By JACK MANGROVE
A bit of rain is the best thing to happen to the Noosa River.
With the start of spring a bit of rain has started to fall.
Rain and the run off that it creates is a good thing for the river as in brings added nutrients to the river which small bait fish feed on and in turn bigger fish fed on the bait fish.
Hopefully we won’t get too much as this will change the salinity level in the river and the bait will head out to sea.
Upriver between the lakes mangrove jack have started to feed with a little more aggression.
The change in water temperature over the past couple of weeks has also helped to improve the jack fishing.
Suspending lures cast close to the structure that lines the sides of the river is a great way to target these fish.
Live baits and fresh bait worked around the rocky drop off in the same area should also prove fruitful.
Down towards the ski runs flathead have been on the chew with brighter coloured soft plastics doing the job.
Woods Bays have again provided anglers with a great deal of diversity with all trevally, tailor, flathead jacks and large bream all on the chew. Out toward the mouth Dog Beach has seen some quality whiting flathead and bream.
The offshore anglers were out in force last weekend with some outstanding results for the smaller boats.
Halls, Sunshine and Jew Sholes gave up some quality fish, cobia jew and snapper all where accounted for.
North Reef saw some outstanding tuna with some extremely large fish estimated at more than 30 kilograms.
There has been a lot in press over the last week about the large schools of bait that have been moving up the coast this is most likely the reason for the tuna in the area.
North Reef also accounted for some quality reef fish including snapper, pearl perch, and spangled emperor.
Out toward the banks quality snapper and larger pearl perch as well as cobia and gold ban snapper were all taken.
On the beach, tailor are still on the chew.
Some of the school are a little small but quality is good with tailor to 50 centimetres not uncommon and dart bream and whiting are also inhabiting the same gutters.
Fresh mullet, pilchards, worms and pippies have all claimed their fair share of fish.
