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Warmer days bring bay fish on the bite
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by-catch problem as those who fished due east and south of the bar.
are coming to Tin Can Bay for a fish, bring your crab pots because there are still plenty of fine sand crabs being caught in deeper parts of the channel.
on the bite the past few weeks.
They also seemed to have fewer taxman problems.
As it’s still fairly cool, we all know that squid are on the chew, along with winter whiting.
There have been solid catches of cobia, am- berjack and wahoo coming from around Double Island over the past few weeks.
Though don’t stress if you do forget them or any of your fishing gear, as we have all your crabbing and fish- ing needs covered.
People have been making the most of them recently and the hot spots have all been firing, with the mouth of Kauri Creek being the pick of the spots for winter whiting and the powerlines in the bay are great for a feed of squid.
Off the beach we have been seeing nice hauls of whiting, bream, dart and flathead, with fresh worms and pipis work- ing the best.
And there are still quality mud crabs to be caught, but you will need to put the time in to find them.
Satis ed with a good-sized wahoo taken onboard during a charter.
The little bit of dirty water from rain at the start of August has helped with flathead catches.
Recently, slide bait- ing fishos have been getting stuck into nice spanish mackerel from the sand.
Well crew, that’s a wrap for another month. Stay safe and healthy, keep warm and get out
We have had reports of good numbers of fish showing up around Carlo Sand Blow and the surrounding flats all the way up to Ida and Pannikin islands, and in the coming months they should start to be a very viable target.
Whole garfish, pike and live tailor have proven to be the most successful baits for those fishing from the beach.
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Offshore fishos have made the most of the fine weather windows and have been punch- ing it out over Wide Bay Bar, dodging mi- grating whales.
These anglers have been rewarded with cracker catches such as tuskfish, sweetlip, hus- sar, moses perch, job- fish and red emperor.
By all accounts, snap- per and pearl perch were on the chew too.
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