Lynda Wells enjoyed tough trevally battles.
Golden trevally a real treat
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Paul with a solid longtail tuna. Video shows a great surface strike.
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ND it’s still windy up here! It should be called Howling Bay not Hervey Bay. However, the fishing has improved post ExTropical Cyclone Seth and the Mary River flood.
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Plenty of nutrients are in the system now to attract bait. Not that I saw a lack of bait prior, only a lack of predators. Still not a good showing of spotted mackerel or mack tuna in Platypus or Hervey bays. Out wider yes, but in close and protected from the wind and weather, it’s still quite barren. This can make it difficult on tour, I rely on these fish to keep anglers, particularly novices, entertained. On the upside, the school mackerel have trickled back in. School mackerel are good targets for novice anglers and can also
provide a feed of fish. They usually school up, so you can quickly get a few, then charge off to hopefully find more powerful prey. Recently, there have been golden trevally roaming around feeding on squid and tiny shrimp, I think. It takes time to find these fish but it’s often great when I do find them. They are subtle feeders, so don’t expect them to explode on the surface as tuna would. And these mobile schools often mean sharks are too lazy to follow them around. That is not guaranteed, however. * continued P52
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