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Southern Moreton Bay
by SEAN CONLON
little back to normal, or as everyone else likes to say ‘a new kind of nor- mal’, after COVID-19.
to target and these will also be around in the coming months.
hard-body down deep has been essential.
I’ve been out on a couple of charters and some tuition but mainly I’ve been fishing with my son, and getting a fish in with my broth- er and father which is something we haven’t done for many years.
With all of the species around, casting lures has been working quite well but I have found on the tougher days trolling hard-bodies for these fish has been one way to basically wake them up a bit, and this technique has account- ed for a lot of better quality fish.
The other key thing I’ve been looking for before I troll is plen- ty of baitfish – you want plenty of baitfish around so that when predators are chasing schools you can drag your lure through.
It’s been a bit tricky lately to line up charter work with the weather windows because the weather has been a lit- tle up-and-down over the past month, but hopefully it will start to settle through July and August.
As I’ve said before, I don’t always troll and I don’t always I like to, but trolling hard-bod- ies has definitely been a stand out on recent fishing trips.
Remember, squire and mackerel are way down the southern end of the bay and they should be around for the next few months, so for fishers who think mackerel season is over – yes, it may have slowed down in the northern bay, but this year we had nice clean water and a heap of baitfish down the southern end which means we should have mackerel for a few months yet.
Species that have been around include school mackerel which have been in reasonable numbers, and plenty of squire as well as our usual flathead, with a few trevally mixed in.
The bulk of mackerel and squire we’ve been catching have come from trolling hard-body lures in water around 8-10m, because these fish have been close to the bottom in that depth, getting your
There have certainly been plenty of flathead * continued P15
So, there’s definitely been plenty of species
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