fraser island

[big_steve001]

hey ausfishers am heading up to fraser soon. i was just wandering if there are many tailor being caught up there atm and if there are anything being caught off the rocks at waddy or knagala rocks. and is there many worms or pippies up there atm. any info would be greta. cheers steve

[DigitalSI]

I was up there on the last long weekend a few weeks back. In the hole next to the Maheno wreck I hooked up 18 in 1hr 1/2. Best fished around low tide going to high. Seems crap to fish at high tide in that particular area.

[liltuffy]

I'm interested to know as well - heading up on the 4th for a week.

Coastwatch reckons a few choppers, bream, dart, flathead and whiting kicking about.

Just have to start praying to the weather gods now.

Craig

[DigitalSI]

Don't bother till you get there as it changed day by day. We were there from Friday to Monday. Dart & Tarwhine were about until Saturday arvo and then the Tailor came in Saturday night. Sunday there were only Tailor as on the Monday. Its too hard to predict what species will be around but I do know there will be something, there always is

[big_steve001]

yeah i understand fully DigitalSI i was up there last year and caught heaps of tailor on the first 4 days then found them a couple of k's away. im hopeing there is afew up there this year. thanks guys

[Heath]

whats the word on the beach conditions Waddy to the Cape? EPA state that Ngkala is impassable.....
Did anyone have a look in at the Champaign pools while at the classic?

[PNG1M]

I'll be heading up there for 8 days 7 nights but not until in the second half of July.
So I too will be interested in hearing anything about Fraser over the coming weeks.

I've planned the trip for just after the school holiday period so in theory it'll be a bit quieter crowd wise. I just hope the fish haven't been spooked!

I'll be there with the trouble & strive and two billy lids - also keen fishos (just as well).

Interesting to hear that the hole near the Maheno fishes well at low tide.
I generally target the mid to high rising tide as my preferred session time but I suppose on Fraser you gotta be prepared to fish all conditions to get results.

I been there three times before (got bit by a snake once) but the last time was 10 years ago so champing at the bit to get there again.

Hey, does anyone know if cast nets are allowed on Fraser or are they a no-no?
If they're allowed, would it be worth bringing one along to get a few livies?
If so, I'll need to learn how to throw it!

[castlemaine]

Take your thermals, boys;D 8-)

[DigitalSI]

This is a quick video clip of the fishing hole I spoke about earlier at the Maheno wreck taken Sunday June 07 2009. This was shot first thing in the morning at the higher tide. The Tailor were on the bite from 1:30~3:00pm that afternoon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtfYSwh_mKY

[Homer1]

Yep Nagala (sp) is impassable.

I got some bent bits underneath to show for trying....
Then after giving up I walked around the rocks out the front and found the ocean has eaten right across the track...right in the middle at about the (normally) highest point...just a big hole.
And the way the conservationists are up there nowadays, they wont hurry to take 15 minutes and push a new diversion around that small part (maybe 6 metres across at most - just needs a bobcat or tractor with blade).

In saying that, the rocks looking north from Nagala all look to be pretty bad now too so don't know how far you would get.

P.S If you get up nice and early and are keen, head out to the veranda at the front of Indian heads for the biggun's. Not a very pleasant walk though 100% guaranteed of fish any day of the year....if you can land 'em

[DigitalSI]

And this is the catch from the 1:30~3:30pm session

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe7aB3ofC3I

[PNG1M]

A nice feed you got there digi...

I used to snap the gill latch on tailor for the bleeding process but I don't do it anymore.

I found that a simple cut across the throat area with a sharp knife, just under the gill latch was a faster more effective way to bleed them. Then you don't have to stick your finger in their gills & risk a cut.

I put them head first into a hole on the beach so they can drain good n proper.

I like to wack a quick fillet off both sides while still on-site & throw the carcasses back into the sea. Then when I get home I skin the fillets.

When fishing Fraser in July (pending the bite) I plan to have one rod set on a rod holder with a pilly on the end.

Then I'll be casting metals with my second rod with a spare holder in the sand nearby on standby.

Dunno about thermals...but I'll be thinking of some kind of grand plan to sort out footwear for the late evening 'cold foot' syndrome.

Probably give the neopreme wet-suit boots a try.

[Homer1]

I find a big tailor fillet or Bonito fillet lightly weighted and fed out through a rip generally gets the 5-6lb fish - pretty regularly.
Doesn't work well with pillies as the bream and dart etc bait you before the big fella comes along.

[DigitalSI]

[quote=PNG1M;1035544]A nice feed you got there digi...

I used to snap the gill latch on tailor for the bleeding process but I don't do it anymore.

I found that a simple cut across the throat area with a sharp knife, just under the gill latch was a faster more effective way to bleed them. Then you don't have to stick your finger in their gills & risk a cut.
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Even quicker and less riskier, when theTailor are on the run I normally slip on my filleting glove to break their neck with to avoid cuts.