I waited over 20years to catch this fish!

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hope you enjoy this one guys! I still get stoked watching this footage back! Can’t wait to get stuck into the tailor again this year 😍😍 If anyone is wondering what the gear I used was check out this video for a full tackle run through 🍻🍻 kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4mvm5yZiJWSqqM

[@dsr20631]

Did it go back Sammy or did it have a date with the taxidermist? Its a decent lump of fish. Hard to believe theyve been caught in excess of 10kg in Kalbarri WA, theyd be a sight to see 😲

[@williamgray8142]

I got a 86cm tailor on a slug at the pin they go hard

[@johnelkins5151]

Looks like what we call blue fish . If that's your favorite thing to catch Sammy you have got to get to the states for our blue fish run Epic fun catching and some toads

[@terrytailor]

Definitely a date with the taxidermist Dave.

[@kardaberthelsen5160]

👎😀😁😁🤩

[@paulschofield2630]

Great fish and video dude ,cheers from Byron Bay Australia 🇦🇺 😊

[@kizzyaggots1]

Hi Sammy, i'm from Hervey Bay and on the side of the sandy straits, in August, we used to fish the incomming tide on full moon with pilchards. The majority of the Tailor we caught were choppers but there were also good greenbacks amongst them. We'd bleed them and give what our needey neighbours wanted so they could enjoy them fresh. For the remainder of the tailor fillets i'd smoke them and they'd last for weeks in the fridge. Perfect for putting in the microwave for 1 minute and adding a scrape of butter on them, served with salad and chips. BTW congratulations on your big Tailor; what a brute.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks mate! Yeah I smoke a fair bit of tailor, it’s delicious!! 🙌🙌

[@_Chubz_]

Hitzke my proudest moment would’ve been bream fishing with my then 4 year old daughter, using a size 12 hook, a running sinker, 4lb fluorocarbon leader and cockle for bait. She casts out a few moments later hooks into a fish, drag screaming and she freaks out. A little support and encouragement she fought her first “big” fish for about 5min. Get the fish to the bank, grab leader and land her first soapie coming in at 45cm! Man you can not beat that feeling and that ear to ear smile she had afterwards!!

[@ringboypunk]

Wow dude! That was fantastic. Right in the feels!!!! My hardest won and most memorable capture was my first (and only) mangrove jack. Headed up a small mangrove creek in the Burnett river right in the middle if Bundy. Was in at first light and out after dark. Spent the day with miss hits and dropped fish. About midday i got a nice flatty around 60cm, and that gave me the motivation to go on. I kayaked all the way to the limits of both arms of the creek, all the while casually being annoyed with the midgies.... it was my first time dealing with QLD midgies i was in shorts n tshirt. So the next month was pure hell dealing with the 90% body/bite coverage. So after 10hrs i was over it and decided to head out and home. But im not done till im in the car, so i chucked on a 120mm kietech swim impact in white and trolled it about 20m behind as i made my way back. And finally... BOOM and a decent fish screamed off and into the mangrove. I thought id snagged up. Sat still for a second and tug tug fish on. After muscling it out of the roots and struggling in the yak i pulled in a 38cm jack and i cannot put the excitement and relief into words! :)

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hahah how good is that! First Jack is always hard fought, sounds like you paid the midges tax as well 😫😫🍻🍻

[@seastrength1291]

Congratulations Sammy. Always a good feeling when you get a PB. My big moment was my first legal jewie in the Brisbane river 83cm, 5.6kg after two years of regular fishing the area. Cheers SS

[@franko3006]

Great catch Sammy. Very lucky in the shallows with your technique. Never ever be in the same depth of water as the fish. Caught them nearly a metre on Fraser. And it's the last 20 to 30 m where you land or lose them. Tip:: rod tip down parallel to the beach walk backwards till he's beached. Always gets my heart racing watching good tailor get beached. Good stuff. Gets even more crazy landing 25kg GT and 20 kg Spanish on lures from Fraser. YOU GOTTA ADD THAT TO YOUR BUCKET LIST.

