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as chinaman fish will start to come into the play as we head towards March when they really fire up.

Hard to believe we are only 3 months away from the annual blue swimmer crab run. But for those in the know, and those prepared to search around, sized blue swimmer crabs can be found now and the secret is finding deep holes with cooler water at the bottom. Besides a feed of crabs, there are also plenty of oysters growing on the rocks all along the Karratha coastline. Hunt for them on the spring low tides either walking around or even diving for them and pry them off with a large screwdriver. Nothing beats fresh oysters straight from the saltwater.

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Hopefully this will have happened by the time you P: (03) 5987 0900 W: mymarine.com.au read this. There has been some MORNINGTON PENINSULA quite good queenfish NAUTICAL MARINE action around the 141 Hotham Road shorelines. We have been seeing good numbers Sorrento P: (03) 5984 1666 E: info@nauticalmarine.com.au W: nauticalmarine.com.au TOORADIN P&J MARINE SERVICE CENTRE P/L 101 Tooradin Station Road Tooradin P: (03) 5998 3107 E: pjmarine_services@bigpond.com MELBOURNE TRIPLE M MARINE 117 Northgate Drive Thomastown P: (03) 9465 8787 F: (03) 9466 1418 W: triplemmarine.com.au This golden trevally was caught on a Bait Junkie Jerkshad. @indepthangler_josh.

the more satisfying when you do land one. A small, lightly-weighed soft plastic is a good option, because the lack of weight makes it harder for the fish to throw the hook.

Some nice golden trevally are being caught

as the weather warms up. Fly fishers have been catching a few permit lately, and this should continue through summer. Some GTs are also showing up for the guys putting the hours in chasing those on the flats. All that fishing should improve as temperatures continue to increase. FISHING IN JANUARY January is a good month for game fishing, and we should start to see some really good fishing for blue marlin out wide in the coming weeks. If you’re just chasing sportfish, there should be plenty of options this month, ranging from queenies and golden trevally to smaller targets like bream and whiting on topwater. We should also see good fishing for jacks in the marina in the coming weeks, and you can catch them on an unweighted mulie or by casting 4-5” of these fish in good soft plastics around the sizes up to around 1m. pylons and pontoons. Small stickbaits and soft • For all the latest news on plastics are the go here. what’s biting and where,

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From page 116 (Exmouth) in the Gulf around the shoals and reef areas, and they’re showing up in good numbers and sizes. They are taking a wide range of lures, including jigs, plastics and vibes. A couple of standouts are the Bait Junkie 7” Jerkshad and Nomad GTX, but the fish really aren’t that fussy at the moment. If you find some goldens and put something in front of them, they will generally eat it.

A few whiting are starting to show up around the bottom of the Gulf, and that should only improve

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