With those southerly winds coming through over the weekend at about 20 knots and the swell picking up most of the offshore anglers choose to stay in the bay or leave the boat on the trailer.
The reports we have are from last week.
The reefs off Double Island were on fire last week with a great array of fish, the Charters out of Noosa reported plenty of quality reef fish including pearl perch, tusk fish, cod, snapper, scarlet sea perch, sweetlip and fry pan snapper.
The pelagics were also about with spanish and spotted mackerel as well as some nice tuna.
Pelagic activity has also been reported just outside the Wide Bay Bar, trolling deep diving hard body lures seems to be very effective here.
A couple of great options are the Halco Laser Pro’s and the Rapala Magnum’s.
Sunshine has also been firing with some great coral trout taken last week.
Most anglers have been on the live bait so make sure you have your bait jigs set and ready to go.
On the beach with the new moon last weekend, a night fish would be on the cards.
Reports from around the new moon period were very encouraging so you may find a nice one in the deeper gutter on the rising tide.
Trevally numbers are starting to improve, the schools are not very big and the quality of the fish seems to be around that 40cm size.
Pilchards and mullet strip baits have been the better baits.
There have been plenty of darts for the kids around Inskip and the northern end of North Shore.
Make sure you look for those deeper gutters and fish the incoming tide.
Pippies, worms, and prawns are all ideal baits.
Flathead have also been taken with plenty of fish over the 50cm size sitting in the shallows.
Tin Can has been fishing well with plenty of crabs still on offer.
There are so many great options around the Bay area to set your pots and if the forecast rains come in they will be up and walking.
Fresh mullet is still one of the best baits but if you can’t get any then the good old chook frame is a top bait also.
Plenty of whiting has been taken on the run-out tides in the morning with the area in front of the yacht club seeing some good fish.
Bollock Point Boat Ramp and Snapper Creek Jetty have been good for some solid bream over the last week with the better fish coming at night.
Trevally has been a little quiet with the midday tides but this will improve over the weekend.
Fish the morning tide around the mouths of Alligator and Kauri Creeks with fast-moving plastics or small micro jigs and slugs and retrieve at speed.
Flathead have been in good numbers with plenty of fish hanging around the drop-offs on the outgoing tides.
Small pilchards on ganged hooks cast and slowly retrieved have claimed some good lizards.
The Freshwater impoundments and Mary River benefited from a little less rain last week.
The water clarity has improved greatly and the bass are schooling up in the deeper sections.
Working soft plastics off the bottom is worth a go as well as smaller Micro Jigs, on the Mary casting at snags with quality hardbodies like the Jackall squirrel and Lucky Craft Pointers has been productive.
Make sure you work them down to depth and then pause to get that better reaction bite.
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