Worth Getting Wet for GT's Mackerel and Tailor landbased

[shin25]

hi all decided to go and have a flick yesterday around midday with a mate (bobby26) at one off the local walls target was jew on the turn of the tide with some left over yakkas bob had and placcies
i got there and bob was running late so i stated spinning a cpl of slugs around chasin a few livies after donating a 40gr raider to the rocks i switched down to the light gear (jack gear 14lbs and 15lbs leader)and a 20grammer first cast cpl cranks of the reel and im on felt different and after a short battle i had a nice little mack on the rocks think its a spotty? went 64cm first ive landed on the rocks dropped one earlier in the year
spent the next 30+mins castin for nothin bob arrived and we sent a cpl of yakkas out with a cpl of 7/0 in them threw a cpl out and it didnt take long and my rods bent over and losing line ran over got the the rod let it run a bit than cranked the drag(shimano speedmaster) and sank the hook and it ran straight into the rocks but ended up coming out and to the surface when trevally was called another nice fight and the chunky 70cm GT is on the rocks new PB for GT 8-) cpl of pics and back it goes(ive got better pics that show its size better but too hard to edit and i dnt like crowds;) )
lost the rest of the yakkas to bream bob landed a solid breambo well over 35cm on a 7/0 in a whole slimy mackeral
so no bait ,tide was runnin time we moved a bit up the wall throwin the bigger metals didnt take long and im onto a solid greenback which ate a 125 raider:o and spat the hooks on the lift up the next hour session was hectic with tailor chasing the lure down and getting airborne on the hook up only landed the three smaller sized ones bob got 2 and i the 1 (biggest:P )
lost over a dozen (dropped a few big greenies)between us mainly due to the swell and lifting them over rocks as you cdnt get close enough to lift them staight out of the water was a great afternoon despite losing a few metals and getting soaked to the bones by rain and waves well worth getting wet

Cheers Shin

[SWANY22]

good stuff the keen fisherman catches the fish.

[loophole]

good work but u must be keen

[ffejsmada]

Yeah, looks like a spot. Well done Shin.

Looks like the GC Seaway fired up hey???????;D

Cheers, Jeff

[loophole]

have you brought a net yet mate?

[yellahunter]

unreal session shin,
keep them reports coming mate

[childers]

well done ,good session.

[richieboy]

Great fish Shin. As for the crowds, I don't reckon they'll be on the seaway for the next couple of days with this weather about. ;)
I should have gone for a bream spin this morning. Light SE (10 knots tops) all morning until around 1pm. What's the saying again.......the calm before the storm.

Richie

[2DKnBJ]

When the wind and swell are up it is very worthwhile having a look in the seaway.You never know what will turn up.

Cheers Dazza

[fish05]

Great report mate! good to see some 1 braving it in the rain and wind, once again great report

[BLOOEY]

Gday shin,Top catch mate,Great gt they pull hard.Got wet and chilled to the bone myself sunday arvo and brained the flatties and bream in the brissie,the fish dont seem to mind the weather at all.The mac looks like a doggy.Ben

[geoff72]

great stuff mate,sounds like great fun was had

[snapperbug]

Nice catch there mate, that gt would have gone nice and hard.
That mack looks like a school mackerel to me. Had the wind started howling down there by then? It didn't really start up here (Sunny coast) till late arvo.
I was wondering if anyone had fished just before the change, I thought the fish may have been a bit hungry....seems they were.

[beachie]

Thats the spirit mate, come rain, hail or shine, a good fisho will persevere.

[Little grey men]

Nice bag of fish there mate. No sausages for you tonight !!!

[Horse]

Nice catch on metal and well done to brave the conditions. I would call it for a nice Schoolie

Cheers

Neil

[Matty_M]

Well done mate, top catch off the stones..

[Mullet Musketeer]

You would need a net with a 2 metre handle to land anything on those rocks - well done sounds like a great session.

[Smailesy]

lucky it is a schooly mate legal size for a spotty is 60cm and 50cm for a schooly she would be lucky to reach 50cm

[OB1]

Great session Shin,

Some great variety in those fish - and they all go hard especially when hooked on lures. A mate and I managed to land some GT's in the surf last week - we were actually using soft plastics - awesome fights but without the rocks there was never too much concern about landing them.

Cheers,

Ollie

[shin25]

thanks for all the comments guys much appreciated ;D

to answer a few questions no i still havnt got a net and it wasnt the seaway all i can say is it was south of the seaway ;)
the gts do go hard and are dirty fighters at that ,ob1 yeah good stuff mate i love chasin them on the light gear
well call it a scholie then either way it still tasted great,;D quick question how do ya tell the difference between the macks?

and finally smailsey IT WAS 64cm as i know the size limits for macks just not how to tell them appart what is with di#*heads like you on this site who think they know everything if you dont know what your talking about just keep your mouth shut as im sick and tired (im sure im not the only one)of getting these STUPID>:( replys
so lucky for you then,you must feel like a big man putting fellow fishermen down sittin behind your computer ;)

[Smailesy]

i am sorry if my msg came over that way i am not like that at all i was looking at your pics and i thought it was close to being undersize and i was not tryn to be nasty sorry mate

[BLOOEY]

G'day shin,The schoolies or doggies have bigger blotches of black on their sides and less of them,the spotties have more defined circles of black and more of them.Any way top session.Ben

[Hunta]

Sounds like a good session on the rocks... The MAck is definately a schoolie or doggy as Blooey and maybe others have pointed out.

Top session!!

Oops sorry didnt read second page. Nice of you to apologise Smailsy - shows real character!

[Vitamin Sea]

[quote=shin25;672424]thanks for all the comments guys much appreciated ;D

to answer a few questions no i still havnt got a net and it wasnt the seaway all i can say is it was south of the seaway ;)
the gts do go hard and are dirty fighters at that ,ob1 yeah good stuff mate i love chasin them on the light gear
well call it a scholie then either way it still tasted great,;D quick question how do ya tell the difference between the macks?

Shin,

All good fish mate, well done, especially in the conditions, have to be keen!

As far as the Mack goes, another distinguishing feature of schoolies is that they have a whiteish blotch behind/on their dorsal fin, it's a give away.

Good onya

Bill

[shin25]

i am sorry if my msg came over that way i am not like that at all i was looking at your pics and i thought it was close to being undersize and i was not tryn to be nasty sorry mate

yeah fair enough mate i prob went over the top a bit:-[ due to other comments on previous posts i didnt get a pic of it on its own on the mat and the way its sittin in that pic does make it look a bit smaller Cheers Shin

thanks blooey helps clear it up a bit the spots on it were more defined when it came out of the water but faded pretty quick ive also heard theres a difference in the head aswell (ones longer or narrower somethin like that anyway)

Cheers Shin

[loophole]

good fish shin25 u seem 2 cop a fair bit of criticism from some people i belive that u are a good bloke and wouldnt do any thing ilegal