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Luke Peisker with the best barra from poor conditions. The 66cm sh was Dan Baker has been getting into great local red taken on a Zerek Flat Shad. emperor action of late.
ITrial and error will get rewards
WOULD put Au- prawn dangled on their fishos who have headed gust down as one nose. out when the dreaded of the toughest Luke had the first suc- westerly hasn’t been
Capricorn Coast
by JOHN BOON
months to fish the Fitz- cess after switching to blowing.
roy River.
Two months of cold
I recently took a cou- ple of trips on the Fitz- roy River with good mate Luke Peisker.
I’m a big believer that you can learn plenty from the super-tough days.
a hard-body lure and slowly rolling it through some timber.
Red emperor have been caught in good numbers around reefs such as Douglas Shoal and Moresby Bank.
winter weather makes getting a bite out of species such as king threadfin salmon, bar- ramundi and mangrove jack very difficult.
One day we battled a sudden drop in air tem- perature and the next we struggled with strong southeasterly wind.
It forces change, so to speak.
The next fish, which was the biggest for the two days at 66cm, took a liking to a Zerek Flat Shad.
The anglers targeting the reds have been get- ting wicked by-catch including big coral trout and horse redthroat em- peror.
It’s not impossible, as I stated last edition, and a bit of trial and error can get rewards.
We tried many differ- ent lures and even live prawns on one day.
We chipped away and tried many different techniques.
We knew the bite was going to be tough but
We couldn’t even get the barra to eat a live
We ended up with some small barra, threadies and a few good-sized flathead.
Unfortunately, some stonker chinaman fish have been mixed in with the reds and it’s always disappointing when you think you’ve just pumped a 10kg red to the surface, only to be let down.
Great school holiday fun.Tom Baker, Roni Peff and Charlotte Baker with qual- ity Keppel Island tiger squid.
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Reports have been pretty good from the
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Though we didn’t set the world on fire, we learnt a lot.
Port Alma, on the oth- er hand, has continued to fish well for monster threadies.
Tiger squid have been reliable in all the usual places including Humpy Island, Miall Is- land and various places around North Keppel Island, such as Pump- kinandSlopingislands.
I’ve seen some prop- er winter giants up to 150cm being caught out there.
Samaki and Zerek vibes have done most of the damage.
School and spotted mackerel have been patchy along the coast- line due to the wind not letting the bay clear.
There have only been a few windows of op- portunity to head wide.