[@Jeff_MT09]

Nice one Sammy - an amazing catch! Congrats. 👍👍 I used to catch tailor at Long Reef Beach, on the Sydney North Shore. I noticed fishers arriving just as we were leaving. I asked what they were chasing - mulloway! One night, after lots of research, I tried for a mulloway and on my first cast I hooked and landed one almost 1 metre long! That is my PB to date. It was amazing. Keep up the great work. Cheers. Jeff. 😀👍🐠🐟🍺

[@benrobson1066]

Hey mate I enjoy your show every Sunday afternoon with a beer l’m lucky and old enough to have had a few of those moments but sure there will be some more hopefully with my kids in tow my best Tailor was when I was 14 off the rocks at sunshine beach on a strip of mullet and a long shank hook no trace I lifted it up on to the rocks with the wave after a full on fight and then as I went for the next lift up to where I was the line broke I dropped the rod and scramble down to the ledge grabbed the fish through the gills and back up the rocks with a wave fair up my arse wet but successful when I got home I realised how great a catch it was my old man said it was one of the biggest he had seen went 3.5kg very lucky catch that moment will stay with you forever I’m 41 now and as I wrote this I re lived that entire catch all those years ago thanks for the shows tight lines

[@terrytailor]

Good stuff Ben. My dad caught one a bit smaller like that at Straddie on a pippie.

[@terrytailor]

I recon I could hear that hooting and hollering from Brisbane! Great fish Sam. I’m just a bit sad I wasn’t there to see you catch it and enjoy the celebration. Next best thing was being able to see it on video. (Thanks Jed) However, I was there for that first tailor in the blue raincoat, and many of the countless sessions on the quest for for the 10lb plus lunker. I’m looking forward to hunting down the next PB with you. By the way the family tailor record Is now yours. 8lb 3oz (3.7kg) can’t hold that spot any more. Game on!

[@paultaylor3926]

Awesome mate, brilliant! My most memorable was a Perth metro 1.3m Spaniard of the rocks on helium at nearly 11 o’clock at night, my mate went home earlier stating no chance of Mack’s after dark, I loved making that phone call to him 🎣👍

[@denmun9722]

Is this Oz speak? Because I'm a yank and have no idea what you're saying, but am legit curious

[@paultaylor3926]

@@denmun9722, yes mate, basically caught a reasonable sized Spanish Mackerel on a skipping bait under a helium filled balloon off a rock wall(land based) within about 10 miles of Perth city, land based fish like that’s not that common there and to catch one at night with that method is even more uncommon. Our Spanish mackerel are similar to your king mackerel, hope this helps 👍🎣

[@denmun9722]

@@paultaylor3926 it does very much so my friend. Appreciate the clarification, have a good one man e

[@paultaylor3926]

@@denmun9722 No worries, stay safe 👍

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

That is epic mate! I haven’t heard of many Mack’s caught after dark! Bloody well done for sticking it out solo 💪💪

[@christiansethi938]

My proudest moment literally just happened a few hours ago! Caught my very first ever Jewie and it went 66cm, was not expecting it at all! Absolutely stoked!

[@wizardnebula8572]

Congrats!

[@justinadams5159]

But I’d like to know did you keep it for the smoker or send it back?

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Awesome mate!! Your first Jewie is always a special one 🙌🙌

[@MDangler14]

So interesting seeing people targeting tailor down in Australia. We fish for them in the Northeast United States all the time. It's mostly the same but a bit different. The bluefish (Tailor) here are bigger on average but less respected as a sportfish. Great to see appreciation for them. My biggest one was about 94cm and 7kg on bait about 20 years ago. They recently put in some new regulations to protect them here which is good to see.

[@robertboehmer363]

I love the enthusiasm and genuine excitement! Well done! every time I watch your videos I can't to get back out there...nice!

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks mate! Appreciate you watching 🙌🙌🍻🍻

[@dave9591]

Well done mate! So glad you measured and weight the big girl. Stonker!🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@ShamelessFearmonger]

Nothing like hitting your PB. The screaming we should all be able to relate to. Congratulations.

[@PeterHavord]

My proudest fishing moment was catching an unofficial Australia record Permit of 6.5 kg on 4 kg line while trolling a gold Scorpion lure in a rented tinny off Settlers Beach between Cossack and Point Samson in October, 1996. I was by myself and spent nearly an hour and a half chasing and fighting this fish before finally getting out of the boat and landing and weighing it in the shallows of the small estuary near Johns Creek Boat Harbour at Point Samsaon. I then spent about 15 minutes reviving the exhausted fish in the shallows before finally seeing it swim slowly away. It's the only Permit I've ever caught and it was an unofficial Australian line class record. It was the fish of a lifetime that I will never forget.

