grow to double the size of that photo!

[purple5ive]

I've had sucess with gulp and powerbait minnows.. But the ones I caught were all smaller models just under legal size. They also like paddletail plastics. Like squidgy fish.

Yeah tailor are great fun when you don't get bitten iff every cast..
Gippsland and upwards they are quite common and grow quite big. Must be the water temp.

[adamk]

Yeah I've been bitten off on 8lb whilst breamin. They're a pita

I reckon they have been around for the last week or so, I will try at night one night this week and see if I can find them, the mulloway have slowed right down on the Nong ATM, they were biting better around the full moon, but I found that they bite better at the Nong on the New moon for some reason so i will give them another
crack in about a week or so if anyone wants to try for a Mulloway.
Can anyone recommend a good soft plastic to try for Mulloway?

i got told these for jews, but if you have taylor in the area they will not last long at all

[shazdoggg]

Nice tailor fishsniper! I havent seen them in the bay for a couple of years! Anybody seen the warmies running recently? Im thinking of hitting it up if the water is warm

[poodoo]

Nice tailor fishsniper! I havent seen them in the bay for a couple of years! Anybody seen the warmies running recently? Im thinking of hitting it up if the water is warm

Yeah the newport power station was running last week......