It is prime mangrove jack time, and the humid weather has produced good results over the past few weeks.
The better catches came from Jumpinpin, especially along mangrove-lined banks on the western and southern side of North Stradbroke Island and canal estates throughout the northern Broadwater. Most have fallen to trolled or cast lures worked in close to submerged snags. Bait anglers have had best success using strips of whiting, with very little lead cast into snaggy areas on the turn of the tide.
Whiting continue to be excellent on what is looking like a great summer season.
All rivers with sand banks are producing good catches.
At Jumpinpin, the boat traffic has kept the better quality fish in the deeper water. Top spots include Tabby Island and the back of Short island, the banks along South Stradbroke opposite Crusoe Island and in the Logan River at Ageston Sands.
It has been a similar story in the northern bay, with the better catches coming from the deeper sandy patches of all rivers and creeks.
There are still a few chopper tailor around, the better fish are coming from close to the Pin Bar and Southport Seaway.
The average fish has been around the one kilo mark, although there has also been better quality caught at night as well as sunrise and sunset.
They are also being caught by surf anglers however the dart are in plague numbers making it difficult to keep a bait in the water.
Anglers having the best success in the surf are throwing chrome slugs at sunrise and sunset to avoid the dart.
Bull shark season is here - top spots include the Logan and Brisbane rivers.
Top baits include anything live, a fresh fillet of just about anything as well as pilchards.
Offshore anglers reported an increase in the number of pelagic fish caught over the past few weeks, with Spanish mackerel and wahoo taking trolled lures and baits around Flatrock and Hutchies.
On the freshwater scene, there are still no numbers of redclaw. We need rain to see them fire up. The main species being caught at Somerset and Wivenhoe dams are bass in open water and yellowbelly in the treed areas.
