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Gladstone holds a good population of barramundi and Gaven caught this one in a small side creek near SouthTrees on a live
The stretch from Devil’s Elbow to Gavial Creek in the Fitzroy River can produce good sh and this one fell to a 3” minnow plastic.
mullet.
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Gladstone Region
by GARY CHURCHWARD
Page 52 – Bush ’n Beach Fishing, September 2020
The mighty Fitzroy River in Rockhampton
It may be difficult to
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hooks on your favour- ite barramundi lures because September has finally arrived!
should be on every keen barra angler’s list of places to fish.
swallow, when you can see fish on the sounder and have them repeat- edly ignoring what you’re offering.
We can wave good- bye to winter because it’s definitely time to let barra fever take over.
With the net-free zone in place for the past few years it’s gone from strength to strength.
Both the Calliope and Boyne rivers do hold good numbers of barra- mundi, though they are not found in the same school numbers as in the harbour.
Longer days, warmer early mornings and ris- ing water temperature have fish such as bar- ramundi and mangrove jack becoming more active and with longer bite windows.
The variety of struc- ture and the shear area of water available to fish between the Fitz- roy River and Port Alma has every option you could think of to find and catch a fish.
Again, fishing shal- low snags and rock bars will produce a small- sized fish while deeper rock bars and bridge pylons will give up larger fish.
With only two months until they are off limits again, now is the time to make as much of an effort as you can tar- geting barramundi and leave jack until after the closure.
Locally, Gladstone Harbour will be the best option to find con- sistent schools of good- sized barra, though you may have to cover a lot of water to find where they are.
It doesn’t matter if you prefer throwing around a few lures or soaking live bait – finding the areas where barra will hold is key.
Whether you’re tar- geting smaller fish among shallow fallen timber or bigger fish on deep rock bars each one is exciting to catch.
Getting them to bite can be the next chal- lenge, with it taking a little out of the box thinking to entice a bite at times.
I do recommend hav- ing a few options on board because it might be the difference be-
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