Nugget
25-09-2001, 02:36 AM
There has been a good variety of species from the Bay and Jumpinpin area over the past week including squire, diver whiting, chopper tailor, flathead and school jew.
Good summer whiting have been caught in the lower reaches of Boggy and Lota Creeks especially towards the top of the tide.
A bloodworm, very small yabbie or fresh local prawn has been accounting for a good feed with whiting up to 35cm quite common.
There has been some small bream in the same areas but only one in five has been a keeper.
Diver whiting have been thick around the D’Arcy Light and the Compass Adjustment buoy as well as the usual Pelican and Banana Banks.
Chopper tailor have been caught in good numbers around Ormiston Point at daylight and dusk for anglers throwing a small, unweighted pilchard or chrome slugs.
They have also been in lesser numbers off Cleveland and Wellington foreshores over the past week.
Most anglers are reporting plenty of squire but very few of them are big enough to make the minimum legal size.
Some of the better fish have come from the Platypus Wrecks at night using hardyheads or mullet flesh cast into the shallows on an unweighted rig.
Further south at Jumpinpin, weed is still plaguing anglers, especially those trolling lures.
Some of the rivers and creeks feeding into the Pin area are your best option as they have little or no weed.
The Pimpama River has turned up a few early season jacks on trolled lures although they are fairly small.
There have been quite a few flathead caught in the same area as well as trevally around the oyster leases at the mouth.
There have been some school jew caught along Kalinga Bank and in the Logan at Marks Rocks on the turn of the tide.
Banana prawns or small live mullet have been the best baits.
There is some good news on the freshwater scene, water temperatures are increasing and catches of bass and yellow belly have increased over the past few weeks.
There was a school of monster bass at the Hump in Somerset last week and many anglers using vertical jigs landed fish over 50cm.
In Hinze, Maroon and Moogerah most of the bass are being caught along the edge of the weed beds by anglers working sliders and spinnerbaits.
ENDS
Dave Downie ><>
Good summer whiting have been caught in the lower reaches of Boggy and Lota Creeks especially towards the top of the tide.
A bloodworm, very small yabbie or fresh local prawn has been accounting for a good feed with whiting up to 35cm quite common.
There has been some small bream in the same areas but only one in five has been a keeper.
Diver whiting have been thick around the D’Arcy Light and the Compass Adjustment buoy as well as the usual Pelican and Banana Banks.
Chopper tailor have been caught in good numbers around Ormiston Point at daylight and dusk for anglers throwing a small, unweighted pilchard or chrome slugs.
They have also been in lesser numbers off Cleveland and Wellington foreshores over the past week.
Most anglers are reporting plenty of squire but very few of them are big enough to make the minimum legal size.
Some of the better fish have come from the Platypus Wrecks at night using hardyheads or mullet flesh cast into the shallows on an unweighted rig.
Further south at Jumpinpin, weed is still plaguing anglers, especially those trolling lures.
Some of the rivers and creeks feeding into the Pin area are your best option as they have little or no weed.
The Pimpama River has turned up a few early season jacks on trolled lures although they are fairly small.
There have been quite a few flathead caught in the same area as well as trevally around the oyster leases at the mouth.
There have been some school jew caught along Kalinga Bank and in the Logan at Marks Rocks on the turn of the tide.
Banana prawns or small live mullet have been the best baits.
There is some good news on the freshwater scene, water temperatures are increasing and catches of bass and yellow belly have increased over the past few weeks.
There was a school of monster bass at the Hump in Somerset last week and many anglers using vertical jigs landed fish over 50cm.
In Hinze, Maroon and Moogerah most of the bass are being caught along the edge of the weed beds by anglers working sliders and spinnerbaits.
ENDS
Dave Downie ><>