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Cleaner water for the win JUMPINPIN
Bo Sawyer
G’day everyone, hope you’ve had an awesome month’s fishing! Let’s get stuck straight into it. We’ve been experiencing a fair bit of dirty water that has made the incoming tide the far better option. I know I bang on a fair bit about water quality but it’s so important to understand how this directly changes the fishing. Capn’s Charters, Daniel Freeman and myself took out the top team for the 2022 Flathead Classic, which we owe to fishing the cleaner areas. The size of the bait in the Jumpinpin system has also increased so keep that in mind when selecting bait/lures.
Paul with a great feed of whiting on live bloodworms. Jacobs Well Bait and Tackle has them in stock. Where are the fish biting? The past few weeks there have been plague
Taran with a solid flatty caught on a surface lure.
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proportions of tailor all around the Pin chasing whitebait and now larger pilchards. Plenty of goodsized ones are being caught and if you head out to the Pin you can pretty much guarantee you’ll see them out there. The last of the incoming has been fishing best and they’ll hit just about any lure you throw at them. Best options for bait are pillies and whitebait. Flathead are still being caught in good numbers, however with that dirty water you need to focus your efforts from the Pin bar, Kalinga, Crusoe and along the way down to Tipplers. My sessions further up the system around Cabbage Tree and near the Logan have not produced anywhere near the numbers elsewhere, so unless we get a few weeks of no rain, your efforts are better focused in the southern Pin area. Pillies, whitebait, mullet, prawns and herring will get you the bite on bait and 3.5-4” plastics on the shallows for the lure fishos. If you’re fishing the deep
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Capn’s Charters getting the win in the 2022 Flathead Classic.
The Ellis brothers have been on fire and caught these nice mulloway out in the Pin.
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then 5-6” placcies will be the go, and they pair up with the heavier jigheads much nicer, which may be needed in that faster current. There’s still been some
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The author got this 85cm model fishing deep on a 5” plastic. really nice mulloway getting around. Vibes, big plastics or live pike/mullet are the best options. Fishing the drop off in the Pin bar, the sticks, Kalinga, north Eden Island and the holes
through the Logan will give you a great shot and have been producing the most fish. The whiting fishing should go really well this month. Use live yabbies or
worms around the lagoons, Gold Bank, Tiger Mullet Channel and Slipping Sands. The lighter the sinker, the more movement your presentation will have and that will definitely get them firing. Still plenty of bream in the system as well, although the quality will more than likely drop off a touch. Mullet strips, whitebait, yabbies, prawns and cut up pillies will be the go. Sound up the bait balls and fish around these areas and you shouldn’t have to wait too long. Until next month, tight lines. • That’s it from me this month. Don’t forget to stop in and see Brett from Jacobs Well Bait and Tackle for all your fresh bait. Ryan from Capn’s Charters also has a few charter spots left if you’d like to learn how to slay the flathead on lures. He’s booking up pretty quick after that classic win so get in quick and support small local business. Take care everyone and hope you catch plenty of fish.
