The weather has improved through the week after an average weekend.
With a couple of warmer days this week, it seems the change in seasons is upon us and with this we are seeing a change in water temps that has seen a wide mix of species getting caught in close and out wide.
Spanish mackerel will start to come on the chew with reports from the northern sector already coming in, as water temperatures start to rise these fish will head south, to target them at the moment your best bet is to fish the Northern reef systems off K’gari.
Now is the time of year where having a pillie floater out the back in a burley trail is a must.
Larger snapper will regularly feed away from the safety of the reef and it is a great way of finding a rouge mackerel or two.
A couple of anglers made the trip to the Barwon Banks last week with some good results, conditions were a little sloppy so it was only for the larger craft.
Some nice species were boated including snapper, pearl perch, sweetlip, mori cod, and jew.
Nothing beats a live bait so make sure you have your jigs handy to gather Livies.
For the lure anglers using larger 4–7-inch soft plastics around Sunshine has been a great way to get onto the snapper, sweetlip and the odd coral trout, great profiles to try including Jerk Shads, Flick Baits and Streakz.
The Tin Can/Rainbow area has been producing great number of quality bream, whiting and flathead drifting both live and dead baits.
Live herring have been the standout baits and pilchards and worms have been the favourite dead baits.
Big schools of trevally have been prevalent throughout system with the new moon last weekend and have been responding well to surface poppers and surface walkers, prawn imitation soft plastics have also been doing the job.
Along the north side of Snapper Creek worms has been producing whiting up to 38cm as well as quality sized bream.
The deeper holes have been producing jew fish in the low lights of the morning and afternoon.
Paddle vibes have been dynamite on the jew and the odd trevally.
Carlo Creek is still a hotspot and has been producing great numbers of pan sized flathead fishing hard bodies and well scented soft plastics.
The Creeks around the Sandy Straits have come alive over the last couple of weeks with plenty of quality jacks on offer.
Most fish have been taken around the turn of the tide with angler using live baits very productive.
For the lure anglers skip casting larger plastic rigged weedless deep into the mangroves has been very effective.
On the beaches the gutters on the North Shore have had some great flathead on offer, these fish have been laying in the closer gutters and feeding on small baitfish prawns and worms.
Dart have been in great numbers and are great for the kids to catch, the bigger fish have come on the top of the tide.
Tailor numbers have been a little quiet due to the weed on the beaches at the moment, if the Northerly comes in weed should clear a little giving beach anglers some better opportunities.
In the Mary the lower section of the river has been busy with plenty of anglers reporting saratoga on the chew.
You will have to upsize your hooks a little as these fish have very hard mouths and can bend hooks easily.
Bass numbers are also improving with the water temperature rising.
For the barra anglers that love to chase a salt water fish the Burrum, Susan and lower reaches of the Mary are a great place to start your hunt.
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