Docklands Tailor frenzy

Docklands, Southbank, Yarra River Area, The Warmies, Newport, Maribyrnong River
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Docklands Tailor frenzy

Post by enrioray » Sun Sep 24, 2017 12:11 am

Last month i was told that tailors in docklands are heaps. then i went there with metal lures on rising tide. i fish until sunset. just before the sunset, all those tailor were hitting our lures. i used the yakamito angry bait with silver color and blue color. but other people are also catching with large stick bait and soft plastic following the stick bait. There were 9 people at that boat parking area near alumbra club in docklands and everyone was catching around 5 to 8 tailor per person. I managed to get 6. It was very fun and aggressive fishing when the tailor hit your lure and missed it, chased it again and then got hooked! bleed it straight away to make sure its fresh and cook it for dinner and preserve some of them for shark bait. i hope they are still there!
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Re: Docklands Tailor frenzy

Post by Lightningx » Sun Sep 24, 2017 9:55 am

Good stuff mate. Nice work :thumbsup:

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Re: Docklands Tailor frenzy

Post by Bayrock » Sun Sep 24, 2017 10:21 am

Great stuff. Didn't know they were around this far south

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Re: Docklands Tailor frenzy

Post by nooga27 » Sun Sep 24, 2017 10:52 am

Good stuff mate, looks like a killer night too! That's on central pier yeah? Do you have to pay for parking? Every time I go there there's a big parking sign saying $20. Do you just drive straight thriugh?

Sorry for the 20 questions! Great catch
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Re: Docklands Tailor frenzy

Post by Nude up » Sun Sep 24, 2017 11:04 am

nice work good size tailor for melb

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Re: Docklands Tailor frenzy

Post by enrioray » Sun Sep 24, 2017 11:34 am

Bayrock wrote:Great stuff. Didn't know they were around this far south
thanks mate. i never expected that i would ever use metal slugs at docklands. cause i usually come there for the bream using blades and crabs. But the guy from the fishing shop reported that many tailors are caught in the docks. so i gave it a shot

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Re: Docklands Tailor frenzy

Post by enrioray » Sun Sep 24, 2017 11:36 am

nooga27 wrote:Good stuff mate, looks like a killer night too! That's on central pier yeah? Do you have to pay for parking? Every time I go there there's a big parking sign saying $20. Do you just drive straight thriugh?

Sorry for the 20 questions! Great catch
Thanks mate! haha parking, i know its pain in the as*. but yeah, you must pay that parking fee at central pier. Its for 1 day parking until the following morning. if you want a better option you can take train and stop at southern cross station.

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Re: Docklands Tailor frenzy

Post by enrioray » Sun Sep 24, 2017 11:36 am

Nude up wrote:nice work good size tailor for melb
Thanks bro. that was my first time catching tailor. how big can these fellas grow?

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Re: Docklands Tailor frenzy

Post by Cuda » Sun Sep 24, 2017 12:02 pm

Great catch, mate!! :thumbsup:
I've seen photos of people catching them up to 7-8 Kg.. My pb is 60cm up on the Gold Coast.

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Re: Docklands Tailor frenzy

Post by Nude up » Sun Sep 24, 2017 2:16 pm

enrioray wrote:
Nude up wrote:nice work good size tailor for melb
Thanks bro. that was my first time catching tailor. how big can these fellas grow?
they can grow to 8 to 10kg and over a metre long but in Vic they are not found that size the largest I have heard of people catching is in west Australia around the 8kg mark

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