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Adam Clinch and a great redthroat emperor that ate a soft plastic.
La Niña shines
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exceptionally well on flathead, and anywhere from the ski run down to the river mouth are great places to find one.
very well – think outside the box when working them, as less is often much more.
For your best chance, try drift- ing and casting the banks and deep-wa- ter holes around the river mouth.
When fishing Lake MacDonald, ensure any weed on trail- ers is removed at the ramp.
W h i l e y o u’ r e o u t , be sure to drop crab pots because rain gets mud crabs on the move and they’ll be big.
The last thing we need is to have it spread.
The freshwater will certainly be warm- ing up, with water temperature around 25C.
If you are trolling for deep water bass and yellowbelly, look at OSP Dunk and Rapala Shallow Rap Jack Deep lures – two super small lures that get down deep!
This only increases the chance of find- ing schooled up bass in search of cooler water, should it hit 26-28C.
For the latest infor- mation, jump onto fishingnoosa.com. au for up-to-date bar and fishing reports, and don’t forget to drop into Davo’s Tackle World, Da- vo’s Boating and Outdoors in Noosa and Davo’s North- shore Bait & Tackle in Marcoola for all the right equipment, bait and advice to get you catching.
The low light bite will be on fire dur- ing hot mornings when wind is not a major factor.
I always say one of the best surface lures is the Lucky Craft Sammy 65, as it has the kind of action all fish in the dam love.
Be sure to follow us on Facebook, and re- member, tight lines and bent spines!
If you want to try other lures then small poppers work
The weed is high- ly invasive and has choked many areas.
Mitch Martens jigged up this amazing coronation trout off Double Island Point.
ITips for catching a Christmas feed
HOPE you have all been keeping well and smacking a
Tin Can Bay
by CHRIS RIPPON
few for a feed lately. So, what’s happened in the bay this past
should see you find a few fish.
joy trolling, the Samaki Redic Jerkbait MS60 has been getting the job done and the two stand-out colours have been Pink Lady and Pearl Perch.
month?
Well, thumper whit-
I also like the first few hours of the flood tide and targeting the flats as bait begins to move back onto the flats.
ing have been caught, with consistent catches of cracking fish up to 38cm.
The hot seller in the shop has been the Bi- waa Deus Paddle Tail 4’’ in Pink Ice and rigged on a 3/0 size 1/4oz TTs jig head.
Mangrove jack are al- so starting to fire up as the temperature rises.
Customers fishing the mangrove lines at creek mouths on incoming tides have been doing well, but the first cou- ple of hours of the run- out tide has also been producing.
For anglers who en-
Bird Rock has been producing the goods early in the season and
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Fishing the last couple of hours of a run-out tide, as bait drains out of the mangroves or off the flats and target- ing the draining points
Live yabbies and worms have worked a treat.
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This solid cobia was taken onboard Double Island Point Fishing Charters.
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Kauri Creek was the hotspot over the past few weeks, with plenty of fishers reporting that they had caught their bag limit of fish.
Flathead have made themselves known recently and bigger models have bumped up their activity, with catches of nice speci- mens in the mid to high 80cm range.