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Water temperatures have continued to drop, and this has brought with it the species that love the colder conditions. The fishing has continued to depend on the weather. We’ve been getting the usual winter storms, but they have been interspersed with some nice, sunny, still days. One of the main targets at this time of year is, of course, the salmon. Salmon love these conditions, and have
be caught in good numbers too. The best beaches to target mulloway are 14 Mile, Rossiter and Thomas River. The fishing in town will improve now that the tanker jetty is back in operation. We are seeing big numbers of good-size herring, plenty of squid with tubes up to 40cm, lots of garfish at night, and smaller skippy off the jetty to half a kilo. The best rig has still been a no. 2 berley blob, a 1m leader, a no. 4 longshank hook and green lumo tube. You just cast and retrieve the rig like you would do with a lure. When it comes to squid
some King George whiting going 35cm, along with some flounder, and also herring and garfish at night. Boat-based anglers have been catching good numbers of squid and herring in the bay, mixed in with some snook and the occasional flathead. Heading around the islands, you can still catch good queen snapper, smaller samsonfish, breaksea and sea sweep. If you get the opportunity to go wide, there are still plenty of nannies going 55cm, plenty of breaksea, queen snapper, samsonfish and yellowtail kingfish.
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