[@rachels209]

My most memorable capture. Fishing for bream solo on a homemade 40mm blade lure, 4lb Fireline, & 8lb fluorocarbon trace. I hooked I thought was a snag, but the snag had headshakes and swam towards my tinny. Then the fun began. 1hour later (after chasing with the electric outboard and rummaging around to find a well buried gaff whilst fighting the fish) I landed a 30lb mulloway in the Hawkesbury River. Went home early that day. Figured it was more important to preserve the fish for consumption rather than fishing all morning with a fish way too big for my 40litre esky.

[@iitra]

Mate love seeing that happiness I got to see my sons(6years of at the time ) after the 45cm bream just about pulled him into the gutter at Currumbin and when we pulled him out I couldn’t have been more happier for him He let it go to the horror of the guys fishing near us lol Congrats on that catch my friend 🤟🏻👍🏻✌🏻

[@jamie_d___]

Congratulations Sammy the joy and hollering was epic 😀🙌🏻

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hahah may have been a little bit pumped 💁‍♂️💁‍♂️

[@farmerjoe6908]

Love catching big green backs off the rocks. One of my favourite fish to catch on light line using lures. Have a really good spot this time of the year that I get massive ones while chasing long tail. Good fish mate!

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Oh spot on mate! Tailor tick all the boxes! 🍻🍻

[@jefflouis5658]

Well done Sammy. It’s a feeling you never forget. I still replay an epic fight with a Jewish in Botany Bay Good Friday 1978. Was by myself in a boat caught on 5 lb line on a bait caster I’d made myself with a millionaire daiwa reel. Was unreal went almost a metre about 8 kg. Biggest I’ve caught ever.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

That’s so cool! Well done mate 🍻🍻

[@mak9x18]

Man, those look like bluefish! My proudest catch was a 38lb King Salmon from the Cowlitz river in Washington state, USA! Good memories! Tight lines!

[@maxschafer1682]

Hey Sammy! That's an awesome fish my most memorable fishing moment was I was fishing for flattys and I got my pb flathead it was 81cm and I'm only 11 years Old

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

That’s a big flattie mate! Well done 🍻🍻

[@razornrg4767]

Come to Long Island New York we have tons of 10 lb + bluefish

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

I’d love to try it over there some times! Sounds unreal! 🍻🍻

[@bradcolley2391]

Had a similar experience with my PB Tailor, caught last year in Wollongong on a Pillie with 5/0 tru turns. Off the rocks, usually only caught max 40 - 50 cm Tailor and heaps of Salmon in this spot. Had a good feeling with lots of wash and a bit of chop one afternoon, first caught got a little bump and then massive hookup. Didn't see it jump for ages and it was overcast so not clear to see in general, then in close I thought I saw that big eye and green flash in the wave. Told my mate I thought it was a tailor, he called bullshit. Then pulled it up in the white wash with the wave, and when he water receded we couldn't believe our eyes. Proper sketchy landing, had to leader it up some rocks and barnacles in between sets. Went 80 as well! Had to release that one but will probably be keeping the next greenie. Will be a long time before I beat that!

[@fishhunt9874]

My most memorable fish just happened last week. I took my youngest son out in our new boat on Monterey Bay here in California. My son caught his largest fish ever and it is also the largest fish yet landed on our boat. The fish was his first ever Pacific King Salmon and it was 30” and 12.5lbs. I honestly do not know who was happier when I managed to get it in the net, my son or me! That being said, I predict we will soon see a new fish mounted on the wall in your background 😉

[@mattchapman4660]

My first ever tailor that I caught happened to be 74cm weighing in at 4kg on the dot. Was chasing kingfish off the rocks. Had a few hits by 3 different kingfish on a popper and then out of nowhere this monster tailor hooked up. Have caught plenty off the beach now but nothing compared to the one I got off the rocks

[@lachlanmarriott6194]

My proudest moment was when I caught my first little rat kingfish fishing for live bait

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Nice one mate! 👌👌

[@Ballast007]

Proudest Moment: My first marlin, a blue, 131kg on 24, 20 miles east of Botany Heads. Took over 2 hours in a 20 knot Nor'Easter on a boat with an esky for a game chair. Couldn't believe my eyes when we pulled it onto the deck. How much effort did it take? Every muscle in body was sore for the next two days. Anyway, a great tailor mate and similar in size to ones I used to catch bobby corking of the rocks off Kurnell 40 years ago.

