Mangrove jack are now very active with the storm activity.
These ambush predators have surprised a few anglers with their ‘smash and run’ feeding technique.
Jacks are more active and often out in the open at night hunting for a feed.
Live baits and soft plastics like the River2sea Chasebaits have gotten job done.
Trolling hard body minnows around the rock Bars of Kauri Creek and the drop offs of Snapper and Carlo Creeks may also connect you with a jack.
Make sure you use quality suspending lures like the Atomic Twitches or Lucky Craft Pointers that are armed with quality hooks.
Flathead are still in good numbers with some monster females feeding on small baitfish and prawns predominantly on the run out tide.
These fish are in the later stages of spawning are really starting to nest up so if you get on to a
fish keep working that same area to try an attract big momma.
With the bigger tides this week we should see plenty of predatory fish like tailor queenies and trevally in the Sandy Straights, anglers will be getting a run for their money as reels screamed under the pressure of these speedsters.
Look for the bust ups as the fish feed on the schools of baitfish brought in on the tide.
Casting slugs or soft plastics and retrieving at speed will be your best approach.
Crabs are in good numbers, good size bucks have been enticed into the pots by using mullet or chook frames, soaked in tuna oil.
Remember to mark your floats and a bag limit of 7 per person and a boat limit of 14 no matter how many people are on board.
For those heading south, the Noosa River has been fishing well with some great catches of trevally and tailor.
These predatory fish have been very active around the river mouth, Woods Bays and Munna Point chasing bait brought in on the big tides.
Larger soft plastics have accounted for some nice school jew from the deeper holes up river.
For those that prefer to fish the daylight hours whiting continue to be in good number around the Dog Beach and the Frying Pan.
Worms and freshly pumped yabbies are the gun baits.
For the tuna angler, the Mack tuna and occasional long tail have been chopping up in Hervey Bay and the Great Sandy Straights.
Casting slugs like the Halco Twisty, Halco Outcast or the very realistic looking Fish Inc. Flanker sinking stickbait is a great way to target them.
Keep an eye out for bird activity to show you where the bait schools are these will usually be brought to the surface by the tuna feeding from below.
Another trick is the height that the birds are diving from, if they are diving from a higher altitude the bait is deeper so wait a little longer before you
start your recovery, if the birds are diving from lower then pretty much start your recovery just after the lure hits the water.
With these annoying weather condition that northerly will pop up mid-morning so the timing of your trip is important, also if you are in a smaller craft it would be smarter to stay around the local reef rather than venturing too far out.
If you have a larger craft a trip to the Barwon Banks and the reefs off Double Island is worth the effort.
Anglers that have recently fished these areas have landed some outstanding fish like, snapper, pearlies, moses perch, jew, gold spot cod, tuskies, nannygai and red emperor.
On the Beach the Sand Hwy on the Noosa North shore has been manic, with so many 4×4 on the beach it can be very difficult to get to the water just to have a cast.
You are best off fishing the evening or early morning to get the best results.
Tailor are still being taken along with some smaller jew with the best fish taken on slab baits of mullet fillet, tuna fillet or pilchards.
The close gutters have had plenty of whiting and dart in them perfect for the kids to hone their skills on.
If you can get the kids to learn to pull worms or collect pippies you will save a fortune on bait and get them catching more often.
Now for all the latest information log onto www.fishingnoosa.com.au for up-to-date bar and fishing reports, don’t forget to drop into Gympie’s Newest tackle store “The tackle Shop”, Tackle World Noosa, and Northshore Bait & Tackle in Marcoola for all the right equipment, bait and advice to get you catching.
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