Snapper will be a more regular capture this month.
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A quality inshore grunter caught by Shannon Rufus.
Jemuel Lacap is a local rock hopper. Check that out for a quality tuna. Page 66 – Bush ’n Beach Fishing, June 2024
O P E F U L LY, by the time this hits the stands, we should be having some better weather periods. It hasn’t been playing the game lately, with only small windows of opportunity to head out inshore or offshore. We are certainly starting to see the weather shift to more of a typical winter pattern, which means we’ll get wind in the morning and glassy afternoons. During the warmer months, there is no wind in the morning and a northeasterly change kicks in after lunch. So, in winter, instead of heading out early, most seasoned anglers will go after lunch for an overnighter. They use the afternoon to travel to their spot, fish there most of the night and half the next day, then come home when the wind drops out again. During these small weather windows, there have been some very cool captures. A few of the boats that headed north of Yeppoon did well on big inshore grunter and
Capricorn Coast by JOHN BOON
small-mouth nannygai. Generally speaking, when both of these species get caught together, they are inhabiting many of the inshore wrecks. One of the disadvantages of fishing inshore wrecks is that when you do get a good bite going, the men in grey suits rock up and ruin the party. In the past, it was the warmer months that they made pests of themselves, yet it seems it’s all year round now. If the sharks show up,
all you can do is move on. If you can get the timing right on those wrecks though, they can fish very well. Spots that are well known and regularly fished still produce amazing results at times. Fishing them at night can be a real lucky dip, plus we have less issues with sharks for some reason. I remember being on a hot grunter bite one night on a wreck about 40km north of the ma* continued P67
Brandon Isaacs with a thumper local tripletail.
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