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Sensational action for Capricorn Coast
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steam trains in among the rocky headlands.
perience, we tend to see a lot of floaters around this time of year.
This will be the comp’s third year run- ning and there are still a few spots available, so make sure to contact the Frenchville Sports Club if you’re inter- ested.
All the mackerel spe- cies have been fishing well from the eastern side of the islands right out to the main reefs.
Flathead have been around in good num- bers.
The cheeky buggers have been stealing jigs off us on most of the spots loaded with bait.
Good old Coorooman Creek – also known as Starvation Creek – has been turning over some absolute horses, with a few over the legal limit, which were obviously released.
That’s all from me this month!
Fast-cranking metals up off the bottom have been sorting them out – and putting a nice feed of mack in the Esky.
The Gulp Swimming Mullet has been a good all-rounder from re- ports I’ve been getting.
Quinn Warren with one of many blue salmon caught off the beach in a hectic Capricorn Coast session with his dad Brenden.
Jacob Betts with a horse 114cm barramundi from the town reaches caught on a 3.5” Castaic paddle tail.
Tom Baker with a nice pearl perch. You won’t see too many up here off Yep-
poon.
Stay safe and make sure to get the family out for a fish.
It’s really great fun when they’re on.
What we can expect to see this month is the tropical estuary species start to chew again.
Tiger squid have been quite easy to catch if you put the time in around the islands.
With rising water tem- perature, it should get barramundi and thread- fin salmon fired up.
Putting the effort in to locate weed beds around the smaller is- lands has been key to landing a quality haul.
It’s generally the latter half of September when things start to improve for those species.
Pink Yamashita Egi are my proven favour- ites but they can be fussy buggers on the day, so make sure to vary size and colour to find what’s working.
Fingermark and man- grove jack shouldn’t be too far behind.
Blue salmon have been running really well along the beaches and headlands.
I was actually sur- prised at the number of jack being caught in the cooler months.
Brenden Warren with his son Quinn have been nailing cricket scores right off the beaches around Yep- poon.
If that’s anything to go by, we should be in for a great jack season.
They’re great fun but you need to locate those schools to be in for this kind of action.
With everything go- ing to plan and COV- ID-19 hopefully behav- ing itself, we should see the Fitzroy River Barra Bash go ahead in early October.
Mud crabbing reports have been very patchy, which is typical for Au- gust.
There have been so many comps cancelled due to COVID-19 – Women That Fish Barra Classic and earlier the Frenchy Barra Bash, but we are all looking for- ward to the rescheduled comp next month.
September should see them start to move again but from past ex- www.bnb shing.com.au
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