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Trial and error will get rewards
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It seems just as the
eighties at the very best, but never any around the metre mark from this region.
cleaned up.
One interesting thing
I can tell you, they re- ally test little 4lb whit- ing rods.
with the restrictions eased.
conditions come good, it starts to blow again.
The best reports have once again been from Corio Bay, with anglers successfully working slow-rolled grub tails off the flats and in the drains on the run-out tide.
about the fishos target- ing whiting in the gut- ters and channels is they’ve been getting thumper grunter as well.
That’s it from me for another month.
We have plenty of top charters in the area to choose from if you’re not overly confident.
Mackerel have been caught on floating pil- chards, Taipans and the ever-faithful Flasha lures.
Great fun.
Make sure to book your trip to the Rock- hampton net-free zone
Stay safe and fish hard.
School-sized spanish have still been caught around the close islands such as Barren, Outer and Man and Wife.
Sometimes getting out and walking the banks at low tide can give you a good indication if ar- eas are worth putting time into.
I know a few fishos have hooked decent gi- ant trevally while tar- geting those macks.
If you find lots of flat- head lays in the sand, it’s a good spot to come back and have a go at.
The inshore grounds have been productive, especially the headlands and wrecks heading north from Rosslyn Bay.
I haven’t heard too many reports about large schools of winter whiting.
Grunter have been the main target species but the odd fingermark and nannygai have been captured as well.
Most anglers I’ve chatted to have put to- gether a feed but haven’t
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With the current laws in place, they must be released because the commercial total al- lowable catch limit has been reached.
The jewies are being pulled from greater depths than 20m and upon release are just floating away and dy- ing, doing nothing more than feeding the sharks.
This is an absolutely stupid rule and needs to change.
I have heard a whisper that Fisheries Queens- land is looking into it, so I hope change isn’t far away.
Flatties have respond- ed well to the cooler conditions.
We don’t seem to get the big girls like the southeast corner up here.
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