Nice morning for a feed.

[ffejsmada]

With not being able to fish last weekend due to work commitments, I was hanging to wet a line.
The bosses went home yesterday, so I was fishing today!
I only had a small weather window according to Seabreeze, so I was up at sparrows.
Put the boat in at 4.15am, and I had heaps of livies by 4.30.
Off to my spot I went. It was a nice morning with no-one around which made me happy.
I deployed a live herring and started throwing my Cultiva stickbait. After a while I saw my live bait rod twitch....strike, yep I'm on. Being no match for 30lb braid, I land a 66cm flattie. Nice, considering it was still quite dark.
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Another bait was hooked up and swimming. Again, it wasn't long before it got hit. This fish had more go in him, it even jumped!
A nice Tailor in the mid 50's was landed, followed closely by another mid 50's Tailor also on a live Herring although this fish had a deformed head.
fish 438 (Medium).jpg

It had a head on it like an Eagle Ray!
fish 441 (Medium).jpg
fish 442 (Medium).jpg

Hooked and landed a few small GT's on the stickbait as well between livie strikes, only small fish but good to see them around again.

Before the wind had picked up too much, I tried a snag where I've been told a Barra is holding. It was spotted by a mate snorkeling last weekend, about 90cm he reckons. Needless to say, I didn't see it!

Cheers, Jeff.

[abbot_86]

nice work jeffy. we might give it a shot this saturday morning ay if the weather holds out. that tailor looks like a head of a dollie.

[Creek Vermin]

That tailors a classic fejj. Might be a noosa breed from up the top. A snub nosed.

[gecko]

was it on its way to splitting into another 2 headed fish? the tasmanians are on the march!

[Beevor]

Nice feed indeed... Jeesarz, that Tailor looks massively munted!!

[Didley]

You poor bugger Ffej, I haven't fished in over a month now. That tailor's been sporned at John's Landing.

[ffejsmada]

nice work jeffy. we might give it a shot this saturday morning ay if the weather holds out. that tailor looks like a head of a dollie.

I forgot, fishing's out this weekend, it's the missus birthday, we're going to Hervey Bay for the weekend.


I reckon that deformed Tailor head could be caused from a cast net injury whilst still a very young fish.
I've had them before with there heads stuck in the mesh of the net.
What do you think, possible??

[Nath86]

I forgot, fishing's out this weekend, it's the missus birthday, we're going to Hervey Bay for the weekend.


I reckon that deformed Tailor head could be caused from a cast net injury whilst still a very young fish.
I've had them before with there heads stuck in the mesh of the net.
What do you think, possible??

A reasonable hypothesis I reckon, Gecko could be onto something as well though.

Cheers Nath

[paul ''come in spinner'']

Nice work Jeff...It does look like a great feed and some nice size fish