Hot winter species action
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ULY is a great month to chase a variety of species in the rivers and creeks around Brisbane. Flathead, bream and tailor are the most common species that will be about in large numbers. Other species that will turn up are trevally, grunter, jewfish, snapper, cod and threadfin salmon. All of these fish will eat a well-presented lure at the right time. They can all be found in rivers such as the Pine and Caboolture and throughout Pumicestone Passage. At this time of year, there are good numbers of fish from the mouth through to the very upper reaches. At the time of writing,
Local Luring by KEITH STRATFORD
the rivers were extremely clean and the long range forecast didn’t look to be changing in a hurry. Species such as tailor and trevally can often be found around the mouths of each system early in the morning and late in the afternoon. Once they are finished terrorising the baitfish population, they can cover a lot of water and travel anywhere up the river. Tailor will feed all through the water column but they will happily eat a surface lure in low light conditions with minimal boat traffic.
Casting poppers, fizzers and lures that you can retrieve with a ‘walk the dog’ action will all catch tailor. The MMD Splash Prawns are an excellent surface lure. These things catch everything from whiting to mangrove jack and are always in my tackle box. The last few winters have produced some excellent trevally fishing. Big numbers of quality fish have been caught in all the rivers, with the Pine being a standout. Some of these fish are well over 60cm and are * continued P14
Go wherever and whenever the fish are biting with confidence! Made in Australia for our tough marine environments Photo courtesy of Australian Master Marine
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This flathead came from a deep ledge in the Brisbane River.
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