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There is a ‘catch’ in this!
HE second edi- It could be because A lot of these fish tion of How it’s not feeding time. will not be detected to Use a Fish When feeding time on your sounder, as
Finder is now back in comes around, demer- they are positioned too
print.
I have updated a sec-
sal fish will often head straight down to the bottom to forage for food, that’s why they are called bottom feed- ers, and several of these fish will find food sift- ing through the sand, filtering out inverte- brates and small fish.
close to the bottom for that to occur.
tion in the book on bot- tom discrimination – it took me four months to work out how to write and explain it!
The updated edition explains in detail how to discriminate differ- ent bottom surfaces that potentially hold fish.
So why did I do it?
You don’t need a spe- cial bottom discrimi- nation sounder to do this, you just need to know how your sound- er works!
Fishers can spend many hours with their eyes glued to the sound- er screen looking for fish targets on the dis- play, and often when they find a fish school they get excited, drop down a line and don’t get a single bite!
Why?
Other fish will spend their time foraging in cracks and crevices on rough bottoms in reef, and a few will even be lying on muddy bot- toms camouflaged and waiting for prey or a lure to swim by.
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and a much better sized
plastics for jewfish are over the moon at the news that Shimano Squidgies lures have begun to make their fa- mous drop bear plastic again.
Don’t forget, if you want to have a crack at catching a jew off the headlands with a feath- er, my handmade white and red, and white lures are available exclusive- ly at Ballina Bait and Tackle.
fish on average will be
encountered. Tailor have
been patchy off the lo- cal beaches in recent weeks, however there are plenty of fish around the 1kg mark to be had by spinning the headlands at first light
However, I believe the 13cm lure every- one used to use will be replaced with a 15cm model.
Stay safe and enjoy your fishing.
and late evening. Offshore catches are
Brett Hyde at Ballina Bait and Tackle has or- dered heaps of them in various new colours, so give him a call on 02 6686 2527.
Using a 3/0 treble in Mischa’s live bait instead of a single hook worked a treat.
Rebekah Ellis of Iluka had a ball catching quality whiting at night on live worms.
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still being dominated by snapper and teraglin but by the end of the month, the first reports of spotted mackerel should begin to filter in.
This month concen- trate on the break walls for the jew of your dreams, using bait such as live mullet or yel- lowtail and dead bait similar to octopus and squid.
While on the topic of pelagics, at least one longtail tuna had been boated off Woody Head each month through winter, and it looks as though the odd fish de- cided to stay and not make the usual migra- tion north.
Or perhaps try spin- ning the headlands with a mixture of 6” paddle tail soft plastic lures or a hard-body minnow.
Anglers who use soft
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