Nugget
27-11-2001, 10:48 PM
The very slow weekend tides saw plenty of good fish caught in the usually fast running locations of Kalinga Bank and the Southport Seaway where bream and flathead made up the majority of the catches and in the Rainbow Channel where a few solid parrot and cod were caught.
It has been hard to find a legal fish in Moreton Bay with plenty of undersize squire in the shallows, a few just legal sweetlip at dusk and dawn around the edges of Peel and the odd better quality fish taking a live bait on the deeper ledges on the inside of Moreton Island, the ledges in the Rainbow Channel and around the Spoil Ground off Mud Island.
The odd mackerel has come from the shipping channels and beacons in the northern Bay but they are not in any numbers.
Reports so far indicate that the cobia are still outweighing the mackerel catches both in the Bay and offshore.
The Sunshine Coast reefs are getting the lion’s share of offshore activity with reports of good pelagics and reef species everywhere from the Barwon Banks to the shallower grounds at the Blinker, the 12 Mile and Chardons Reef.
There have also been good reports of mackerel around the headlands and Old Woman Island, which make it very tempting for a weekend trip.
The Logan River is turning up school jew but quite a few have been undersize.
Large live prawns or small live mullet are your best baits and the most productive water has been any deep hole towards the mouth of the River including Marks Rocks, the prawn farm drains, and the rock outcrops along the southern foreshores on the lone pine straight.
If you’re getting despondent with your saltwater results consider heading up to Somerset Dam.
Several local anglers have caught and released an average of over 10 fish an hour on both baits and lures over the past few weeks.
The hot spot is the area opposite the Kirkleagh Headland on the slopping bottom and the technique is to bounce a jig or live shrimp just off the bottom or troll the 12 – 20 foot depth range using deep diving lures.
You will need a Stocked Impoundment Permit, which you can purchase at the Dam or from your local Post Office.
ENDS
Dave Downie ><>
It has been hard to find a legal fish in Moreton Bay with plenty of undersize squire in the shallows, a few just legal sweetlip at dusk and dawn around the edges of Peel and the odd better quality fish taking a live bait on the deeper ledges on the inside of Moreton Island, the ledges in the Rainbow Channel and around the Spoil Ground off Mud Island.
The odd mackerel has come from the shipping channels and beacons in the northern Bay but they are not in any numbers.
Reports so far indicate that the cobia are still outweighing the mackerel catches both in the Bay and offshore.
The Sunshine Coast reefs are getting the lion’s share of offshore activity with reports of good pelagics and reef species everywhere from the Barwon Banks to the shallower grounds at the Blinker, the 12 Mile and Chardons Reef.
There have also been good reports of mackerel around the headlands and Old Woman Island, which make it very tempting for a weekend trip.
The Logan River is turning up school jew but quite a few have been undersize.
Large live prawns or small live mullet are your best baits and the most productive water has been any deep hole towards the mouth of the River including Marks Rocks, the prawn farm drains, and the rock outcrops along the southern foreshores on the lone pine straight.
If you’re getting despondent with your saltwater results consider heading up to Somerset Dam.
Several local anglers have caught and released an average of over 10 fish an hour on both baits and lures over the past few weeks.
The hot spot is the area opposite the Kirkleagh Headland on the slopping bottom and the technique is to bounce a jig or live shrimp just off the bottom or troll the 12 – 20 foot depth range using deep diving lures.
You will need a Stocked Impoundment Permit, which you can purchase at the Dam or from your local Post Office.
ENDS
Dave Downie ><>