On the offshore scene, the Reefs off Double Island have been firing with reports always seeming to improve with the full moon period.
Amber jack, Red Emperor, cobia, tuna and mackerel were on the chew for those that knew where to go.
Jigging remains a popular approach and with sounder screens lighting up it did not take long to get hooked up.
Bigger jigs in the 150-to-200-gram size were working well with many options in the knife category which get down fast.
For the anglers that love chasing the pelagics there was also plenty of action, especially around the dirty water lines.
Large schools of bait were around with plenty of tuna and mackerel driving the fish to the surface.
Slugs are super popular here with the 30 -40 grams in the Halco Twisty the most popular.
Spotty mackerel are starting to show up with numbers now arriving in Laguna Bay.
Anglers have had success chasing these using shad style plastics on 1/2 ounce jig heads.
If slugs aren’t working, then be sure to give this a try.
Sunshine reef seems to be the Spanish hot spot with most anglers trolling live or dead baits rigged with squid skirts or tinsel heads.
Deep diving hard bodies set in a good spread with different colours and trolled along pressure edges has also worked well.
There has also been some good coral trout on Sunshine Reef mainly on the run-in tide, you just have to get your bait past the mackerel.
Live yakka’s and large pillies are still the best bait for these tasty morsels.
In the river and creeks, it has been all about the jacks, with the darker waters starting to flush out, these fish are feeding hard!
If you just want to put fish in the boat then live bait is the way to go, but for the anglers that love the challenge of getting them on lures, now is a great time to target them.
The great thing about Jack is there are many styles of lures to target them with.
Plastics are very popular and when rigged weedless you can really pitch them right into the mangroves without them snagging up too much.
Paddle tails are best when the waters are dirty as the vibration is picked up on the fish’s lateral line making it easier for them to find the lure.
Trevally numbers have been very good especially around the creek mouths on the run-in tide.
Micro jigs in the 7–10-gram size have been working very well.
Give the Majorcraft Jigpara jigs a go as they have a great range of sizes and colours sure to tempt even the fussy fish.
The combination of hot weather and large tides has certainly given the number of mud crab captures a big boost, the area’s most sort after having been Crab and Carlo creeks.
A good tip when crabbing is to place your pots at different depths, not just parallel to the shoreline.
Don’t be afraid to add scent to your crab bait by soaking it in tuna oil, and finally, try and keep your pots in for a full tide cycle.
The trusty whiting is in good numbers around the Dog Beach and the Frying Pan in the Noosa River with worms and live yabbies the pick of baits.
Best tip is to be there early before the crowds as this fish do spook easily.
On the Beach, surf anglers have seen plenty of whiting on the beaches with the area from Double Island to the Noosa River mouth on the Noosa North Shore showing good fish.
Most fish are taken at the start of the outgoing tides.
Using the specially designed Whiting Wacker rigs from Black Magic can greatly increase your catch rate, as they are designed with flashers and fluorocarbon leader.
Some good-sized tailor have also been taken on the southern side of Double Island.
These fish are usually bigger and seem to hang around the area and not move that far south.
You will also pick up golden trevally in these schools and maybe a school mackerel or spotty mackerel.
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