By JACK MANGROVE
Kids are having a ball, fishing over the school holidays.
The kids have been having a great time over the holiday season with some great bread and butter species in the river, starting down toward the mouth, trevally, bream, flathead and the odd tailor have all been on the menu.
The dog beach has seen some great whiting with pealed prawns, bloodworms, yabbies and pippies all doing the job. On the other side of the river, the Frying Pan has also been firing with quality whiting and some bigger flathead.
Poppers like the Zerek Poparazzi in the 50mm size have been working well on the whiting with soft plastics like the Squdgies prawn in the Pro Range doing the job on the flathead, diving lures trolled behind the boat or kayak have also worked on the flathead.
Gympie Terrace has also been a hive of activity with families enjoying the great spring weather. Seems there are kids everywhere enjoying a fish with dads diligently baiting hooks and untangling lines. Upriver has also seen some great activity with quality trevally coming from around the Tewantin Ski Run area, school jew are up toward the lake as well as some exceptional flathead coming from Lake Cooroibah.
On the Noosa North Shore, there has been an endless stream of 4X4 heading north, whiting, bream tailor and some quality jew have all come from the gutter on North Shore. Best to head up on the low tide scoping out the water looking for those deeper gutters and fishing as the tide rolls in. Make sure you top up on pilchards, salted bonito fillet worms and prawns before you head up, you can also collect pippies and worms from beaches. Why not enter the kids in the Davo’s Junior Fishing Comp, there are two categories under 14s and under 18s with some fantastic rod and reel combo prizes. Entries close on Sunday 4 October with the winner announced on 5 October. Entry is free, to find out all the details check out there Facebook page for all the details.
So on behalf of Jack Mangrove, best of luck on your fishing adventures!
