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The author caught a 76cm athead with a lure, which was carefully handled and released.
So many people get off and immediately start pumping, and these are well beaten areas with small yab- bies.
The sinker acts as an anchor for the sieve when pumping into it.
TYabbies getting it done
HE Gold Coast Broadwater has been fish-
Broadwater Guide
by CLINT ANSELL
ing well over the past month, with the usual winter varieties boated on our charters.
most people would pump.
tides, use a plastic sieve with a pool noodle ca- ble tied around it, then tie 2m of cord or rope to the sieve, then a big offshore sinker to the other end.
Our customers have been enjoying catching hard-fighting tuskfish, many winter whiting, some big arrow squid, flounder, school mack- erel, dusky flathead, bartail flathead, the odd sand whiting, blue swimmer crabs and various random fish that call the area home.
You’ll get more and bigger yabbies faster.
Pump four or five times in the same hole until you get as deep as you can reach.
If there’re two people pumping simultane- ously, stand side by side so you’re both pushing the sieve in the same direction.
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Small metal blade lures and soft vibes in natural colours work extremely well in the Broadwater.
You’ll find the best and most yabbies down deeper.
You can also stand on
For mid or higher
There are days how- ever, when the humble yabby will out fish eve- rything else by miles.
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These yabbies have been preserved by dunking in methylated spirits then freezing and will stay crunchy and meaty, making them top baits.
A selection of the best areas to pump yabbies in the southern Broadwater. www.bnb shing.com.au
Such situations in- clude calm and sunny days when fish are wary – when there’s heaps of snot weed around which fouls lures and stops them swimming – and on busy days with plenty of water traffic.
It pays to mix it up be- tween yabbies and lures to find what’s working best on any given day.
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When getting off the boat, always walk fur- ther away from where
Sometimes lures work best, other times yab- bies are better and oc- casionally both get re- sults.
Yabbies can be easily pumped at lower tides in the Broadwater and at higher tides at the western side of Wave- break Island.
Drive the boat into the lagoon at the south- west corner of Wave- break, and yabbies can be pumped along the shoreline at high tide up to 1.2m.
Yabby tips