[@ChrisBrawner-v7k]

Great footage and wonderful catch. You should come over to the states because that is what we consider a by catch here and regularly we catch them off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina all the way up into the 10 to 15 lb range and are often extremely disappointed when we find it to be what we call a blue fish instead of a large bull redfish or spot tail bass. Love the video!

[@doedoe55]

It’s amazing to see these fish all over the world. If you like blue fish (what we call them in the USA) you should take a trip to New Jersey an fish the coast. I assure you will catch an NEW PERSONAL BEST!

[@quinndaniels4070]

First legal landbased kingfish on stickbait off the stones, me mum gaffed it for me. Wouldn't forget memories with family like that for the world. Congrats on the pb Sambo, keep up the sweet vids. Cheers from NZ

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hahah how good is that! Cheers for the gaff shot Mum! Thanks mate! Appreciate you watching from over there 👌👌🙌🙌

[@sweatyjester]

I spent two nights at Faust chasing barra. The first night I got smashed up by some monster fish and lost my favourite fizzer. I hooked 8 fish but landed none. The next night I hooked 3 fish and landed them all...none of them were under a metre with the largest going 119cm. All of them were on soft plastics with 20lb line (80lb leader). I don't think I've ever been happier.

[@Keithostrangeman]

My best moment was catching not 1 but 2 mulloway over 15kg off the beaches of Dongara in WA as a little fella with my younger brother. It was religious that my brother and I went fishing every Friday arvo after school. Was a even bigger mission to walk home dragging two fish as my brother couldn’t carry his. Fed our family for a few nights. Was back in the day before camera phones so we took them both home to show off to our dad. Good memories for sure 🤙

[@keganblay8534]

What beach and what time of year ?

[@joeljohnson3351]

Yes man!!! So good! What a chunk!!! Proudest moment was about a month ago banging my pb jack 54cm with my best friend in the boat! Sandytrackx fishing is the video. Hope ya don't mind a bit of self promotion Sammy. Love those moments when you land the fish and its just shouts and screams I lose it to!! Haha awesome work champ miss you're river/beach/estruay fishing I don't do offshore. 👊

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Cheers mate and congrats on the Jack! Should be plenty more beach and rock fishing on the way! 👌👌

[@TripFishingMyLife]

Woeww. Nice strike.. Fish on.. Brathor.. 👍

[@paulschofield2630]

We where told, that tailor school up for breeding at Fraser, around August September???? My best fishing day , was Darwin barra charter, Shady Camp , all lures, 17 barra around 80cm ! And 2 decent Saratoga 👌 👍, was like a water safari,4 metre crocs everywhere, sea Eagles taking food from the hand, even a dumb buffalo 🐃 😳, a mind blowing day ❤❤❤❤❤ allowed to keep 2 each, ours was flown to Melbourne for historic dinner parties 🥳 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Lure_Loser]

Don't know if it is my proudest moment but pretty stoked to finally crack the 50cm Fork Length (51cm) for an Australian Bass today. Nice Flashback 👌

[@matthewcollas1404]

Well done. Will be hard to beat that

[@Lure_Loser]

@@matthewcollas1404 yeah won't happen for a bit I reckon

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Ohhh that’s a cracking bass! Hard PB to beat that one 👌👌

[@matthewcollas1404]

My pb bass is 54 to the fork as barra by catch in Bundaberg. I don't think I'll ever beat that. Same day I caught my pb 84cm barra. All on a 2500 reel 2-4kg rod and 15lb on a 65mm predatek lure. All from a kayak

[@Lure_Loser]

@@matthewcollas1404 thats a massive bass, guessing that was at monduran. Would be some gaints hiding in there.

