I have fished Sorrento before with some guys from work (just South of Hilarys) and taken Tailor to just under 50cm a few weeks back but I find the Hilarys area a bit inconsistent. If you want to stick with Metro fishing head a bit further down to Floreat, Brighton and Trigg beaches there may be a chance of a few salmon around at the moment and the cooler weather has cut the crowds down a bit.  I don't know if you are bottom bashing or spinning but Poppers and Halco twistys are worth a shot and bait wise you cant really go wrong with Mulies on a 4/0 or 5/0 gang.

Otherwise go north for more quality fish, there are plenty of areas of coastline accessible without 4wd.

mate were sitting in the same boat i dont have a 4x4 to. I live in ocean reef and the only spot i go to is club capricorn and it produce some good tailor to. Heard from a few guys that pinnaroo point have some descent tailor to but havent been there myself.

Would like to find some new spots to. Want to go and try pinnaroo point saturday morning if the weather allows it. 

Cheers

Happy fishing

All these places produce some really good catches.

hey mate I have perfected my metro tailor fishing this year and found one of the best metro spots for big greenbacks, most of my tailor catches are over the 60cm mark and my PB is just over 80cm and that is pretty good for metro, not many ppl like telling ppl there spots but I will go ahead a let u know and u might have a chance to catch the big ones some time, Trigg Beach Blue holes, it's definitely not a spot for beginners and if u have never fished there before be prepared to go thru a few rigs, I started of using a basic 3 way swivel with size 4/0 sinker and 4/0 gangs and from the first day on I've caught big tailor, I now use poppers and my fav metal slice the spanyid sniper 50 works the best for me, a good tip if u want to use bait is don't use a sinker just bait cast mullies on a 3 gang and u might get some strikes, but there is heaps of reef and rocks around so be prepared to get snagged, my tip is to try flick u bail over as soon as ur bait of lure hits the water and start retreiving straight away, I've caught most of my big tailor there just on sunset and when its dark even as late as midnight I've still caught the big ones.

here is a few pics of my tailor catches this year and most recent ones as last week

AND MY CATCH LAST WEEK

Brett, are you casting from the shore or walking out onto that little rock groyne?  -I'm not 100% sure where the blue holes are..

try port beach freo caught about 8 there on the weekend biggest went 46cm they were there all night to just cruising up and down the beach all caught on fresh scalies.

 beach fishing , casting from the shore mate

 no tripod?.... as a youngster surfing there those guys would amaze me

 Some nice fish there Brett. I've been fishing there for years and have caught some great fish there. Haven't been for a while though. May see you there one day. Just a heads up though, pretty sure there is a limit of only 2 tailor above 50 cm. changed from only two over 60 cm. Might save you some headaches when you come in one night ;) 

Kind regards

Bretto

Do the tides matter when fishing for tailor from trigg beach. I imagine less snags at high tide ?

 yer cheers mate, i do know the limit, there was 5 of us that night we got the 6 big tailor most times i get really big tailor of 60 i keep one for fresh breakfast and catch and realease the rest, cheers for the heads up anyway

lately ive seen the tripod fisherman there and it also amazes me and would love to try it one day, they do well and catch some fish that is hard to get from the beach

thanks for the tips and spots guys!

 

I ended up going to Hillarie's tonight again, off the beach near the fisheries. was there for just short of 2 hours and only ended up with 1 catch, a tailor just over 49cm.

 

great fun though! ran with the line for a bit as i was busy dealing with something else and didnt have the rod in my hand haha, on retrieve it started jumping out of the water and put on a good show.

 

Its funny how you can go nearly 2 hours with nothing and then just one fish can make it a successful trip!

sorry about the long reply! no idea how that extra stuff got there or how to get rid of it

 Hey Brett. I'm one of those fishos with a tripod. Very handy as usually the best fish are caught in the biggest swell. Wouldnt be possible to fish some nights without it. Maybe see you there one day. Cheers, Bretto. 

 was talking with a tripod fisherman last.night at trigg (wed night) diddnt get his name so not sure if it was u, but he sure knew allot, also last sat another tripod fisherman came up to.me letting me know he.lost his rod in the water when.on his tripod , but yer ive been see allot of u tripod fisherman lately as it is low tide at night now and thats the time i go, goin to try get a tripod soon and join yous on the reef

 Hey brett. Do you have any luck on tailor or mullet at the trigg on Wednesday night? I will be heading there on coming Monday to give it a shoot.

 i had no luck on wed, but there wad heaps of muller jumping near the holes, but diddnt really stay that long so im sure would have caught something if i was there longer