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Neil and a pair of lovely whiting caught on a Gold Coast sand bank.
Victor from Toowoomba reeled in this 40cm sum- mer whiting. Vic is an absolute legend who battles leukemia, but never stops smiling.
Lex did very well to wrestle this 7kg estuary cod out of a snag and then re- lease it.
Escaping the crowd
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food they might find.
looking at during busy times on the water is in the canals of the Gold Coast.
A nother species that will be very active this month is mangrove jack.
This could be melon holes dug up by sting- rays that have exposed yabby chambers or crustaceans and bait- fish that are seeking refuge from predators.
One look at Google Earth – a good way to study Broadwater sand banks too – and you’ll notice a myriad of such areas.
During the silly sea- son, they are best tar- geted at night or lower light periods, with live bait and big soft plastics cast as close as possible to heavy structure.
I have often caught whiting measuring over 40cm in water that is ankle to shin deep, and have seen many 80cm plus flathead.
As for the sand banks, the canals often fish well on a run-in tide.
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To fish these areas successfully use the lo- cal bait – yabbies.
On a run-out tide, fish the mouths of these places.
You can pump them at low tide then keep them cool ready to use later.
They can be fished well with small boats and kayaks, as can the banks.
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If you are chasing flathead, try soft plas- tics on a 1/4oz jig head or Samaki 70mm soft vibes.
Cast them with the wind then hop them along the bottom.
Flathead will often feel like a snag when you lift the rod to hop, so be ready to strike and set the hook.
An early season mangrove jack captured on a night charter on the Nerang River.