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Shaun and Phil managed a double hook-up.
AWily winter mangrove jack
UGUST signals and solid jewies should hook a few as by-catch the end of the also be in the same ar- when targeting other calm winter eas. species around struc-
Local Luring
by KEITH STRATFORD
days and cold nights. Mangrove jack will ture including rocks,
It is an excellent month to chase a wide range of species in southeast Queensland.
wind turn up towards the end of the month, which will begin to see the water temperature rise slightly.
head around Brisbane and the annual flathead spawning will begin around the end of the month on the Gold and Sunshine coasts.
be more aggressive this month.
fallen trees and deep holes.
There will still be plenty of cold weath- er this month but we normally see northerly
It’s an excellent month to chase flat-
A lot of larger flat- head will begin to make their way into the deep- er water around the bar entrances such as the Gold Coast Seaway and Jumpinpin.
I’ve had many good sessions during August over the years and I’ll be out there this year looking to get an early jack fix.
This winter, two of my mates and I decided we would head a couple of hours north to target them specifically.
The heavy Chasebaits Flick Prawn is a perfect prawn imitation and gets deep into mangrove jack hideouts.
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Expect to find plenty of smaller males hang- ing around the big girls
Though I don’t put much time into jacks during winter, I always
The plan was to cast
They are normally very aggressive and hungry at this time of year and can be enticed to eat a lure much easier than later in the season.
Some jacks might, but loads remain in the riv- ers and creeks.
Many people won’t use bait to chase jacks, but we only had a small window of time, so wanted to maximise our chances.
Some anglers believe jacks leave the estuar- ies during winter to go offshore, but that isn’t the case.
I have caught plenty of jacks in the areas we were going to tar- get over the years, so we picked a good tide and packed a variety of lures and baits to see how we’d go.
They slow down a lot during winter and feed less, but still need to eat.
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