Southern Bay

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SOUTHERN BAY

Nick

Whyte We have had a lot of rain over the last couple of months. It seems like we just start getting the water to clean up a little and more comes. Nevertheless, this is not all bad news, it has also affected the fishing in some good ways too. in the Rous and Rainbow channels. Just make sure you keep an eye on the Green Zone boundaries when fishing up there.

Bream will start to become the most common captures over the coming month. The fish will be schooling up for their spawning run and will dominate the catchers. Best places to start looking are There will be big catches on offer with cricket scores not uncommon, make sure you limit your catch, don’t catch you limit.

Snapper numbers are starting to increase and have been all the talk of late. Nice pan-sized fish have been common around the reef edges. The better quality fish have been coming from deeper waters around Mud

Plenty of longtail tuna are getting around the bay.

Snapper, flathead, bream, winter whiting and longtail tuna have remained in reasonable numbers. With reports of prawns still getting caught and being in really good size, it’s worth getting out and having a crack at them. There should still be an opportunity to get into a couple after the recent rains. Squid should start showing up in good numbers down around the Jumpinpin area, the mouth of the Logan River when it cleans up a bit and around the Amity rock wall. Some of the fish will school up over the sand flats around the back of Short Island, the western mouth of Duck Creek and down around Tiger Mullet Channel. Find any sunken timber in a little deeper water and you should find a bream. and Peel. Using your sounder to locate these bigger sized school fish will see the best results. Fishing low light periods and light lines while keeping boat noise to a minimum should see you with a few fish coming over the side. Mud Island, Bird and Goat islands, South West Rocks at Peel, the sunken reefs at Peel and Potts Point are all consistent producers

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this time of year. Small soft plastics fished light, or even rolling small cranks like the 69mm Zerek Tango shad, will be killer along the edges.

Tailor have started showing up down around the Pin. Plenty in the chopper size range but bigger slab baits or larger surface poppers will give you a better opportunity over bigger greenback. The schools have been moving in with the tide and pushing back out with the bait. It’s worth having a small slug or plastic rigged ready to cast at the schools that pop up. Early mornings around some of the shallow rocky bay island points with 80-100mm poppers will also see some action.

Flathead have again been quite consistent. Plenty of good-sized fish have been showing up as well. There’s been plenty of quality fish around the Jumpinpin bar. Numbers of fish have been There have been good catches of decent nice mulloway around the Pin bar area.

A nice Moreton Bay tusky.

caught on the weed beds in front of Victoria Point and in between Garden and Macleay Islands. Small trolled lures or small soft plastics worked around the drain mouths will see some action. Flathead aren’t really picky with colours but try and keep them natural in the clean water and a little brighter when it muds up a bit. It’s also worth having a look in Canapai Passage around the top and bottom of Russell Island.

Once again the winter whiting have been in good numbers when the schools have been located. Move around until you find them and then work the area over. These little fellas are tasty morsels but don’t take more than you need for a feed. Best areas have been up the Rous, Navel and the Pelican banks. Fresh bait is best with squid and worms both doing the job.

There should be some nice mulloway getting around the southern bay this month. Areas like Marks Rocks in the Logan, deeper water around the powerlines, the southern end of Goat Island, the Peel artificial reefs or any isolated wrecks you know about will be worth a look. Pin bar and Amity rock walls are also worth the time around the turn of the tides. Look for areas holding lots of bait and the fish shouldn’t be too far away.

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.