The beach is pumping with lots of fisho’s cleaning up on some very nice whiting, tarwhine, trevally, dart, snapper, jew and sweetlip off the beach along Rainbow and the coloured sands stretch.
Good gutter formations, newly exposed coffee rock patches and low water visibility all contributing to successful catches.
This stretch of beach fishes especially well when water visibility is low.
Fish use the murkier water for protection and cover from both predators above and below the waterline while taking advantage of an easy feed provided by the stirred up conditions.
Something that is quickly gaining popularity in this area are those fishing with drones.
Targeting the deeper coffee rock patches along this stretch of beach that are unreachable with conventional casting gear can produce some pretty remarkable results.
Circle hooks and small tuff baits like cuttlefish seem to give the best yields.
It beg the question of how quickly a big stick bait sent out via drone and retrieved would last.
Along the northern Teewah stretch, formations at present are few and far between however that may quickly change this coming week. When it’s like this it can actually be beneficial to locating species such as whiting quickly.
With fewer gutters to spread out in, sometimes it gives fish less choices of places to be.
Without doubt beach worms will give you the best chances of getting a feed.
Coming towards the next dark moon it’s recommending to plan a low tide Teewah whiting session and remember if you can’t find fish during the day, try the same spots at night, you may be very surprised at the results.
In the straights the mud crabs have really kicked into gear however like every year, the first flood of crab will see a vast number of soft B & C grade crab in the mix.
Choose wisely and take the fullest crabs home.
They eat better than empty crabs and the ones you put back will fill up nicely in a few weeks.
If you would like to learn how to check if your crabs are full drop by Gardiner Fisheries at Rainbow Beach and they will happily show you how to do it.
What bait for the crabs?
Mullet heads and frames come highly recommended.
Some do prefer chicken carcasses and crabs do love them they aren’t recommended.
Both Carlo and Bullock Point boat ramps have been producing some quality mangrove jack in the evenings.
Mullet flesh baits and whole dead whiting have been doing the damage.
50cm is the length to beat currently from Carlo and from reports it’s doable as some fisho’s have been smoked by larger specimens.
The joys of fishing heavy structure.
Not a great deal to report offshore this week apart from good reports of Snapper and pearl perch from the closer 4-5 mile grounds.
Fingers crossed a few crews get out this coming week if weather allows.
