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Just back from Orchid, the weed was coming in and out of different locations at different times depending on wind and tides etc in some places it would be clear and easily fishable in the morning an completely brown by the afternoon. Weed conditions ranged from annoying to completely unfishable although generally if spinning it had minimal impact unless you were dumb enough to cast into a heavily infested section. Tailor were there if you were prepared to travel and search out sections without weed rather than just pick a gutter and stay and wait for them to show up. I kept all the tailor I caught for bait and turned a couple into spanish trolled behind my kayak at Ngkala, even got my young bloke onto his first also which was a bit of a highlight. Best was taken on our last morning which was the Saturday after opening spinning the Southern side of Waddy Point, we had the place to ourselves and pulled five fish over 60cm before having to race back to the house and pack up as the late risers were just starting to arrive after missing the peak bite in the morning twilight. Will give a proper report with vids and photos as time allows, right now I'm about to go back to cleaning sand out of every orifice in my car.
