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Chippy and friends with the spoils of a great trip out wide.
A great athead catch for JoeleneThorburn.
Many came for a day visit to feed a dolphin, others to dust off the caravan and stay a few days, and plenty for a fish and to explore the Great Sandy Straits.
with worms or yab- bies, but if you’re up for a challenge, try using small poppers and stickbaits such as Bassday Sugapen and Nomad Dartwing for a surface bite.
ty of tourists through Tin Can Bay.
summer whiting.
You can target them
bigger challenge, try small plastics and flies in yabby patterns.
The author with a healthy y-caught bass.
October opens up bay options
VER the past few weeks, we’ve had plen-
Tin Can Bay
by CHRIS RIPPON
Fraser Coast foray
* from P38
around to different marks and caught a variety of cod, span- gled emperor, frying pan snapper, pearl perch, morwong and a mix of tuskfish, with Ben bringing a nice tomato rockcod aboard as a bonus.
catch back at Dave’s house.
Our last spot was the skipper’s hussar ground, and with virtually every drop hussar and moses perch were coming aboard.
For those wanting a fish-abundant trip, I highly recommend you book a fishing foray with Rainbow Escape Charters.
I think we ended up boating around 40 fish from this fi- nal spot!
Dave trails his boat to the Bullock Head boat ramp to launch and he caters for short or longer trips.
We were back on land at 5.30pm and ended up with around 30 fish each after dividing the
You can find out more on the Rain- bow Escape Char- ters Facebook page and via rainbowes capecharters.com. au
He also has accom- modation for eight people at his house, which costs $25 per head.
The hard stand in the marina has been pump- ing!
Sight fishing for whit- ing can be great fun, and when you hit a good school it can re- sult in a fish a cast.
Boats have been in and out non-stop, either for their yearly main- tenance or a couple of quick fixes.
If you’re after an even
Using a light spin rod around 1-3kg or a 5-6 weight fly rod will
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Try hunting man- grove lines on a mak- ing tide for a feed of
Hans Brix enjoyed kayaking off Rainbow Beach.
www.bnb shing.com.au
So, how has the fish- ing been the past few weeks?
From all accounts... damn good!
Bread and butter spe- cies have been in good numbers in the bay, keeping fishers busy.
Winter and summer whiting are still being caught in quantities, along with squid.