[@conradvdwesthuizen4947]

You guys are so blessed in Australia! Wish I could join...:)

[@RegansFishingAdventures]

You've inspired me to get into beach mate!! Congrats on the Pb! Solid fish! 🎣 🍻

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks very much mate! Stoked you’re going to have a crack at it! 🍻🍻

[@ZubairKhan-jd5op]

For the really big tailor (shad, elf) as we call it in South Africa 5 kgs and over the best way we get alot of them on is with live tailor as bait.. We throw out a 6 or 7oz graph sinker and slide out a smaller tailor with about a meter of nilon tied from the slide and then hooks tied on a plastic coated steel wire trace (blood wire) joined to the nilon so they don't bite us off.. Works best for the huge tailor they don't think twice about canabalizing a smaller tailor👍

[@David.soares]

Ohoh nice bluefish !! Keep fishing to beat your record. My personal record is a 7.4kg monster tailor on the rocks, alone, after 20 minutes fight, in Terceira Island from Azores Island, Portugal. My best regard`s for you guys ;D

[@ronmb81]

I just had coffee when you said 1:10 so I paused it for it a while then cracked a cold one, need to be in sync with you mate, great vid! cheers

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hahaha that’s so good! How did the coffee beer mix go down?!? 🤣🍻🍻 ☕️ ☕️

[@SnapperGuy3]

Your Tailor is what we call in the US as a Bluefish fun to catch.

[@FredPoissonPainter]

They have bluefish in Australia?

[@vaughanp8420]

Fish of a lifetime mate! Still haven't got one over 62cms

[@enyang6583]

We called them bluefish here NYC. We got a lot of them in summer

[@Mr.Markus.]

What a TANK!!! Congrats Sammy! That's one hell of a fish! I think there's a perfect spot on that wall of fame behind you just itching for a mounted monster tailor, don't you???

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Certainly will mate! Hopefully get it back towards the end of this year 👌👌

[@cbrown7345]

Great fish Sammy! The biggest one I have ever caught was only 62cm. They are such an amazing species of fish to target and that is a cracking fish you caught. Well done and I hope you catch many more 👍.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Cheers mate! 62cm is a good fish as well! Same to you mate 🍻🍻

[@mrcool1789]

I was very confused hearing the name “tailor” and then seeing a bluefish. Good to know they are the same fish and that’s just what they are called where you are

[@runnergunner5685]

They are blue fish from where I'm from as well, but their are different names depending on their size. The small ones are snappers, medium ones are cocktail, and large are either tailor blues or gator blues. I'm from the east coast United States.

[@mrcool1789]

@@runnergunner5685 yes I am from the northeastern USA. I have caught all sizes of bluefish

[@nasaman5843]

Here in Connecticut we call the big ones gators or gorilla blues

[@runnergunner5685]

@@nasaman5843 man, gorilla is pretty cool

[@lamiglass1]

@@runnergunner5685 I’m in New Jersey so same thing here

[@justinadams5159]

Mate I’m with you all the way Tailor from the surf chasing with long casts of metal bait profile lures is my no.1 favourite fishing pursuit watching you catch that one which I actually thought from the footage was over a metre it looked that good caused my heart to beat out of my chest can’t imagine how you felt. Mate to tell you my fav.angling memory seems like an irrelevance but anyway I caught a 53 cm greenback up at Urunga at the end of the famous boardwalk out at Hungry Head Beach early one morn last Sept. Just dusting off the gear almost as we speak for my assault on a piscatorial prize this Winter. Have to wait and see what turns up.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Every tailor is a good tailor mate! Hope you get a big greenback this season 💪💪🍻🍻

[@quadsquadsone762]

Mate that is a good tailer. Good job

[@johnsavage1109]

Well 65 years ago that was a "Normal" fish between Geraldton and Shark bay. Well done. Oh yeah, we used to catch them up to 20lb around Kalbarri, was only a few huts there in those days.

[@lesstalkmorefishing1000]

Can really feel your excitement there mate, congrats on that PB! My proudest catch so far is a 4 kg golden dorado right here in my hometown. Overfishing and environmental changes have made the local fishing very poor, but after trying dozens of times with no results I managed to catch one here at one of the bridges. Also I was assaulted and almost murdered by a guy on drugs when I went back to the ramp after the fishing haha. I won't stop until I catch a double digit golden dorado from the kayak tho, that'll be my proudest fishing moment when it happens.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Cheers mate! Great work in the GD but please be careful!! Doesn’t sound like the safest place to launch the boat! 😕😕

[@lesstalkmorefishing1000]

@@SammyHitzkeFishing thanks mate! . Luckily that was an isolated event. Just a troublemaker rich boy from the capital coming down south and ruin the day of people. But that place is usually safe. And I'll be launching from that ramp a lot until I catch that double digit GD! Haha

[@ginamontrichard3115]

