10g to 90gLures for Tailor
Tailor hit fast-moving metal. The Queensland made Lazer has been a beach and breakwall favourite for decades.
The short answer
10g · 15g · 25g · 35g · 50g
The best all-round metal lure for tailor is a 25g Lazer: heavy enough to cast comfortably, small enough for fish feeding on anchovies. Step down to 10g or 15g when tailor are mixed with bonito or small tuna, and up to 35g or 50g to reach distant gutters or schools off a breakwall. Cast across the gutter and retrieve at medium pace, speeding up if fish follow without taking.
Picking a weight
- 10g, 15g
- Fussy fish, or tailor mixed with bonito and small tuna.
- 25g
- The all-rounder for surf gutters.
- 35g, 50g
- Distant gutters, rock ledges and breakwalls.
Where and how
Fish lures in the same spots you would fish bait: close gutters in the surf, rocky headlands and breakwalls. Cast across the gutter and make a medium paced retrieve. Spread your casts around the clock face so no two land in the same spot.
The Dart is the store’s own pick for tailor and salmon, and the Teeny Poppa is a small metal popper for high speed spinning when tailor are feeding on the surface.
The lures
47 lures
- 10g to 90g
Questions anglers ask
What colour Lazer is best for tailor?
The brand’s tailor guide doesn’t single out one colour. Across its guides the advice is the same: carry a range of colours and change until the fish respond.
Single or treble hook for tailor?
Both are offered on every Lazer. Treble hooks put more points in the water; a VMC inline single makes unhooking quicker and cleaner.
Do lures really outfish pilchards for tailor?
On the surf beaches of Bribie Island, local anglers casting 25g to 50g Lazers have consistently outfished anglers using WA pilchards, according to the brand’s tailor guide. With lures there is no delay between fish and no re-baiting.
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