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Lorinda and a lovely afternoon golden.
Sharks seem to be less
Best of all, restric- tions have been lifted to allow travel around Queensland.
Roy caught his first tuna.
Other toothy critters are mackerel – some- times they are painful and steal all our lures.
Smaller trevally spe- cies such as brass are great fun too and can be found in big num- bers.
Arthur with a cracking longtail.
Also in there are good numbers of flathead – in shallow channels on flats and in creeks. Both are readily taken on light soft plastics outfits.
Larger surface schools of tuna seem to have slowed as expected, and most of the tuna we
The sharks aren’t biting Wbut everything else is
INTER is definitely here now.
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Very cold weather in May made tempera- tures drop quick.
active or not present, I can’t really be sure.
Big dusky flathead might require a fairly heavy leader because they can swallow the lure and can result in a bite off.
Hope this kicks a few more punters my way.
Flatties are a great way to spend a windy day, especially if you want a feed.
Typical winter species have started to move and it’s exciting to think I will probably have a few months more of less shark activity.
There are so many places you can catch one.
They certainly had their day a few times of late.
They can occasionally exceed 70cm and be- come a handful at that size.

School mackerel are best taken with fast re- trieves and metal lures.
Hanging out in these schools are often queenfish, tuna, snap- per, diamond and gold- en trevally, grunter and big cobia.
This style certainly decreases lure loss, and the cheap price of the lures makes losing the odd one OK.
I often target these fish with small plastics and small jigs.
Smaller snapper are about in the northern end of the Great Sandy Strait.
Soft vibration lures work well too when the bite is tough.
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Roy and nice brassy trevally.
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