My proudest catch was my first wahoo (67 pounds ) I caught it when I was 9 all by myself , when I was fighting it my dad thought it was a rock and he had the knife up to the line ready to cut it , then the wahoo did a head shake , thank the lord , I caught that on old years day aswell so that was pretty cool and the following year when I was 10 I caught a 80+ pound wahoo all by myself , don’t remember much from that trio but it was very fun , those are the only 2 wahoo I’ve ever caught , and I was hooked up to a 200+ pound tarpon for 3 hours , me and about 7 people were fighting in changing out every few minutes , it ended up breaking the circle hook

[@patbright5334]

Finally beers with Sammy

[@shannonburgmann7715]

Awesome fish Sammy, well done brother!

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Cheers mate! 🙌🙌

[@nevillenaidoo2070]

Great catch, here in South Africa we call them Shad.😊

[@Gman1044]

I won a dads fishing comp from my kids school. Got a Bonito, Samson fish and under sized Kingfish. I'm just a mug fisho but what a blast it was. I even won a rod for my efforts. Funny thing is it's a boat rod that I've never used.

[@rj333333]

Proudest catch ,90 cm Kingfish off the rocks at Taylor's Mistake,Christchurch, with my 4 piece travel rod ,when I was on holiday visiting my son. I think it is the only one ever caught of the land at that location . When my son tells people his dad caught a Kingfish at Taylor's Mistake they say no he didn't!

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hahah how good is that! Nicely done 🙌🙌

[@khakiarmy2676]

So good. Stoked!!!!!!

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

🙌🙌🙌

[@stevencyndrowski4853]

Haha I know that feeling !! Well done :). My PB is 69cm and still hoping for a bigger Tailor yet 🤞.

[@JohnColeiro]

Love it! The stress levels when bringing in a good fish hahahahaha

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hahah they were off the charts! That’s the reason we fish hey! 🍻🍻

[@louistyrrell4876]

Congratulations sammy🥳🍻🤙🏽👍🏽👌🏽🐟 on your 80cm Pb. My PB was a 50cm one and only Jack. Good onya for maning up and apologising to the camera man, even though ( move! ) didn't really sound rude anyway. Your heart rate accelerated from 0 - 100bpm at 7:40. Did I pick the exact moment correctly? It was intensely exciting to watch. So happy for ya mate. Awesome vid, Good onya👍🏽😎🍻

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hahah yeah pretty much spot on mate! Glad you enjoyed the video! 🙌🙌🍻🍻

[@IRONHORSE427RACING]

Sammy Congrats I know exactly how you Felt. My Fish of a lifetime story is one of those where catching a fish like I was hoping someday to catch was the Farthest thing from my mind. See I am a real all species Fisherman, if it swims and is edible I will fish for it. However that being said ever since I was a young lad of 6 yrs old when My Granfather first put a rod in my hands I have been a Fly Fisherman. My Gradfather had a Split Bamboo Rod made for me at age 6 and ever since he and I went everyplace in search of Trout, Salmon and yes Artic Grayling. Well I was fishing last early Summer in the High Alpine Lakes of the Bighorn Mountains in Northeastern Wyoming where they do have Grayling. Anyway I was fishing a very very small creek that flows out of one of these Alpine lakes for 6 to 8 inch Brook Trout for Breakfast for the Wife and I, now keep in mind its VERY EARLY in the morning and was just daylight enough to see where I was walking but the Sun had not peeked up over the mountain yet. I had a couple of perfect size Brookies but needed about 4 more since these were right at 8-10 inches (just the right size for pan frying with fresh sliced potatoes for Breakfast) that I was going to cook and let the wife sleep....anyway I rounded a bend in this tiny creek and there was a pond !....it covered about 2 acres and was in some places at least 12 to 15 feet deep it looked. Beaver had decided to move in and build a dam & pond to raise their young in and it was full of fish rising for what ever bugs were in lucky enough to drop into the water....well I tied on a Dry Fly and set to work. I actually caught several Rainbow, Brown and Cutthroat that were all nice fish but bigger than what I was wanting so they all got set free till I could catch some smaller ones to cook n eat and that didnt take long. I was very surprised there were so many fish in this little creek. Well I decided to try one more cast up at the base of a Big granite rock where the water was its deepest and I made a perfect roll cast and laid the fly right on the side of the stone and watched the fly settle on the water and just as I was about to give it a twitch the water exploded under my fly... I HAD NO IDEA what was eating my fly except for a bright flash of silver. I set the hook and the fish instantly broke water and I could clearly see it was the biggest Grayling I had ever seen. I fought the fish for what seemed like forever but eventually it gave up. I raced back to camp and keeping the fish alive was my main concern and The wife and I weighed it measured it and took tons of pictures before putting it in the Lake and watching it happily swim away. We sent all info into Bass Pro Shops Wildlife Creations (Taxidermist ) where they create duplicates of your fish that in most cases look better than the real thing and we just got the Mount back this Spring so I waited a year but I now have my Bucket list fish of a lifetime hanging on my wall and the satisfaction of knowing it's still up there swimming in that Alpine Lake.

