Offshore options for Northern NSW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Gavin Dobson

Steve with a donkey of a snapper from the shallows.

Mangrove jack are on the prowl and last month Steve found this beautifully marked 50cm fish.

Offshore options for Northern NSW

Tweed to Byron Bay by GAVIN DOBSON

OFFSHORE from the Brunswick Byron coast can be a bit tricky this month.

However, it’s always worth a look, isn’t it!

Sometime in November, mahi mahi will start patrolling the warmer currents out wider.

Anywhere between the 32-fathom line and the shelf is where they will be cruising and trolling a spread of lures is going to be the best way to locate them.

When you find one doing this it is likely to be large and an 8kg fish will be at the bottom end of the size range.

Mahi mahi of good size have been reported by spear fishers at the fish aggregating devices off the cape.

I saw a few pictures of speared fish from a recent long weekend and they were good, but despite them being around in great numbers, they wouldn’t touch any of the fishos’ bait.

The water was fairly cool and evidently they had lockjaw.

If the blue water pushes into the FAD on the current this month, then it could be game on.

Boaties get excited about mackerel at this time of the year but it’s