greenbacks down the Gold Coast

[peabow]

whats the catch like down the coast the greenbacks are on the run i was thinking of heading down next week to the seaway or the northen beach near sea world for a fish whats going down. are thay on!

[Burley_Boy]

I was on the 12fathom getting molested by Juvenile Tailor last night, thats not a long way out but I'm not sure if you then classfy this as on or off so I'm not voting!! They were all in the 25-35 range.

[peabow]

have the seas flaten off now it looked choped up on the news

[Burley_Boy]

I was doing 21knots so it was like a pond last night, Brejen posted a report today and it sounds like he had a great flat day too.

[twodogsfishing]

Only large choppers at narrowneck... no greenbacks yet

[freespool]

just choppers...waiting....waiting

Ps burley boy i need to have 10 posts to repy to your pm

[freespool]

this should do it

[gogecko]

Excuse my ignorance, but what type of Tailor is a greenback? Can I see a photo somewhere? Got a link?

I caught a 55cm Tailor in the Seaway mouth a few weeks ago, but it was silver, didnt have a greenback. I assume a greenback is what it sounds like.
I was about 100-200 m East off the north wall, floating a pilchard on a rising tide.

[SURF_SNIPER]

fellas, big tailor ( green backs ) 2.5 Kg + are around all year round, ya just got to find the right beach formations for them come into feed. they are a more solitary fish when they get bigger so numbers are always few.

[SURF_SNIPER]

gogecko, yep big tailor are known as green backs due to their dark green tinge on there backs. a 55 cm speciem isnt a bad tailor and would probly be around the 2KG mark, when ya start catching 3,4,and 5KG tailor you'll notice a more pronunced "Green Back "

[gogecko]

Yes, it was 2.8kg, but no green stripe. I'll keep an eye out for them tho, Im often fishing around there.

[SURF_SNIPER]

it's not a defined green stripe, but more of a gradual colouration. say, if ya looking from a birds eye view the fish would look green, if you were below the fish it would look silver. camaflouge from preditors

[gogecko]

I see. Is this a greenback then, or are they bigger and more pronounced stripe? I suppose its a little bit green on top.

(I hope this photo works - first time posting photos)

[SURF_SNIPER]

yeah, he's getting there, see the darker top of him.

the bigger they are the greener they get

nice fish.

Drew

[peabow]

thats was a nice size fish.Thats what i was looking for a start to the run of the better fish.I will have to give them a go thanks m8.