A selfie with a big flathead.
Hayley joined in the fishing fun down at the harbour.
Trevally time in the Tweed
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HE crazy weather continues this year, though the fishing is still good for the most part, so let’s take a look at what’s been happening. Mangrove jack are on the prowl big time and, with the upper reach-
Tweed to Byron Bay by GAVIN DOBSON
es out of commission, their numbers seem to be quite concentrated in the lower half of the river. Along with jacks,
Toby and Ava with harbour bream. Page 24 – Bush ’n Beach Fishing, November 2022
plenty of jewfish are in the holes too. I think this is partly due to all the fresh, as these fish are usually all the way up to the weir at this time of year in the Tweed River. If you were ever going to catch a jew in the lower estuary, now is the time to do it. I’m not saying they’re going to be big – the vast majority aren’t even legal – but the numbers are certainly there. It’s extraordinary – the stories I’ve heard recently of jew being captured around the 67-68cm range. Still a great fish, and oh so close. Get your lures and live bait in the holes and around the snags this month and you
might be rewarded with some good fish. Trevally will also be on the cards in November, with bigger model giant trevally currently cruising around. I had an interesting capture recently in the Tweed River, I caught a 4.3kg golden trevally – something I’ve wanted to achieve for a long time. I’d seen them caught in the Tweed occasionally over the years, but this was my first one. Now, I want to make something clear, which is that I’m not trying to trick anyone – for the locals and those familiar with the area, the background in the photo is opposite the boat ramp at the Brunswick River. I caught the fish late evening by myself on the Tweed River and went down to the Brunswick River the following morning to get a more pleas-
ant background to the photo than what my front yard could offer. This works well when I keep the fish, which was great eating by the way, but is not so good for catch and release. So, with that in mind, I had a go at my first selfie a few days later. Yes, it’s true, I had never taken a selfie with a phone before, nor had I ever posted a picture on social media of anything I was about to eat. I have self-timed some photos of myself with fish over the years, but I don’t think that qualifies as a proper ‘selfie’ if you’re using a big camera. Anyway, I got a decent lump of a flathead a couple of weeks ago and, because I was releasing it, there would be no going to the boat ramp for a picture the next morning, so I had * continued P25
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