With some strong winds over the last week and more to come the offshore reports have been a little thin on the ground, there were a couple of reports from down Noosa way with the close reefs showing promise.
Jew Sholes saw plenty of pelagic action with both spotted and spanish mackerel taken last week, Sunshine was good for Coral trout, sweetlip, tusk fish, cobia and jew.
Laguna bay was also fishing well with schools of tuna and spotted mackerel working the bait schools just offshore, smaller metal slugs in that 20 to 40 gram size were a perfect match for the small baits they were feeding on.
With the new moon this week and some big tides there will be a far bit of run and if the forecast wind and swell comes in most offshore boats will stay in on their trailer.
On the Beach the consistent south easterly have been a bit of a pain with most beach anglers on the beach super early to try and beat the winds.
Unbelievably, tailor numbers are still good with some good fish reported between Teewah and Double Island, jew numbers have also been good even with
the run up to the new moon, the fish have not been overly big but there have been some good schools.
Big casters have been seeing some success with school mackerel cruising the backs of the gutters.
For those fishing the closer gutters there have been plenty of whiting and dart with worms and yabbies the prime baits.
As we move into the school holidays hopefully things will calm down a little.
With those big tides plenty of smaller baitfish have been brought into Tin Can Bay closely followed by those more predator fish like trevally, queenfish, giant herring and tailor.
Having a cast net is a must with live baits a great option, herring and poddy mullet have been prime baits with the edges of the deeper channels seeming to be prime hunting ground.
Casting those live bait into the shallows and slowly rolling them over those drop offs has worked well.
Trevally have been also rounding up smaller baitfish in the shallows so casting a smaller slug and retrieving at speed has also been getting results.
In the Creeks Jacks are still on the chew with rock bars and deeper edges seeming to hold those better fish.
Casting or trolling suspending lures like the Zerek Tango shads or the Luck Craft Pointers has also got some great results.
Flathead numbers are really on the move with anglers reporting plenty of fish on the shallow banks and around the drop offs.
If you get a fish, make sure you keep working that same area as these fish tend to nest up at this time of the year.
In the fresh the Saratoga have again been active in Borumba with some nice fish taken around the timber, surface lures have worked well in the low light periods with smaller sub surface lures seeming to work better as the sun gets a little higher.
Bass have been a little quiet with the best bite being right on sunrise.
Trolled deeper divers seem to be picking up the better fish as the waters have dirtied a little after recent rains.
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