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Amber Browning out-fished the boys again on a recent trip offshore.
Mitch Cooper with a golden trevally from the bay.
FRishing on fire around Tin Can Bay
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Tin Can Bay
by CHRIS RIPPON
has brought to the world over the worms have been working a treat on
past few months.
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were very welcome. With everyone doing the right thing and staying in their local area, the waterways around Tin Can Bay were a little quieter these past weeks. The water in the bay was still slightly green, but the rain seems to have really helped things fire up lately.
summer whiting.
Fishing the last couple of hours of
how good the fishing has been! We’re not too sure where to start really. All the fishing has been good – inshore, offshore, whiting, flat- head, tuna, crabs, spanish mackerel, squid...
Good reports of summer and win- ter whiting have been coming in thick and fast, with one customer
the runout tide at Norman Point has been a bit of a hot spot for anglers. Fishing the making tides around the mangroves before they flood has al- so been producing. There have been several nice lizards getting caught in both of those situations, and a few stud bream in the mix.
At the time of writing even the weather had been playing ball. Cool nights, warm days and clear skies
I have had a good run catching flatties on fly while fishing the last hour of the ebb tide, and the first couple of hours of the flood tide in the late arvo after work while walking the drop off. I was socially isolated and caught a nice feed for the family.
The author with a 105cm longtail on fly.
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Mud crabs are still being caught in
Squid are starting to show up in numbers and we’re sure most of you know the likely spots to go to to have a crack. Maybe try the dead stick technique next time you’re out. Rig a jig with no extra weight and cast it out the back of your drift and only a couple of meters down in the water column. This is a sure-fire way to pick up the hooked squid’s mate that will follow him up with all the commotion going on and it will increase your catch rate.
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