Fishing Monthly Magazine | June 2022

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Southern

OLD

Better weather, cleaner water JUMPINPIN

Bo Sawyer

Hopefully you have been out there catching some great fish this past month despite how shocking the weather has been!

wind has been shutting down the bite a fair bit. It’s still worth going out for a flick though, I nailed a 90cm croc in 35km winds during the Pirtek Challenge, which proves you’ve got to be in it to win it! Winter is the best time

This 90cm croc took out 1st place in the Pirtek Challenge for Queensland.

Matt headed out live baiting and caught this stonker mulloway on a 7” mullet.

Shane jumped on Capn’s Charters and got this beautiful 80s model flathead on a soft plastic. We’ve been lucky to get one decent day a week at the time of writing with strong southerlies blowing around 30-40km most days. The good news is we’ve hit winter and with a bit of luck we’ll be treated to some better weather and cleaner water, fingers-crossed. The crabbing has been pretty good at the moment with some quality catches coming in around the Jacobs Well area, Logan River, Eden Island and around Cobby Cobby Island (just be mindful of green zones). Bream have been schooling up hard around bait schools along Millionaires Row, Tiger Mullet channel and Crusoe Island. They are quite easy to spot on the sounder and you can either bait fish with herring, hardiheads or mullet flesh or flick lightly weighted soft plastics at them. They are much more challenging to catch on lures and can be a lot of fun as well. The average size should really improve as the water temps cool down. The quality of flathead catches has been pretty good at the time of writing. With a lot of weed dying off, it’s made flicking the shallows much more enjoyable, however the 20

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getting a little more active and I have a feeling this might be a great winter for them. Live baiting around the Powerlines, Pin Bar,

should hold some nice specimens. Live prawns work great on the schoolies but I like using mullet between 6-8” to entice the

choice. Try around the banks near the powerlines, Millionaires, Crusoe Island, Kalinga Bank, north lagoon on South Straddie, Eden Island, Gold Bank and Whalleys Gutter. I haven’t been seeing

Andy and Sean have been getting some great catches lately. Excellent work guys. usual look for the bust ups and birds diving. I’m happy to say that the mulloway have been

deep water off Swan Bay, Kalinga Bank or any deep holes all the way up to, and including, the Logan River

A nice mulloway the author picked up while flicking for flatties. if you’ve been thinking about transitioning into lure fishing for these wonderful fish. Flathead around 35-55cm are very active in the shallows around this time of year and are a ton of fun to chase on soft plastics. If you are chasing them on bait then fresh or live prawns, herring, mullet or pillies are a great

as many tailor around with this wind but I completely expect them to be there and feeding hard, especially when the weather improves. Small Halco spinners or pillies are my favourite choice. Try inside the Pin Bar, Kalinga Bank and between South Straddie and the NE tip of Crusoe Island. As

Sean from Archimedes Fishing with a very healthy mulloway caught on live prawns around the powerlines.

bigger models and also avoid other pesky species picking your livies apart. They can be a frustrating fish to target at times but the hard work is definitely worth it when you get that beautiful fish into the boat. Well that’s it from me this month everyone. Let’s hope we get some good weather as I think that will be the only obstacle to some amazing fishing over the coming months. Don’t forget to stop in at Jacobs Well Bait and Tackle if you need any bait or fishing gear, Brett’s always happy to help. Ryan from Capn’s Charters also has some dates available if you’d like to learn how to target fish on lures around the Jumpinpin area. Stay safe everyone, tight lines. • To see more of my fishing adventures on Instagram, follow The Bobo Boat (@ thebobo_boat)


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Boat Test: Whittley FF1650

5min
pages 120-124

Freshwater

10min
pages 116-117

Karratha

4min
page 115

Mandurah

4min
page 111

Metro

4min
page 110

Lancelin

5min
page 112

Augusta

6min
page 108

Bunbury

4min
page 109

WESTERN AUSTRALIA Esperance

4min
page 107

Recfishwest

4min
page 106

Bendigo

8min
page 89

Fun

2min
page 96

Wangaratta

5min
page 90

Ballarat

5min
page 88

WIRF

8min
pages 94-95

Tournaments

28min
pages 97-104

Tournament Calendar

3min
page 105

Eildon

3min
page 92

Geelong

5min
page 80

Robinvale

3min
pages 86-87

Cobden

4min
page 79

Hobart

12min
pages 74-77

Batlow

5min
page 69

Canberra

4min
pages 70-71

Hunter Valley

3min
page 68

Batemans Bay

6min
page 63

Central Coast

7min
page 61

Illawarra

7min
page 62

Sydney South

4min
pages 54-55

Sydney Rock

4min
page 53

Cost of Victorian angling gift

8min
pages 48-49

Kayak: Rainy day activities

10min
pages 46-47

Pittwater

8min
pages 50-51

Freshwater

12min
pages 44-45

Sydney North

5min
page 52

Port Douglas

4min
page 41

Townsville

5min
page 37

Understanding structure

15min
pages 8-11

Southern Bay

4min
pages 24-25

Mackay

5min
page 36

Jumpinpin

3min
pages 20-23

Northern Bay

6min
pages 28-29

Starlo’s back to basics

4min
pages 12-15

The Tweed

4min
pages 16-17

Noosa

5min
pages 30-33
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