[@anthonyleavey7514]

Pretty awesome fish. Never got one that big. I wish Yeppoon had something decent to catch up here. The fishing is so dead and hopeless up here.

[@micstavar3101]

Congrats on the fish! Best eating fish in the ocean!

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks mate! Appreciate it 🍻🍻

[@nicklisignoli5146]

Epic vid mate!! congrats thats a chunk of a Tailor My proudest moment, was solo in the kayak when I got my PB Mangrove Jack on bream gear. Was stoked but could only share it with myself hahaha

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Cheers mate! Jeez jacks out of the kayak is hard work! Great effort landing him 👌👌

[@chrisralston294]

Congratulations nothing compares to that moment of when you get that fish you've been chasing for year's. My most memorable moment was chasing a Victorian jewfish over a metre. It took me 10 years to do i was on my own everyone had gone home then bang. Mate I cried when it was landed i knew it was mission complete.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

🙌🙌🙌 nothing better then when all the effort and trips pay off. Only takes one fish hey 💪💪

[@pyra6517]

Come on Sammy thats only a baby XD. Awesome fish, I can only dream for that!

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

🤣🤣🤣 don’t hurt my feelings like that!! 🍻

[@pyra6517]

@@SammyHitzkeFishing I showed my dad a picture and he said that’s not a tailor they don’t get that big 😂

[@rocknut88]

Amazing fish sammy! We catch these same fish in the States and they are known as Blue Fish. If you want an epic time take a trip to new jersey or new York around October or November boys up there catch em over 20lbs

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Wow that’s huge! Might have to come over for a look some time! 👌👌🍻🍻

[@lordpandaninja7711]

Catching a fish on a lure for the first time even though it was small 😂 WOW Congrats on the PB me and my family went over to Fraser just the other weekend and we were catching 40 cms and just under!!

[@gurantobennett3513]

Nice fish Sammy, used to chase tailor with my grandfather, yet to catch a proper greenback like that.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Keep at it mate! It will happen! 👌👌🍻🍻

[@aussiesoldier0177]

Great vid, so happy for you mate!

[@franksaunders6534]

April 2017 - North of Bulli NSW, hooked and landed my first brute of a pig after a torrid battle on 20 lb Schneider - 55 cm and a super healthy, super well-proportioned black drummer (eastern rock blackfish). Since then have caught a handful more around that length and once 57 cm specimen. Great tailor btw!!

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

I haven’t chased pigs yet! Definitely on the list though. Looks like a tonne of fun 👌👌🍻🍻

[@franksaunders6534]

@@SammyHitzkeFishing It's awesome fun. Couple of pointers - use soaked chicken lay pellets as berley and drop small bombs of berley at your feet (much better than bread theses days), use cooked prawns and salt them down (more picker resistant and pigs just love them), run 20 lb - 30 lb mono (Maxima Ultragreen is awesome) straight through to a mustad 92254 1/0 hook with a pea sized ball straight down on top of the hook - short casts, keep the bait moving and wafting around and that's it (have found run-out tide more productive - as water gets more stirred up and it becomes rush hour). All of my pigs are caught in less than 3 m of water (often 1.5 m). Give em a go and good luck!

[@lawrence.martin.7321]

Great Taylor Sammy my best salmon was landed In Victoria at a beach called Shellie beach near Portland it was 4.5 kg . Regards. Laurie tight lines.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

That’s a beast as well!!

