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Brett Enders scored this nice flatthead while chas-
ing mangrove jack at Noosa. Small mackerel have been active around the Bribie Island bridge.
JA range of species in good numbers around Brisbane
ULY can be one weed and it can take around rocks and weed, of the best months a while to locate good as there are normally of the year for a numbers of fish. a few squid patrolling
Local Luring
by KEITH STRATFORD
range of species around Quietly drifting over these areas.
Brisbane.
Flathead, tailor, jew-
Last winter was the worst season I’ve seen for lizards, so hopefully this winter won’t be the same.
situpontopofthe weed, but mostly they will sit right on the edge of the sand patch- es waiting for any bait- fish and crustaceans to swim by.
the banks and using an electric motor helps not to spook any flatties that are close by.
The Bribie Island bridge is one of the better places to target during winter because it holds huge amounts of bait.
fish and snapper should be in good numbers in most rivers and creeks close to Brisbane.
Pumicestone Passage has been as good as anywhere to look for a feed of flatties, with the many weed beds in the passage holding plenty of good quality fish.
Lightly weighted soft plastics work very well in this situation – 3-4” paddle tails and curl tails work really well rigged on a 1/6 or 1/4oz jig head.
Currently hardyheads, herring and pike are in plague proportions, and there are big fish around eating them.
Other species such as threadfin salmon, grunter and bream will also show up in good numbers.
A good pair of po- larised sunglasses will help when looking for these sand patches.
Prawn imitations can also work around weed beds because they hold heaps of small prawns and crustaceans.
I fished it recently and there were tuna and mackerel eating hardy- heads under the bridge.
At the time of writing, flathead have been a bit slow to fire up.
Occasionally fish will
A few areas have a lot of sand among the
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Pike are an excellent live and dead bait for a range of species.
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Don’t just put one cast in and move on.
The big cod under the bridge can’t resist them and will swim a long way to eat one.
Throw at least half a dozen casts into each area, preferably a cou- ple of different styles and lure colours.
Snapper also love them, along with jewi- es, mangrove jack and the elusive barramundi.
When you find a good patch of fish, it can be a fun way to catch flat- head.
Other rivers such as the Pine and the Ca- boolture as well as Hayes Inlet haven’t fired up yet, but hope- fully that will change during July.
Always keep an eye out for squid chasing your plastic back to the boat.
It can be a real lucky dip when casting lures * continued P21