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 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 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.