[@maxy6386]

Who here just binge watches Sammy after his Sunday videos

[@shanehartnett2053]

I binge watch every morning after night shift too 😆

[@maxy6386]

Haha

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Hahah thanks guys! 🙌🙌

[@anthony_correnti]

Unreal mate, surely that's going on the wall.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Yeah mate it’s being molded. Should have it back towards the end of the year 👌👌

[@saltywatervibez]

My most memorable fish will either be my yellowfin tuna of the rocks or my 60+kg gt on the boat

[@colinmead8996]

That size trailer will do-it 💪🏻

[@jaiwellington-vrins9449]

Keep doing what your doing man Quality content 💯 Living the dream🤙🏽

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Cheers mate! Appreciate it 🍻🍻

[@aceganter4478]

14 kg Jewie Stockton beach NSW best fish ever my 85 year old grandfather told me that he had been trying to get one that big for forty years 😊😊😊

[@wizardnebula8572]

Did you or your grandfather catch it?

[@aceganter4478]

@@wizardnebula8572 me mate first one

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

How cool is that! I bet your grandfather was super proud of you 💪💪

[@aceganter4478]

Maybe a little jealous 😏😏

[@darrenfisherman3838]

Bloody great fish brother

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Thanks mate 🙌🙌

[@stormsandfishing5448]

I’ve caught a few tailor around 67-68 cm, I was impressed by the size but disappointed they weren’t mulloway.

[@marcuslarwa9098]

That’s funny in here the states (northeast) we call them bluefish. Most stripebass fisherman hate catching them but I actually enjoy it. My biggest is well over 20 pounds, thing looked like a hybrid between a amberjack and bluefish mix. Once they get over 15 pounds they start to look a little different.

[@paulburkett3174]

Very nice Tailor mate. Once they get over that 60/65cm mark and get a decent tail wrist on them they certainly have a bit of power behind them.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Cheers mate! Yeah they certainly turn into a different beast from the smaller choppers! 🍻🍻

[@AusAdventure]

Yep cracking fish mate.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Cheers mate! 🍻🍻

[@hunterharrington5113]

Got off work at 2 in the avo, drove 9 hours strait, one hour of sleep all in hope of catching my first Peacock bass! It was a successful adventure!!

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

🙌🙌🙌 do the miles get the smiles! Nicely done 🍻🍻

[@hunterharrington5113]

@@SammyHitzkeFishing a reply! What a legend! We’ve got room in the states for another angler!

[@peacefulsoul77]

new subscriber ... good stuff mate.... enjoyed ... you deserve more subs bro... good luck to you...

[@patbright5334]

Congratulations on the new PB 👍

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Cheers Pat! 🙌🙌

[@FreeUrMindz]

We call em Bluefish in Florida. Millions of em run thru the intercoastal waterways especailly fall and winter here in north east FL. Often not as big as that bad boy in the video but this year they i caught some that size. Fun fighting fish.

[@christoswanepoel3863]

Congrats mate! What is the length of that lure? Similar to Halco Slidog 105?

[@DCA001TUBE]

Well Done Sammy, Nice Fish.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Cheers mate 👌👌🙌🙌

[@jamesdiotte]

We call them bluefish here in the USA, if you ever find yourself in NYC area in early May / June or October we get runs of real monsters, 10 kilo fish are not uncommon and 3 - 6 kg class fish are the norm. Some big striped bass mixed in the lot too.

[@rocknut88]

Can second that one!! Born and raised in Maryland big stripers and blues. We got ours in October- November

[@dragginmedown]

Do you eat them from those waters?

[@jamesdiotte]

@@dragginmedown I don't personally, some people do but up here, especially as they get bigger, they're eating primarily bunker (menhaden) and they get ridiculously oily and fishy.

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

That sounds awesome! If I ever get over there I’ll check it out! 👌👌

[@qlik9216]

Sammy what setup do you use for casting stickbaits and lures for tailor ?

[@anewrealm]

Congrats Sammy

[@NovoGold]

Want big Taylor, WA is the place..!

[@craigjenks9064]

yup agreed . shark bay region best iv seen

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Bit of a drive for us QLDer’s! I wanted to catch one out of the surf too 😉👌

[@arronwellington5522]

Great time of the day sammys videos yahoo

[@SammyHitzkeFishing]

Haha cheers for watching them mate! 🍻

[@cathyness7607]

GORGEOUS! I'M DROOLING HERE! LOL TY ....GOD BLESS...

[@LianaOstler]

i gotta know where abouts do you guys fish cause me and my fam go every year and catchs a couple tailors and alot of darts