Southern Bay

SOUTHERN BAY

Nick

Whyte The Jumpinpin bar has produced some nice fish over the last month. There have been a few mulloway change will usually see the best results.

The best lures have been the 5-6” McArthy paddletails, with my go-to colour being the atomic mullet. It’s been slaying even in the super clear water.

Broughton Philp with a cracker flatty on a 7” McArthy jerk shad.

and plenty of nice sized flathead coming from the deeper water. Fishing the hour each side of the tide

There are also some good flathead coming from the areas around Tipplers. Some of the fish have been up super shallow so don’t be scared to cast up to 100mm of water. Large swimbaits and hardbodies are accounting for the larger models on the flats.

Mangrove jack have been firing of late. Plenty of fish have been caught on lures and live bait in the canals at Raby Bay. The smaller creeks, like Tingalpa and Eprapah have also been fishing well. Logan River has been producing at the moment with some nice jacks reported on live baits around all the rock bars. There has also been plenty of small mulloway littered throughout the system. Fishing all the deeper rock A big mulloway caught on a 5” McArthy paddle-tail.

There are some big flathead getting around the Jumpinpin bar at the moment.

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bars will see you in with a shot at both of these fish.

The bay shallows are firing at the moment. Plenty of pan size snapper, grass sweetlip and big bream are being caught around the shallow reef edges. Small plastics or small hardbodies have been doing all the damage.

Larger top water lures have been accounting for fish as well. Top water fishing the reef edges is so much fun as you will see a lot of the fish bow wave your lure before hitting it. Early mornings on dawn or late afternoons will see the most action.

The threadfin salmon are starting to show their faces throughout the Brisbane River over the last month. Lots of fish have been coming from the middle reaches with the better quality coming from around the mouth. Fishing at night around the lights and fishing shallow diving hardbodies is a great way to target these fish. During the daylight hours you’re more likely to find them closer to the bottom and using vibes, like the 95mm Zerek Fish Trap, should see you with a shot. If thinking about targeting these magnificent sports fish and looking to release them, you should always have a Up in the super shallow water you can target these big fish using long skinny poppers. This is an awesome visual technique that really gets the heart pumping and these little guys punch above their weight. It’s great to hop

Mangrove jack are firing up this month.

release weight with you. The threadies will suffer from barotrauma when pulled from deep water and if you want to release them in good condition this is a must for anglers.

Summer whiting are in great numbers throughout the Logan River and sand banks close to the Pin bar. out of the boat and walk the bank and fish that shallow water near the top part of the tide on the last of the run in over the yabby banks. • If you have a great capture from the southern bay you would like to share email them through to nick@ techfishing.com.au Till next month Tech-it-easy.