FISHING NEWS

Feb 26th 2010

Good to see some rain hitting the catchment areas, local rivers are up and running and receiving a spring clean,which will stand us in good stead for the future.

The Wharf: Some great fishing has been had by a few anglers, with some good barra landed and lost.  Lots of small baitfish around and the barra are having a smashing time feeding on them.  Live prawns are probably the bait of choice if you can get them; just free-line them around and wait!  Soft plastics and hard lures are also getting a few.  This rain will change things as the barra will disperse and should start being caught down along the rocks.  Again, watch the local heron populations as they will show you where the bait is.  A few good jacks, queenfish, trevally and the odd Spanish mackerel are also showing.

The Endeavour:  Still fishing reasonably well on the lures, with barra, jacks and trevally being the mainstay.  Had a good session on Saturday afternoon with a couple of regulars from Cairns, managing to land 8 barra on the lures and seeing quite a few.  If I was to pick out one stand out lure then it would be the Leads Hijackers or one of Geoff’s lures fished on the surface with a lot of splashing and plenty of pauses.  Good crabs to be had as well.

The Annan; Had a few sessions down at the bay and just inside the mouth and found some good fish - mostly barra and jacks with the odd trevally and queenfish.  Some of the jacks I’ve seen have been pushing 60cm but fishing around the mangroves ensured that they got away.  Plenty of crabs moving and also seen a few dugong as well,which is also a very welcome surprise.

Tip of The Week; Keep an eye down past the rocks as we approach the full moon, together with this rain we should see some big barra turning up!!