Nugget
11-12-2001, 01:54 AM
The Moreton Bay mackerel season should have kicked in but there have been very few reports of fish so far.
Bush ‘N Beach fishing correspondent Jason Comino is one of the few that managed to find them although he said they were in small isolated patches and very scattered.
Jason worked the beacons off Bribie Island last Sunday using chrome slugs and a high-speed retrieve.
At last a few mud crabs have turned up.
I spoke to a pro crabber on Friday who had his best catch in almost 12 months and several anglers also reported catching a few muddies from the northern Pin area in the past week.
The trick was to work the mouth of small creeks and mangrove drains using very fresh mullet frames.
Whiting anglers have been struggling in the Nerang and Broadwater although there have been good catches at the Pin.
Best spots have been the sand bank between Eden and the back of Short Island and the large sand bank in the Mosquito Island Channel.
The ever popular Gold and Green bank at the eastern end of Tiger Mullet Channel is also a consistent producer of fish.
There are still a lot of under size fish, grinners, rays and sharks in the Bay with very few anglers finding any quality.
One spot that has turned up a few pan squire and sweetlip is Wellington Point.
Turn north past the last lead light heading towards the Huybers Light.
When you are three quarters of the way to the light turn west towards King Island and watch your sounder.
There are a few rises from five to two meters that are producing a feed especially before daylight and in the early evening.
Hardyheads and fresh squid have been the pick of the baits.
For the lure angler, mangrove jack are still being caught in the northern Broadwater area.
Best spots have been around Jabiru Island, Paradise Point and in deeper water in the Pimpama River.
A consistent producer that should fire as the weather hot up is the rock bar in front of the Southport State School a few hundred meters up river from the Gold Coast Bridge in the Nerang.
Bright coloured lures with lots of darting action are the best choice.
ENDS
Dave Downie ><>
Bush ‘N Beach fishing correspondent Jason Comino is one of the few that managed to find them although he said they were in small isolated patches and very scattered.
Jason worked the beacons off Bribie Island last Sunday using chrome slugs and a high-speed retrieve.
At last a few mud crabs have turned up.
I spoke to a pro crabber on Friday who had his best catch in almost 12 months and several anglers also reported catching a few muddies from the northern Pin area in the past week.
The trick was to work the mouth of small creeks and mangrove drains using very fresh mullet frames.
Whiting anglers have been struggling in the Nerang and Broadwater although there have been good catches at the Pin.
Best spots have been the sand bank between Eden and the back of Short Island and the large sand bank in the Mosquito Island Channel.
The ever popular Gold and Green bank at the eastern end of Tiger Mullet Channel is also a consistent producer of fish.
There are still a lot of under size fish, grinners, rays and sharks in the Bay with very few anglers finding any quality.
One spot that has turned up a few pan squire and sweetlip is Wellington Point.
Turn north past the last lead light heading towards the Huybers Light.
When you are three quarters of the way to the light turn west towards King Island and watch your sounder.
There are a few rises from five to two meters that are producing a feed especially before daylight and in the early evening.
Hardyheads and fresh squid have been the pick of the baits.
For the lure angler, mangrove jack are still being caught in the northern Broadwater area.
Best spots have been around Jabiru Island, Paradise Point and in deeper water in the Pimpama River.
A consistent producer that should fire as the weather hot up is the rock bar in front of the Southport State School a few hundred meters up river from the Gold Coast Bridge in the Nerang.
Bright coloured lures with lots of darting action are the best choice.
ENDS
Dave Downie ><>