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Finally, Melissa got to cross the border into New Melissa and Keira with a few stud bream. South Mexico for a spot of shing.
TBream are still on at Brunswick Heads
HE far north There were a lot of It was three quarters coast of NSW non-preferred species of the way to the top has fished very we threw back, but I when the rod bucked,
Tweed to Byron Bay
by GAVIN DOBSON
well over the past think we brought home and she suddenly had a
month.
Making it all the more
able to catch up for a while but fortunately the closures relaxed a little and she was able to head down from the Sunshine Coast for a visit.
the bar and headed north looking for a feed of reef fish.
nine varieties of good- tasting reefies.
fish on.
This in itself isn’t that
enjoyable have been days of very fishable weather.
Conditions were ex- cellent as we chipped away at a nice array of species.
Unfortunately, a big jewfish wasn’t one of them, but it was still a great afternoon.
unusual an occurrence as on many occasions I’ve had a bonito or doggy mackerel grab the shiny hook being wound up.
Over the past month I’ve had a bit of fun fishing with my cousin Melissa.
Within an hour of her pulling up on the front lawn, we were through
Melissa enjoyed the variety she brought over the side.
Something odd hap- pened on the trip – Melissa thought she was out of bait so wound her line in.
This however wasn’t a fast-pelagic species but none other than a good- sized parrotfish.
With the border clo- sures we hadn’t been
This parrot sh ew – groan – off the bottom to grab Melissa’s bait high in the water column.
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Wider again I’ve seen some nice flame tail snapper and bar cod brought in.
Never have I had a parrot follow a bait up off the bottom like that before, but we took it.
So far this winter I just can’t cut a break and get any wider than 32 fathoms without hit- ting a massive current line.
The boats that have fished the 50-fathom line successfully have brought home quite a few nice pearl perch and snapper before the closed season.
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