Where's the tailor, salmon and leatherjackts at

[bondy99]

G'day Stonecold, Muzz, Murf and others.

Have you noticed any Tailor, Salmon and leatherjackets turning up in Ballina or North of Ballina?

Bondy

[stonecold]

Few tailor kicking around the place mate but havn't seen a salmon yet thank god..then again its been 4 days since I checked. I'll let you know when they turn up mate

[bondy99]

Stonecold,

Thanks for letting me know mate. Send me a pm when tailor are in.

Bondy

[mattooty]

Tailor are floating around. You've got a hell of a wait for the jackets to show though. Salmon are only a matter of time, a month or 2 should see them rooting everything up.

[alleycat]

I was at iluka on the long weekend, no tailor there atm..

[bondy99]

Thanks mattooty and alleycat,

I'll keep my eye out too. I reckon middle June for Gold Coast.

[onerabbit]

Dont worry Peter,

as soon as the scourge of the ocean arrives, you will be my first phone-call,

have to get you an esky full of the tasty buggers ASAP

Muzz

[mattooty]

Funny you say, I got my biggest tailor over weekend on Monday morning at 6.2kg at home (Yamba area) and got about 8 or 9 smaller fish in the .5-1.5kg bracket all on stickbaits off the headlands. It would be safe to assume that there'd be some big greenbacks gracing the bluff and woody head.
How were you fishing?

[bondy99]

Onerabbit

No problems, I've got a large esky for these critters.

Mattooty, that's a nice tailor 6.2kg, sounds like a very good greenback, arm puller.

I'll be fishing from the beach using 4x4/0 hooks with either whole pillies (salted down) or stripped bonito (salted down). I have metal sliders and spinners but have not used these since I purchased them. Might try rocky headlands near Evans Head later.

Bondy

[stonecold]

Choppers were one a throw and Ballina off black head this morning. Not big fish a kg would pull em up.

[nigelr]

great fish mattooty!

[bondy99]

Stonecold,
Awesome to hear, I'll be down that way soon, going to be cold mornings and very cold nights.

Bondy

[bondy99]

Stonecold,

Whereabouts is Black Head. in Ballina?...I tried using google Earth but nothing showed up.

Bondy

[childers]

Matt , thats a huge Tailor mate , you gotta be happy with that

Be great to see a pick of the beast

Cheers Mick

[mattooty]

That's a pretty standard size for the big schools of tailor that roam through some of those spots. They come in 2 sizes....tiny or extra large. All the school sized fish tend to congregate in schools along the beaches. Will whack a pic up when my mate sends em to me.