By JACK MANGROVE
GOT to love Noosa when the sun is shining – with the river clearing, the fishing is certainly heating up.
On the river we have seen some great captures of whiting and bream around the dog beach and Gympie terrace. Munna Point has also fished well with the odd trevally also in the mix. Noosa sound and Weyba Creek have seen some exceptional flathead with fish over the 60cm mark not uncommon.
Further upriver Trevally and Jacks have been caught at night around the Tewantin ski run and around the boat harbour. Working hard body lures in the deeper channels should also see some good results.
As there is still a fair amount of fresh in the water the crabs are still on the move. As the water in the system clears up the bait will move back into the river and the river mouth will be a hot spot for large predators.
On the beach there are some outstanding holes and gutters that are loaded with whiting, bream and dart.
If you are heading up to the North Shore there are a few washaways so make sure you keep an eye out.
The Southern beaches around Peregian and Marcus also have some great gutters well worth investigation. Small pillies, prawns and worms will do the trick, with larger baits at night.
Offshore the closer reefs are the go, Sunshine has been great for trout, sweetlip, and snapper, with the morning tide the optimum time. North reef has also fished well for squire, moses perch, collared sea bream, painted mowong, grassy sweetlip, Maori cod and venus tusk fish.
With such a wide variety of fish the charter boys have been having some great success.
As we see the water start to clear, the large pelagics will return and the small baitfish that have moved out of the river will be fair game.
On behalf of Jack Mangrove, best of luck on your fishing adventures.
