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Mick Slade with the only red emperor landed on the author’s last offshore run during a westerly. Brendan Warren hooked up solid in the background.
The author with a school-sized king threadfin. It will be good to see big schools push up the river again.
Page 58 – Bush ’n Beach Fishing, July 2020
I haven’t heard of many big models yet, with some of the better fish coming in around the mid-60s.
Cold water temperatures Iand hot fishing action
T’S a bloody good feeling to be sitting at the computer
Capricorn Coast
by JOHN BOON
desk tapping away on the keyboard again.
Right on cue the bread and butter species have fired up.
spoon lures have been doing most of the dam- age.
COVID-19 came to town and put a dampen- er on all things fishing and articles.
Flathead have been caught in good numbers up in Corio Bay.
At the time of writ- ing, big schools of king salmon hadn’t moved back into the town reaches of the Fitzroy River yet.
Will we ever go back to normal?
I would say Corio would be the pick of areas if you want to tangle with flathead.
I guess only time will tell.
Even though restric- tions are easing, please maintain social dis- tancing and hygiene.
Sessions of a dozen or more fish on soft plas- tics isn’t uncommon.
Water temperatures were sitting around 20C.
The last thing we need is a second outbreak of this global pandemic.
The yorkies and her- ring were present, but prawns weren’t very thick.
Some say it’s inevita- ble, but I think if we all do our part good things will happen.
Bream have been turning up in numbers at Corio, but the bet- ter reports seem to be coming from good old Coorrooman Creek.
I’m sure when the prawns thicken up king threadfin won’t be far away.
July is prime tiger squid time, so get those jigs
ready. at us.
Not impossible, just a lot tougher due to their metabolism slowing.
Rightio, let’s move on to more important things and have a look at what’s been happen- ing on the Capricorn Coast.
There were still small- er pockets of threadies, if you’re prepared to put time into searching.
The winter woollies are well and truly com- ing out in the morning.
A few snag-bashers who have been target- ing winter barramun- di in Coorie have been whacked by some abso- lute horse bream.
We scored a few up to about the metre mark.
June was fairly mild with temperatures rare- ly sneaking under 10C.
The micro-threadies seem to be turning up in cast nets, which is a good sign.
We will see what the month of July throws
For a split second they thought the winter barra were playing the game, with silver flash- es and mad attitude.
With the cold-water temperature, barra will be hard to get to bite.
A nglers who have downsized their gear have been having a ball with bream.
Bite periods might be short and sharp, and you will need to be Johnny on the spot.
A sure handful hook- ing them close to struc- ture.
One great little tech- nique is to gather live prawns and drop them right on their nose.
Barrel-sized blue salmon have been handing out lessons by burning some thumbs of unaware estuary en- thusiasts.
You know nothing will get a bite if you can’t get them to go a live prawn.
The smaller school models have been turn- ing up in creeks around Rockhampton’s net-free zone as well as on the headlands and close-in islands.
I have seen them swim around live prawns for hours – if you don’t get the timing right and the weather turns to crap.
Soft vibes and flasha
There should be good- sized barra moving up * continued P60
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