Transitioning from the summer to winter species

NORTHERN BAY

Peter Jung there are fish on any given marker, as they normally are pretty quick to show themselves, so you may need to marker hop a little until you find them. Also be aware that sharks tend to frequent these areas hoping for an easy feed, so use the appropriate gear to give yourself the best chance to avoid them.

April and the Easter period should see our waters transitioning from our summer to winter target species. However, considering the extended stretch of warm weather we have been having lately, the summer species may just hang around for a little while longer.

Tuna can be hard to find at times, as you are generally relying on them injured baitfish).

As our waters’ cool, snapper numbers will also start to increase. There is plenty of reefy broken ground areas around the Redcliffe Peninsula that will hold good numbers of fish and they can be targeted by drifting baits, using soft plastics or even trolling around and over the structure.

OUR RIVERS

At the time of writing

Fishing in the northern part of Moreton Bay continues to be very good with the mackerel fishing continuing to fire and longtail tuna numbers on the increase. Most anglers focus their efforts around the shipping channel to show themselves or have birds show you where they are. Once spotted they can disappear as quickly as you found them, but it can pay to sound around the area looking for schools of bait. If you find them, the tuna won’t be too far away. Soft vibes are well worth fishing

There or natural structure will also be very effective. Keep in mind that during these holiday

FRESHWATER

The freshwater fishing in our lakes has progressively got harder as

There is still some fun to be had fishing around the edges using spinnerbaits, lipless crankbaits and the first good showings of prawns have started to be seen in our rivers and this tends to be the signal that fish like flathead, bream, trevally and mulloway will push up the systems looking to feast on them.

This is just in time for those anglers hitting the markers, drifting baits back to them or throwing surface lures or slugs in and around them. You will quickly know whether around these bait schools as the tuna and other predators are always looking for an easy feed that these vibes represent really well (an water over Easter to pick up a feed. Fresh prawn baits will be deadly, however prawn imitation plastics cast around either artificial periods, there will be more people out and about, so be mindful of other people so everyone can enjoy their time on the water. this extended period of hot weather has warmed the water significantly. Bass have been harder to locate, as they tend to school in areas where the water temp is to their liking, and move around with it. If you do find them, soft plastics and small metal vibes hopped in front of them can result is some rod bending fun. surface lures (low light periods). Saratoga have been regular captures using these methods as well as some bigger bass. You just need to have the patience to persist and get that bite.

There are plenty of trevally species to be caught in our waters. A golden trevally like this one caught by Dave Hudy is always a special capture.

Areas to try would be the Pumicestone Passage, Pine River (Deepwater Bend or Hays Inlet), the Caboolture River or the foreshore around Sandgate and Woody Point.

Lake Kurwongbah has fished the better of the two lakes if you are going to go out and give it a try.