Flathead are the word this week. They have been in consistent numbers for the past month.
Most about 50cm to 60cm and are caught by drifting and casting.
Mulloway are still in good numbers. They are coming from the Gold Coast Seaway or Jumpinpin Bar but deeper holes in estuary waters are also producing fish. There’s also been plenty caught off rock headlands and surf beaches at night.
Bream are dominating catches in rivers and creeks.
In the broadwater they are on the bite around the north wall of Wave Break Island on the tide change and the Deep Hole at the channel junction to the north just before Crab Island.
At the Pin the top spots are either side of Short Island, Kalinga Bank and eastern tip of Crusoe Island.
At Moreton Bay land based anglers are getting good catches at Wellington Point and King Island at night, the entrance to Raby Bay canals and Point Halloran on the edge of the channel.
There are also plenty of chopper tailor throughout estuaries, rock outcrops and surf beaches. In Moreton Bay there has been good numbers of small snapper caught. It’s been a great season so far for numbers, just not a lot of big fish reported.
In the southern bay they have been caught on the eastern side of Coochiemudlo Island, tip of Macleay Island and at the Saltworks off the southern end. Sandies and muddies are still being caught.
There have been great catches of diver whiting in the bay. Top spots include the Amity and Naval Reserve banks outside the green zones, northern side of the Brisbane River mouth to Kedron Brook and any of the sandbanks on the western side of Moreton Island.
Squidding is a lot of fun if you are looking for something to do of an evening.
There’s been plenty caught in the southern bay this week. Offshore it’s all about the snapper and judging by reports, a great season so far.
The better catches have been in 90m of water at Deep Tempest and Square Patch but you should catch a feed if you are fishing on any good reef bottom, mixed in with a few pearlies and tuskfish.
