Hey everyone, welcome to Gardiner Fisheries Rainbow Beach weekly fishing report.
We look forward to keeping you updated with the freshest intel in the region on what’s biting when and where.
We do our best to keep you in the loop on what the fish are doing in relation to the weather and possible places to wet a line
This year we have seen an explosion of fish numbers on Fraser/K’gari with the fishing next level.
However as this goes to print, the south easterly winds have picked up along with the swell and we are in for a couple of days of undesirable weather especially offshore and on the beaches.
Increased swell will make beach fishing conditions difficult and it means it’s a great opportunity to hit the creeks and the Sandy Straits in search of a feed.
This is awesome sporting fun for anglers.
As we head into the weekend in the lead up to the full moon it will be a perfect time to hit the Sandy Straits targeting sand whiting with September full moon being a peak spawn time.
Fishing the shallow flats around the creek mouths such as Teebar Creek, Snapper Creek, and Kauri Creek as well as the sand banks around Bullock Point will yield the best results.
The best way to target these fish is a stealth approach and light gear; start fishing on the bottom of the tides and move up onto the flats with the tide as it comes in. This will put you in the prime position for success.
Fresh baits of live beach worms, and yabbies will get the best results, and a hot tip is not to put all your eggs in one basket by fishing the one stop all the time; move around and hunt the fish around as schooling fish will be on the move so for best results move around and mix it up.
Another species that will be great to target are the flathead. There have been some exceptionally big fish caught of late around Inskip, Bullock Point and Teebar Creek.
Two of the stand out lures at present doing the damage on the flathead have been the Zerek Tango Shad in red devil colour and the other go to is Fishcraft Dr. Stretch 65mm divers.
Mud Crabs will still be firing throughout this month in great numbers. The bonus of crabs caught in winter and spring is they are predominantly A Grade meaning they are full quality crabs.
On the big moons this weekend get your pots up into the tree lines, into the mangroves for best results. For best results fresh mullet heads or frames will produce the best yield.
A perfect weekend to get the kids out in the tinny and chase a few.
If you are thinking of hitting the beach this weekend the best protected spots will be the lagoon side of Double Island Point where there has been some quality tailor, jew and dart caught of late.
If you want to flick lures, Inskip Point will offer good protection from the south eastly winds. With the vast amount of bait at present at the sink holes of Inskip, there have been some great pelagic fish landed.
Casting lures such as the Nomad Ridgeback 60g metals has landed several of our client’s mackerel over 20kg in the last week from the shore.
With the wind is on your back it makes casting metal lures easy work and there have been some exceptionally big mackerel caught of late on metal lures.
At present access to Double Island from Rainbow is limited to an hour either side of low tide however this could change rapidly either way with this weather.
Check for information on the rocks by giving us a call at the store or check our social media pages.
The exceptional thing about our region is if you love fishing, no matter the conditions there is always somewhere to go to get your fishing fix.
If you didn’t already know Rainbow Beach has an amazing fishing club open to everyone in and outside the region.
The beauty of the club is its diversity as it educates anglers of all different levels on how to improve their fishing skills and if you have kids, it is an amazing opportunity to get them out of the house and into fishing.
I highly recommend it for adults, children, parents and as a family activity.
If you would love more information on club activities you can check out the club website at www.rbaafishing.com.au
At any stage you want to have a chat drop in and see us at Gardiner Fisheries and we can help put you onto a fish.
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