By JACK MANGROVE
In the Noosa River, the trevally and tailor that have been running rampant over the past couple of weeks. With plenty of bait schools holding in the lower reaches of the river, these predators have been rounding up the schools and forcing them to the surface.
Surface fishing is by far the most exciting way to target these fish. Keep an eye out for activity and get that popper of surface lure in among the action, try around the Back of the Sound and Woods Bay. As the sun gets a little higher the fish will tend to head for the deeper water, so micro jigging and soft plastics are the way to go. Make sure to keep your jigs close to the bottom with short sharp lifts of your rod tip, to get the fishes attention similarly with the soft plastics. The Frying pan flats have been a hive of activity, winter whiting have been coming onto the bite on the run in tide, try live sand and bloodworms or yabbies. They have been proving very successful for the bait anglers. At the mouth, there has been a great cross section of fish with luderick, bream trevally, jew and tailor all taken in the last week. Heading upriver a couple of nice flatties have been taken around the upper reaches of the river. The ski run and the entrance to the first lake have also seen some quality flatties and jewies. On the North Shore, we have been seeing some great bream with the incoming tide the prime time, good schools of tailor are also making there northern migration at the moment so the area north of Teewah has seen some nice fish. Jewies are also on the menu with a couple of quality fish to the 10kg mark taken last week. Fresh mullet fillets or if you catch a tailor try a side on a set of ganged hooks as this is a favourite bait for jewies.
Offshore things are still a little quiet. With the weather not playing the game and the wind coming up early, anglers have been a little hesitant to cross the bar. For those that did head out, the closer reefs have been the main focus. Sunshine Reef has seen the odd coral trout as well as sweetlip, and snapper.
On behalf of Jack Mangrove, best of luck on your fishing adventures.
