There has been an increase in mud crab catches over the past few weeks.
The better numbers came from Jumpinpin’s small mangrove-lined creeks but they were also caught in the southern bay islands and the Brisbane River.
The best time has been on an evening run-in tide and you need to sit close to your pots as many anglers have complained crabs are being stolen out of unattended pots. Flathead have been one of the more consistent species caught this week.
Trolling hard body lures around sandbanks at Jumpinpin and the Broadwater has produced good catches. The Logan River has also turned up good numbers oat Ageston Sands banks.
There are a lot of whiting around, even in the larger waterways like the Broadwater and Jumpinpin. The Nerang River continues to turn up better quality whiting up river of the Council Chambers.
At Jumpinpin there were good catches on the banks between Crusoe Island and North Stradbroke Island, in the Jacobs Well straight on the edge of the channels around the Power Lines and the channel that flows around the southern end of Russell Island.
Pan size snapper have been caught around the southern say islands south to the Power Lines in the early morning. Unweighted hardyheads casting into a few metres of water or very lightly weighted soft plastics worked slowly from the shallows into deeper water has been the best technique.
Holiday makers heading to the beach over the next few weeks should take a fishing rod as there has been great catches of dart, whiting, bream and chopper tailor.
There has been plenty of school mackerel in the bay, with most caught at the top end of the Rainbow Channel and bottom of Moreton Island.
Offshore, spotty mackerel are still high on the list of target species. There has been a lot of boats chasing them but few caught.
Dolphinfish continue to be in excellent numbers around FADs and buoys, berleying will often bring them on the bite, half pillies are catching a few but live bait is catching the better quality.
