THIS weather just won’t leave us alone - we have had very few days when it has been worthwhile getting out for a fish.
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It’s either windy, stormy or the water is super dirty.
Whiting are being very scarce and timid. Yet flathead are quite common at present, with a few large females caught.
One of the local boys, Tosh, nailed a big flattie the other night and boy he was pleased as punch.
Another interesting flattie story was of a great fish that had been hooked and lost somehow. While it was resting on the bottom with coils of line coming off the 6/0 octopus hook lodged in its gut, a lucky angler’s hook managed to wrap around the loose line.
As he slowly wound in thinking he had a stingray, the flathead woke up and started shaking its head. Oh boy, thought the angler, something is on here.
Lo and behold, a 60cm flattie surfaced next to the boat with all the terminal tackle of a jewfish rig! Better buy a lottery ticket - you don’t get much luckier than that.
Up river at Macksville, Ben Suckling managed to land his PB bream at 935g cleaned - it is going to take a lot of work to beat. His dad was sure keen to get home and cook it up for lunch.
Mangrove Jack are on a lot of people’s hit list at this time of the year and rightly so - they grow large, eat a wide range of baits and lures, fight hard and most of all ... taste great!
Big Jacks are far more common here in northern NSW than they are in North Queensland.
A few locals are doing well on them with some absolute monsters up in the high 60cm range. I can only imagine these fish at this size - they would be hell on fins.
Knock’ em down drag out fights are par for the course. And if you don’t pull them away from the snags that resemble a cheese grater, it’s ‘bye bye’ for your lure or rig!