By Jack Mangrove
THE Noosa River has again come up with some great fish.
There has been plenty of school jew through the system, the ski run and between the lakes has been holding some good fish, live baits and paddle vibe type soft plastic have been the way to go.
There are still good numbers of trevally around in Woods Bays early in the morning, tailor are also amongst them with surface lures like the River2sea Skinny Dogs working well.
Mangrove jack are in good numbers in the upper reaches of the river, getting up early and heading up the river pitching hard body lures at the banks is a perfect way to target these fish.
Give the Lucky Craft pointers ago, these are perfect on the baitcaster, using a baitcaster outfit will give you the pinpoint accuracy you need to get close to the snags where these red devils love to live.
Elsewhere in the river, there has been some good size whiting getting caught in the shallows of the frying pan and Weyba Creek – prawns, worms and yabbies have claimed a good number of the fish.
Good flathead have also been inhabiting areas like Weyba Creek and the sandbanks and drop off down towards the river mouth.
Brightly coloured soft plastics or diving hard body lures have claimed some great fish.
Crabs are also plentiful in the upper reaches of the river, remember you can only take the bucks and they must make size, 15cm across the widest point of its carapace.
On the beach, the dart have been everywhere.
This is great fun for the kids with a small piece of pilchard or a prawn on a size four bait holder hook cast into the gutters will almost guarantee a fish.
The gutter on the Noosa North Shore has also seen some quality tailor, jew, and some bigger sized flathead, as the high tide gets later and the moon-rise is also later the period between sunset and moon-rise is the prime time for jew, big baits of mullet fillet, tailor fillet or even a big clump of worms may see an outstanding result.
Fishing Offshore this week was tough with conditions less than perfect for chasing reef fish and pelagics.
For those boats that managed to get out, there is still good numbers of fish. Spotted mackerel and the odd Spaniard were showing up on the closer reefs and in Laguna Bay, with the majority of the action being around bait schools.
Trolling hard body lures is a great way to cover ground while you are making your way to your favourite fishing ground.
When you pull up, the good old pilchard floater has been working well with most of the pelagics swimming mid water.
Another species of fish that is hanging around the bait schools are long tailed tuna.
These fish are a great test for anglers and can really stretch the arms. Sunshine Reef is starting to fire with trout and sweetlip.
Chardons Reef is also holding good sized snapper, cobia and good sized jew.
On behalf of Jack Mangrove, best of luck on your fishing adventures.
