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This week looks like we might get a short window of weather to get out and chase a few reef species. There are still a few good school mackerel and spanish mackerel along with big schools of tuna about. There has also been a few good snapper and sweetlip caught on the local inshore reefs. Prime time to be fishing is the hour before and after day light using whole mullet fillets and pilchards as bait. Be sure to check the latest weather forecast before heading out.
BURNETT RIVER
With the cold weather around we have been seeing some cracking bream and grunter caught in the river, both have been caught on the rock bars and rubble beds. A few spots that come to mind are the gravel beds running from the yacht club towards the port side of the river. The north wall on the far end towards the mouth of the river has also been producing some cracking fish. The key has been to cast as close to the rock wall as possible during the last 2 hours of the run-out tide. This has been the best time of the tide to fish for the bigger models, mullet strips and fresh river prawns have been the go-to baits.
ELLIOT RIVER
The river system is still producing the odd whiting and trumpeter in the cleaner water, freshly pumped yabbies have been the standout bait. The flathead in the river have been caught up the river system on the shallow banks. One way I like to fish is drifting for both whiting and flathead using yabbies on lightly weighted running ball sinker rigs. I like to set my drift up so I start in the shallow water and drift into the deeper water depending on the tide and wind direction. There has been some nice dart caught off the beach on the southern side of Coonarr Beach and the mouth of the river as well.
LAKE MONDURAN
With the colder water in the dam the barra seem to be in the shallows, the key has been finding the warmer water and fishing with hard body’s and suspending lures. When the colder months hit, the key is to slow your retrieve down, implementing plenty of long pauses allowing for your lure to sit in the strike zone for longer. This technique often annoys the barra so much that you get a reaction bite. My go-to lures are the Jackall 79 Squirrel and the Samaki Redic DS80.
Until next time
Tight lines
Nathan Sutton
Tackleworld Bundaberg
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