WHITING catches are improving every week and most anglers who are heading up rivers with bloodworms are getting great returns.
On the Gold Coast there have been good catches in the Nerang River around the council chambers and at Paradise Point and Sanctuary Cove.
At Jumpinpin, the fish are on the bank off the southern tip of Cobby, Gold and Green banks, in Tiger Mullet Channel and on the sandbanks north of Cabbage Tree before the power lines. There have also been good catches at Ageston Sands in the Logan River. Flathead have also been in good numbers. The better catches this week have come from the mouth of rivers and creeks and just inside bar entrances of any estuary system.
As water temperatures increase for summer, we are seeing more numbers of mangrove jack being caught. Jetties, bridges and any submerged structure in rivers and creeks have been the best places to target them. Chopper tailor are moving throughout all estuaries, especially within sight of the bar, but the better quality fish are coming from the surf. Action on the northern Gold Coast beaches has been a little hit and miss but when they come on the bite, usually dusk and into the early evening, the action has been fast and frantic.
Mulloway continued to be caught this week, most are about 70-90cm in size. Top spots for mulloway include the Logan River and the southern bay islands. In Moreton Bay small snapper continue to make up a large percentage of catches. Top spots include the northern side of Peel Island and the eastern side of Mud Island. There has been a few school mackerel in the bay at the northern end of the Rainbow Channel, the eastern end of the the Rous and the channels to the north around Shark Spit.
Most are down deep so you need to use a paravane or downrigger to get your lure to them. Offshore snapper action continues although sharks are making it difficult to get a fish to the boat. You only have to catch a few fish before they move in and eat everything. Moving is the only option and fishing at night is the worst time.
