A Brisbane River snapper ate a Jackson Puri Ebi 3.25” plastic.
Prime time for jacks, jewies, threadies and snapper
N Luke Stratford pulled his personal best snapper out of some rough structure on a pilchard.
Page 10 – Bush ’n Beach Fishing, November 2023
O R M A L LY, November is the start of the very hot southeast Queensland weather. The days get longer and thunderstorms become more common. However, this year, the weather gurus, while forecasting a lot more storms this summer, are expecting it to be very dry. The rivers and creeks have been very clean throughout spring so far and these conditions will keep them that way, unless the storms dump a lot of rain. This can make fishing up the creeks much harder. It gives the bait more water to spread out in and will see fish such as mangrove jack, jewfish, threadfin salmon and estuary cod push well into the upper reaches of each system. I haven’t put a lot of effort into chasing jack this season yet, but I have managed to tangle with a couple while chasing other species. A lot of small jewies and flathead are still in
Local Luring by KEITH STRATFORD
the middle reaches of most rivers. These fish seem to be feeding mostly on the large schools of herring. I’ve had a lot of success sounding the bends and looking for the dense schools of herring that are closer to the bottom.
When there’s a lot of herring around, I find using a lure that doesn’t imitate a herring tends to work better. I guess the fish get a bit excited when they see something different swim past, after gorging themselves on the same thing every day.
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Ashlee Stratford landed a nice flathead from the Brisbane River by jigging a Pro Lure Clone Prawn in deep water.
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