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An estuary cod from the sound caught by Will.
ELLO and greetings from Stana- guests we don’t have is a little dismal, but ge, the last fishing frontier. we did go for a quick fish recently.
a problem in Stanage at the moment – there is no one here.
HStanage the last fishing frontier
Stanage Bay
by JOHN GLANFORD
Well what a difference a month Which was within our rights because we has made in this world. live on the water and social distancing isn’t
Normally we would have our rentals full and the shop would be buzzing with people.
The message is very clear: stay home and stay safe.
As most of you would know, here we fish for barra in February and go reef fishing from March to October.
However, all rentals have had to be can- celled and the shop closed due to this de- bacle, while we do our bit and try to keep everybody as safe as possible.
Hopefully the pandemic will pass quickly and we can all get back to our ‘normal’ lives - and fishing - soon.
The crabbing season generally starts from November through to July, but we are great believers in ‘dry on land, dry on water’.
Obviously the fishing report from the
With rain late in the season this year perhaps there will be a longer catch time.
For the most part crabs are always here, and if you catch them out of season they will be full old bucks, which is what you want.
Fishing at Stanage is different to other places so don’t expect to catch full bag limits of fish on your first trip.
The author with nice nannygai caught on a squid bomb.
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Quite a few guests do, though many struggle until they work out the tides and become familiar with the area.
Most become frequent guests and return to Stanage for an annual visit.
Before Stanage went in to what is essen- tially full lockdown mode, a few guests caught nice fish using both lures and bait.
For our fishing trip, we went bottom bashing around Hexham Island and The Percy Group areas.
We had good results catching red emper-