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Dan Baker with the results of a double hook-up offshore.
OLast chance to get your barramundi fix
CTOBER is a subject all the time. somewhat, but barra month of mixed We tend to hit the river captures have taken emotions. with a boatload of lures, over with the increase
Capricorn Coast
by JOHN BOON
It’s one of the best but at the end of each in water temperature.
months to chase salt- water barramundi on the Capricorn Coast, but sadly it’s the final month of the season.
through to January 31. This means October is the time to grab your barra gear and head out for a crack before it’s
fishing the mighty Fitzroy River in Rock- hampton: “What lures should I bring if I want to catch barramundi or threadfin salmon?”
day there’re generally a couple of standouts – often the 95mm Zerek Fish Trap and Berkley 3” Gulp Shrimp.
I’m hoping we have a good wet season this year.
East coast saltwater barra closed season starts on November 1
too late.
There’s a question that
I joke with a few close friends about this very
Fish Trap lures are a soft vibe you can work at any depth and the Gulp Shrimp can be run with a standard jig head or weedless hook and thrown straight into the thick of cover.
A big flood around November is what we need, and barra num- bers will go nuts if it happens.
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keeps coming up when
Mud crab reports have been patchy but if you put in the effort you should get the rewards.
Changing it up on close-in reefs
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ly over 50cm that also had to go back.
distinct shades of or- ange and red.
they would offer. While we didn’t catch more big reds, we landed a few big grassies and tuskfish, which rounded out a
Though George’s large goldband snap- per made up for the returned pearlies, we got back on track with the game plan and worked our way back to Sykes – put- ting in time and ef- fort to fish parts of the reef we hadn’t fished before.
Luke changed his gear from the previ- ous day so that all three of us were fishing light outfits on spin reels, using the smallest amount of weight to get to where the trout were most active.
great trip.
For us, doing what
I’m so glad we did because trout were hitting hard and the icebox glowed with
We do like the thrill of the chase and the fun it puts into fish- ing.
Eventually, we had a good fill of excel- lent fish and headed home via the pieces of broken ground we’d fished the day before – to see what
we don’t normally do worked a treat, so the next trip will be a toss-up between trav- elling to the further grounds we like or sticking in close.
These are two differ- ent lure options that cover many differ- ent scenarios and will catch fish.
The fishos who con- stantly move and think about pot placement get the big rusty bucks.
So, what’s been hap- pening around the local area recently?
Try and get the fresh- est bait possible to in- crease your chances when crabbing.
There seemed to be an influx of small- er threadies around 50-60cm in the town reaches of the Fitzroy.
There have been a few chances to punch out wide and now the west- erly wind is gone, we should see better con- sistency from the wide ground about 50-60km from the harbour.
It’s fantastic to see the little tackers attack- ing lures and it proves there’s been good re- cruitment over the past few years.
Make sure to check the weather forecast because storm season is coming, and 60km offshore is not a good
The giant threadfin reports have slowed