By JACK MANGROVE
THE Noosa area has been an anglers’ paradise over the last week, with some great catches reported.
At the mouth of the river, whiting have been plentiful with some cracker sized fish to 40cm coming from the frying pan and the dog beach, peeled prawns, yabbies and live worms have all been the favoured bait.
Bream have also been feeding on the same with Woods Bay also worth a try.
Trevally have been around the sound and Munna Point with the morning biter the best time. Surface poppers have been the go as the fish are feeding on small bait fish forced to the surface.
Upriver, mangrove jack have also been on the chew with live herring and diving hard body lures doing the trick.
Crabs have been plentiful throughout the river with Lake Weyba a stand out. Fresh mullet has been the bait of choice.
Offshore,things have been at fever pitch, with some outstanding captures being reported.
The weekend provided great weather as anglers made their way out of the river to be meet by large schools of mack and long tail tuna in the bay. Down on Sunshine Reef, there was a nice range of fish hitting the decks with all the usual suspects feeding hard with the morning tide. Sweetlip, coral trout tuskies and mackerel were all on the menu.
Up on North Reef, the charter boys where having a field day. Anglers were treated to a spectacular morning hauling in a great feed of spanish mackerel. Another boat was also on the fish and bagged out within 30 minutes on spanish mackerel.
This is the time of the year when we see some sensational pelagic fishing with big Spanish mackerel, wahoo and some big blue fin tuna. A couple of boats made the run out to the Banks earlier in the week and manage a good feed of snapper and pearlies even with a strong current running.
Off the Beach, it has been a great time to get the family fishing with dart in plague proportions. It seems as soon as the bait hits the water they are onto it. There are quite a few good ones among them that will give the kids a good run for their money. Small pilchard cubes, prawns and squid have all been enjoyed by these hungry fish.
On behalf of Jack Mangrove, best of luck on your fishing adventures.
