trawling lures for swan river tailor?

Hi guys,

Heading out on the Swan Friday night with some work mates to get amongst the Chopper Tailor in the river. We are heading near Mossy Bay and Blackwall Reach and will be trawling and flicking lures for Tailor. My question is what do you all recommend as good lures for trawling for Swan River Tailor?

Once we are anchored up somewhere we will be using small metal slicers and wobblers so they should hopefully do the trick whilst stationary. But what do most of you use whilst trolling? will metal slicers and twisty's still do the trick? or would some small bibbed minnow lures be better?

If some of you could mention particular brands or models that would be much appreciated. Something well priced that is pretty effective is what I am after.

thanks for your help

scano

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halco twistys, river2sea sea

Wed, 2008-12-03 09:21

halco twistys, river2sea sea rock

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anything mate they will take

Wed, 2008-12-03 09:52

anything mate they will take it all

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but i was trolling bibed

Wed, 2008-12-03 09:54

but i was trolling bibed minows

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yer the bibed minows worked

Wed, 2008-12-03 10:38

yer the bibed minows worked great. always good to have variety but if you have anywhere near the luck we did last friday that they will be more than enough. just watch out for the wind surfers while trawling. try to stick to mossy bay round 20m water rather than blackies. we found they were much less frequent over towards that way in comparrison to mossy bay.

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Small minnows and poppers

Wed, 2008-12-03 11:23


Takes some small minnows and some small poppers if you want to have some fun

If I see some I usually catch and release half a dozen and move on.

Really when its that easy ya only spoiling future much bigger fish.Smile

If their undersize find another patch

I think Tailor size is 35cm ? 

The bigger ones up above 50cm dont seem to be up around the surface for some reason, theyre in another place where people wouldnt expect them down deeper even caught either side of mid day.

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cheers for the info

Wed, 2008-12-03 12:42

No drama's guys, thanks for all the info. It will be mainly catch and release unless we get some 40+cm ones turn up which is unlikely. I will pack the camera and post some pics if we do any good.

cheers

scano

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I have been getting them

Wed, 2008-12-03 17:25

I have been getting them consistently 40cm+ at narrows, small slices 10g and SPs 

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twisty's, halco laser pro

Wed, 2008-12-03 19:10

twisty's, halco laser pro 45's , and halco scorpians will also work

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twisty's, halco laser pro

Wed, 2008-12-03 19:10

twisty's, halco laser pro 45's , and halco scorpians will also work

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huge range of stock to suit any fisherperson.
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Hey mate, yeah twists are

Wed, 2008-12-03 20:22

Hey mate, yeah twists are good, we have been getting them also on little floating raplas about 6-8cm long and on plastics once you get one on the troll you can cast for awhile and you will get heaps more, great fun on light gear.  Have fun

 

 

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Twistys

Thu, 2008-12-04 10:35

hey guys just wondering how fast you go when trawling twistys in the swan?

just above idle?

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Did they catch anything? Any

Thu, 2008-12-04 15:55

Did they catch anything? Any pics?

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it's tonight that we are going

Fri, 2008-12-05 15:07

We are going tonight after work. As I mentioned before I have got my camera with me and if we do any good then I will post pics and a report on Monday.

fingers crossed the choppers are out in force tonight

scano

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