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Snapper have been rare in close this winter, but Toby managed to nd Who wouldn’t have a massive smile with a jew sh this this specimen. size?
AWgreat time to be jewing it
E A T H E R the equation. being caught now as wise that Firstly, while we had opposed to the last few would have a good season last year months when they were
Tweed to Byron Bay
by GAVIN DOBSON
to be the worst winter I too, it could be a very plentiful.
can remember for head- ing offshore.
The deep-water snap- Now, before you get per season was and too excited and say
localised phenomenon. What is a given is that the quality of fish is
Spring is school jew- fish time in local rivers, and soft plastics will account for them along with healthy numbers of flathead.
The frustrating thing was when you could get out there, the fishing was great.
still is going off, with boats bagging out be- fore 9am.
snapper stocks are making a strong come- back, there’s more to
well down.
Bag limits are about
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half the weight of what they should be.
A fair bit of late win- ter rain has brought the freshwater well down- river, but it will retreat quickly if we get a dry spring, and the estua- rine species will head upriver looking for a feed of prawns and herring in the brackish water.
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I believe up at Tweed Heads they are having a good year on the close reefs, so it’s good to see fish in numbers in select places, even if it’s not right along the coast.
Fish the deep holes up the Tweed River this month and through to December if you want to catch a few jewfish chasing all this bait.
We had a reasonably good mullet season this year, and in turn jew- fish numbers were re- spectable.
Tumbulgum is always worth a go this month, and you might even snare a mangrove jack up this way.
Stories and photos are getting around of nice fish coming from the beaches and walls.
I’ve already men- tioned soft plastics for the schoolies, but as far
They have really dried up on the close reefs, with only the odd fish
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