Jumpinpin

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

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 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

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 usual look for the bust ups and birds diving.

I’m happy to say that the mulloway have been 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,

deep water off Swan Bay, Kalinga Bank or any deep holes all the way up to, and including, the Logan River should hold some nice specimens. Live prawns work great on the schoolies but I like using mullet between 6-8” to entice the

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.

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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 Matt headed out live baiting and caught this stonker mulloway on a 7” mullet. This 90cm croc took out 1st place in the Pirtek Challenge for Queensland.

A nice mulloway the author picked up while flicking for flatties. Andy and Sean have been getting some great catches lately. Excellent work guys.