By JACK MANGROVE
FISHING in the Noosa River over the past week once again has been sensational; the river shows a great diversity at this time of the year, with the whole system producing good fish.
Starting at the mouth large flathead have been all the rage with large fish taking a liking to both baits and soft plastics.
Down towards the Dog Beach and the Frying Pan nice sized whiting have been thick with the humble pealed prawn being favourite bait.
Around the Woods Bays area, tailor and trevally have been smashing bait fish on the surface. Give the River2sea Skinny Dogs a go with the larger size 110mm a good match for the bait fish that are there at the moment. These surface lures work well with a ‘walk the dog’ action imitating a struggling bait fish or prawn.
Further upriver the Jacks are back with more and more fish reported each week, an early start working the banks between the lakes should see a result.
The offshore scene was also on fire with North reef one of the stand outs, large bait schools of yakkas have been reported with the predators like pearl perch, cobia and snapper all feasting on live baits. Closer in, Jew shoal, Chardon’s Reef and Sunshine reef are all fishing well, pan sized snapper and sweetlip have both been caught in good numbers.
Off the rocks in the National Park, Tuna has been the focus of angler. Land base game fishing is huge down south and with the large schools of baitfish coming closer to the headlands we are seeing larger fish within the reach of land based anglers. This treacherous style of fishing is not for the faint hearted with the risks sometimes outweighing the rewards… the rewards; big long tail tuna.
On behalf of Jack Mangrove, best of luck on your fishing adventures!
