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Will be heading over to N straddie on sunday for a few days of R&R and was just wandering what has the fishing been like over there lately if anybody knows. I will probably fish Pt Lookout area around the gorge at my favourite spots for bream, tailor, dart, whiting, trevally and other bits and pieces that turn up. I will also go to the Amity point jetty and try again for some macks or tuna (hopefully) ???
I was also wandering if there has been any reef fish/pelagics caught off the more exposed parts of Pt Lookout? Any information would be greatly appreciated.
i'e just come back from 2 weeks over there so here goes.
Amity jetty is choc-a-bloc with hardiheads at present - take a cast net & you will have no need to buy bait. Tunas are chasing them at all times of day with the odd mack coming thru as well - you just have to be "johnny on the spot" when they put in a visit. Take some rid - the sandflies are thick around the jetty if there isn't a decent breeze.
Usual suspects dart & whiting on Flinders, yabbies for dart worms for whiting. Fishing best when a blow is on from the southeast. Tailor on Main particulary at the pin end.
The water around Dune rocks (the outcrop between deadmans & frenchmans) is excellent at the moment. There is very little sand in behind the bombies & the boulders are exposed. When it is like this it fishes really well for squire, speckled hind & bream & the odd yellowtail king when they cruise thru. Fish off the High rock in this area for dart early morning or with a livie under a float at night for tailor / jew. See Nuggets article in March's Bush 'n Beach - it doesn't talk about straddie but the technique of livebaiting under a float in this area is the same.
I didn't go out on the Point to comment but it really doesn't change too much - it always fishes well. The chance of a pelagic from the rocks is pretty good considering the quality season they've had just offshore.
A Sad Note - the fish & chip shop on the Point has been torn down & a "marvellous" 3 story development up in its place. I just about cried. The graffitti that can still be read thru the builders coverup paint says it all.
for bream, tailor, dart, whiting, trevally and other bits and pieces that turn up. I will also go to the Amity point jetty and try again for some macks or tuna (hopefully) ???
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