Jumpinpin

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. 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 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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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.

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.

Are you on Target?

Ensuring you’re on target was the design parameter for the latest Venom rods from Wilson Fishing – the Venom Target series.

Accurate casting has become increasingly important in hard-fished waters and, with the use of live sonar technology on the increase, casting accuracy in lakes and dams has never been so important. the blank. The full rear grip also differentiates this series from the spilt rear grip models such as the Crankbait Series and the 7 foot baitcast series.

There are three models in the Venom Target range that are all 6’5” long and includes the RLFVT1 (10-30lb), RLFVT2 (20-40lb and the RLFVT3 (30-60lb). Each rod is 95mm Zerek Fish Trap. The RLFVT2 is designed for casting 30-100g putting this rod squarely in the medium to large swimbait category where lures such as the Bone Focus 130, Zerek Live Swimbait and Zerek Flat Shad X 130-170 are used. The RLFVT3 is the big boppa in the range, built specifically for casting the biggest lures on the market

used for single, underhand casting as well as double overhand casting, had the tip to allow the anglers to feel and see the lures working, all while having the strength down low to impact on large Murray cod. It was an exciting trip.

Just last month we had the first opportunity to put these rods to test on impoundment barramundi and they easily ticked this box. Michael Haley and Rob Payne used the RLFVT2 at Teemburra and Kinchant, catching barra off the scope and also simply casting at weed edges. Which brings us to the point that these rods, at 6’5”, are not just rods to use for scoping, they are a search and fish rod –

Taking feedback from our supported anglers, the Venom Target rods are designed with a hand and a half butt arrangement to allow for easy underhand casting if anglers are pitching lures ‘on the scope’ or flinging them underneath overhanging mangroves. The hand and a half butt also allows for two-handed overhand casting if distance is required.

The Target series features a full EVA rear grip. This butt design allows scoping anglers to place the rod in their scope poles while dealing with the beast they just landed and will also give trollers the ability to use this rod in metal rod holders without damaging Aussie designed and Aussie built, the Venom Target series of rods will keep you on target and ensure your lures are presented to more fish, whether that’s on the scope or fishing traditionally. “

designed to fish different weighted lures, yet still provide ample stopping power when big fish are hooked - just like every Venom rod made.

The RLFVT1 has a 10-40g casting range making it ideal for heavy jighead rigged plastic fishing and is absolutely perfect for throwing the

up to 200g! This rod will not be afraid of the Zerek Affinity with the 20g nose weight attached, it will eat up casting the 250 Zerek Stalker and you’ll wonder why you’re not throwing bigger lures!

Our initial trials centred around Murray cod at Lake Mulwala and to say the prototype rods worked above expectations would be an understatement.

True to their design these rods were able to easily cast a variety of lures, could be old school if you like.

Aussie designed and Aussie built, the Venom Target series of rods will keep you on target and ensure your lures are presented to more fish, whether that’s on the scope or fishing traditionally.

Available from early November, this amazing series of rods sets the bench mark again for rods built for purpose, yet able to excel as general purpose rods. – Wilson Fishing