With some better weather and a full moon on the way last weekend, anglers were out in great numbers in fact doing the run from Curra to town saw plenty of boats heading north.
First up offshore has been going off with anglers crossing the Wide Bay Bar really getting into the pelagics, nice spotted and spanish mackerel are on the chew along with some quality long tail and solid little Mack tuna.
From the grounds off Double Island there have been some nice snapper, pearl perch, parrot, moses perch, amberjack and that very sort after red emperor. Some anglers have struggled with a fair bit of run and of course the tax man in the grey suit.
The sharks have been particularly active and love anything being dragged to the surface from the reef.
With this in mind make sure you upsize both line and leader and try and get the fish up before they can get your prized catch.
In the Sandy straights and Hervey Bay, tuna numbers have been strong with plenty of long tails in the mix.
To the south, the crew that headed out of Noosa also did well with some great Mackerel coming from around Sunshine Reef and Jew Shoal.
Water temperatures are still up there a bit so the pelagic activity has been plentiful just behind the breakers and on the closer reefs.
Sunshine is also still giving up some nice coral trout and sweetlip with those live baits fished hard to the bottom getting the best results.
Tin Can Bay has been really firing with reports of good trevally action on the incoming tide around the points and creek mouths, trevally are feeding on baits brought in on the tide so fishing smaller slugs and Micro Jigs have worked well, casting the lure and retrieving at speed has been the most effective approach. For those that love the surface bite then hitting the water first thing in the morning or fishing just on sundown has been very effective, surface walkers like the Sugapen and Atomic Bull Dogs have been very effective.
Whiting numbers are also improving with some nice sized fish taken of freshly pumped yabbies.
Kauri and Teebar Creeks have been good for jacks with the odd 50cm plus one amongst them, these fish seem to become more active in the late afternoon on
the start of the run-out tide.
Live baits on poddy mullet or herring are still the number one baits.
Flathead numbers have also been good with plenty of fish on the chew on the run-out tide, these fish will be sunning themselves on the banks as the water temperatures drop.
Casting up onto the banks with soft plastic or small frogged mouth pilchards on ganged hooks and slowly retrieving has
been a proven method.
On the beaches the bigger tides in the evening and large swells has seen plenty of sweep on the beaches so you will have to up those sinker sizes, plenty of bigger dart are on the chew on the top of the tide.
Jew have been a bit quiet with the full moon at night but there has been the odd fish taken after the moon sets in the very early mornings.
Inskip has also been firing with a few nice mackerel taken land based in the channel.
The sink hole has also been good for a nice flathead and the odd bonito on the tide.
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