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Grunter are around in numbers. Sam caught his in the harbour Mangrove jack are on the chew and the author’s dad caught his on a 2” Samaki Spider Prawn. on a live mullet shed around fallen timber.
AHdjusting for water temperature changes
APPY new travel to less-accessible cool months, but with year! locations or be prepared higher water temps it can What a year to fish early morning be the opposite, and a
Gladstone Region
by GARY CHURCHWARD
2020 was – bring on and late afternoon into degree or two colder can
2021.
Hopefully we have
effect, with many small businesses feeling the pressure.
in places that have been affected.
the night.
Less boat noise can
be a trigger for a bite. This can be more ob- vious on dams where tidal flow doesn’t af- fect water movement, but wind direction and strength can change the water temperature and
seen the worst and the world will start to slow- ly return to normal.
Now that restrictions are lifting and the holi- day season is here, there should be an increase in people travelling this great country, who will spend time and money
People will be out and about trying the good- ies they got for Christ- mas, and this will result in an increase of people on the water.
also impact fish move- ment and usually they will be more willing and aggressive to attack a lure or bait.
The whole COVID-19 saga has affected peo- ple in different ways.
If you are fishing dur- ing high boat move- ment, be a little more patient and spend an extra 10 minutes in one location and wait for a reaction bite.
where it is located. Awoonga Dam has been firing recently with multiple fish being caught during sessions, and the average size is on the rise, with fish over 1m starting to be
Tourism was an in- dustry hardest hit and this has had a flow-on
To avoid the crowds, either take the time to
Phil with a nice blue salmon from deep water on a vibe.
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You will typically find fish schooled in deep water during the day, avoiding both the noise and increased wa- ter temperature.
common again.
The Calliope River
Fish will move with higher water tempera- ture – typically spend- ing cooler low-light periods of early morn- ing and late afternoon patrolling the shallow- er water then moving deeper as the tempera- ture rises.
boat ramp carpark up- grade was completed at the start of December and will get a work- out over the next few months.
Normally we spend our time chasing slightly warmer water during
Using surface lures early morning and late afternoon will be ex-
Mangrove jack will be a popular target during summer, with the raised water temperature fir- ing them up.