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Taxman has arrived early JUMPINPIN
Bo Sawyer
Hopefully you’ve had a cracker month’s fishing since I’ve reported last. However, if you’ve experienced some slower days on the water don’t worry – you’re not the only one. At the time of writing the water temps have been high and the sharks have been very active. The taxman has come early this year with several of our charter clients getting potential PB fish chomped in half. The good news is we are heading into a great time of year for fishing and water temps are already starting to cool. The prawns have been
around the Pin area is staggering and we should get some much bigger models chewing harder as we head into winter. There have been
If you’re a lure fisho I suggest slowly working vibes, and if you’re sounding up fish and not getting a hit then switch over to a plastic
Rob jumped on the Capn’s boat and landed a nice 98cm mulloway on a soft plastic.
Shane was a happy camper landing a nice thready on light gear. in the 4-7” range. I’ve been using 30-40lb leader when flicking lures and if the sharks aren’t around I’ll go a bit easier on the fish when they are close to the boat (to avoid getting busted off). If you are using bait then live
pike and mullet are a good option and try a snelled rig with about 50lb leader. Having a good sounder will make your life a lot easier as the mulloway can move around a fair bit. Try the Pin bar, any banks that drop sharply to about that 5-6m mark, deep holes and the mouth of the Logan River. If the sharks move in they will shut down a feeding school very quickly. Nothing makes me happier
than seeing this species starting to thrive again! Some nice bream have been getting caught as well. They are great fun to target on light line by either
as they become less active in the colder temps. Some cracker mangrove jack have been getting caught lately as well, which is great to see. Like the
Sharks have been a real problem lately! Ruining a nice double hook up on small mulloway.
A nice jack caught in the Jacobs Well area. thick with plenty of cast netters making their way around the Logan River and surrounds. Bagging out on decent sized prawns. The amount of small mulloway that have been
big schools of fish in that 40-80cm bracket throughout the entire system. Some much bigger models over the meter mark have been landed in the Pin bar over the last few weeks as well.
Operational
A 63cm trev was a welcome sight, these fish pull very hard.
flicking lightly weighted plastics or bait. They will be running rampant over the cooler months and I’ll be targeting them in the deeper water in the outer Pin area around bait schools. Still some great whiting fishing happening at the moment on live yabbies and worms. They should still be about but their numbers will drop off heavily for a while
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Doug and Kyle with a nice flathead caught on the Jacobs Well jetty.
whiting, their numbers will drop off but I’ve still caught 50+ models during winter before so I wouldn’t rule them out completely. After a challenging summer on the flathead we will see them really ramp up over the coming months. I love a late afternoon low tide for them on colder days as they seem to become super active/aggressive just before the sun and temp drops off. Try flicking 3.5-4” plastics on bank edges two hours either side of low. If you are bait fishing than fresh prawns, cut up pillies or live poddy mullet will work very well. • Brett from Jacobs Well Bait and Tackle has plenty of fresh bait available if you need any. Ryan and myself have plenty of charter dates available as well if you’d like to come out and chase some nice fish and brush up on your fishing skills. Enjoy the cooler weather everyone, we are in for some great fishing! Good luck and tight lines. • Capn’s Charters have dates available if you’d like to come out and learn how to fish lures or maybe just brush up on some fishing tactics, we’d love to have you on board! Call 0410 590 049 or email bookings@ capnscharters.com.au.
