THE frying pan has been firing with some good whiting over the last week, most fish have been taken on live yabbies and live worms. Flathead are thick around the entrance to Weyba Creek, and the lower parts of the system, trolling hard body lures close to the bottom has been working well, the Zerek Tango Shad is one such lure with pink and red very productive colour, also soft plastics like the Squidgie Whip Baits have done the job.
Trevally and tailor are also on the bite with the higher tides in the morning the best time to make your attack, golden, big eye, and giant trevally have all been taken over the weekend.
There are a few jewies starting to show up around the entrance to the lakes, Paddle vibe style profile soft plastics are working well, these lures put out plenty of vibration that the fish picks up and identifies as a bait fish in trouble.
Upriver the jacks have been firing with the best results coming from between the lakes, suspending lures and slow hopped soft plastics have produced some sensational results.
If you are thinking of putting the crab pots in, we are finding the better crabs have been upriver with some nice bucks coming from around Makepeace Island. Fresh bait is the key and make sure you leave them in for at least one tide cycle.
On the offshore scene, Jew have been in good numbers around the wider reefs like Chardons and North Reef. Snapper and sweetlip are in good numbers also around North and Chardons.
Places like Sunshine Reef have been holding good numbers of coral trout. Live baits fished hard on the bottom is by far the best method. Getting them up before the sharks get hold of them is also a great challenge.
Yellowfin, long tail and mac tuna schools are starting to show up and have been spotted in the bay and on North Reef. Plenty of fun to be had with them on small slugs like the River2sea Sea Rocks slugs with the 14gr size working well. The reefs offshore from Double Island Point have been fishing well for cod, squire, pearl perch and red emperor.
The southern beaches have again been fishing well, Sunshine Beach and Castaway Beach have fished well for whiting, bream, and dart with live worms doing the job. The odd jew has also been on the menu at night time on larger baits like mullet and tailor fillet. Whiting, dart, tailor and flathead have come from the gutters along the Noosa Northshore. Live worms are the best bait for the whiting and bream. Flathead and tailor are worth targeting using frogmouth pilchards.
So on behalf of Jack Mangrove, best of luck on your fishing adventures!
