Page 48 - BNB Fishing mag

Wyatt Lee held a chunkyTin Can Bay mack tuna.
The author landed a diamond trevally on a Zerek FishTrap along the ledges.
Chase Matthews with a nice-sized squid from Tin Can Bay.
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This also brought quite a few much-need- ed tourists back to our region.
Fishing the mangrove line on high tide with jigs in the 3 and 3.5 sizes in natural colours has worked well.
GEndless options around Tin Can Bay
’DAY guys and gals, I hope eve- ryone has been
Tin Can Bay
by CHRIS RIPPON
keeping well and get- ting out and wetting a line.
also proving popular with local anglers.
clear, longer leaders, a long cast and stealthy approach are going to be needed to trick them into eating your offer- ings.
With the relaxation in COVID-19 restric- tions early in July and the school holidays at the start of the month, we saw an explosion of boats on the local wa- terways.
A few of the more keyed-in anglers have been getting nice tiger squid up in the shallows on the making tides.
One of the standout plastics lately has been the 4” Biwaa Deus in Pearl White and Pink Ice rigged on either a 2/0 or 3/0 TT 1/4oz jig head.
Now let’s have a look at what has been getting caught in our local area.
Bream are around in good numbers and make for great fun on light spin combos.
Those flatties have no hope!
Winter whiting have been captured in good numbers and size, with mid-20cm fish com- mon.
Flicking smaller lures around the mangroves in the creeks or the py- lons in Snapper Creek should see you bag a few this time of the year.
A few squire have started to show up in Tin Can Bay recently.
The mouth of Kauri Creek has been the hot spot, as has drifting around the Lady Wood- ward and the power- lines.
Fresh squid baits and diver whiting have been the baits of choice for most anglers.
Squid have been in plague proportions over the past few weeks and the Yamashita Egi Sutte- R jigs in NEB have been popular with most of the TCB Fishing Club members.
Flathead are out in force.
The 40 Foot has been fishing well for those anglers.
For the bait crew, try fresh strips of mullet or small prawns lightly weighted and fished back into structure.
Some good size black- all have been caught and a few grass sweetlip are in the mix.
Pink and orange col- ours have also been working a treat on the local cephalopods – no surprises there.
Using a steady re- trieve, smacking into the mud and kicking up a puff of dust on the seabed is key.
Golden and diamond trevally have been making an appearance along the drop-offs on the run-out tide for an- glers vibing.
The new Yamashita Egi Oh Live jigs are
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Some of the local guns have been getting great fish stalking the shal- lows on a rising tide with 60mm and 90mm hard-bodies.
We have also seen solid blackspot tuskfish caught on crabs along Teebar Ledge.
Rubee and Jack Walton with a feed of mud crabs.
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