WIND, RAIN PROVIDE REAL TEST
WINDY and rainy pretty much sums up this week on the Tweed and Gold Coast with tough conditions making fishing difficult.
At this stage the weekend is looking very windy and finding a good spot to hide from the S/SE blow will be key to fishing success. Let’s have a look at some options.
Finding some shelter up around Jumpinpin, Logan River, Pimpama River, Coomera River, Nerang River, Currumbin Creek, Tallebudgera Creek and the Tweed River would be a good plan for the week ahead.
Customers have been scoring some quality whiting, bream, flathead, trevally, estuary cod and mangrove jack between the showers.
Weather permitting, the Gold Coast Seaway has been producing a few nice jewfish and trevally, fishing the pipeline on the last hour of the run-in and the first hour of the run-out tide. Live baits have been working best.
When we have a larger swell offshore it tends to stir up the feed and the Seaway will fish well, seeing quite a range of species caught like spangled emperor, squire, grassy sweetlip, painted sweetlip, moses, tusk fish bream and tarwhine, to name a few.
Just watch out for the extra swell rolling through the area. Fishing between the pipeline and the east side of Wavebreak Island is a popular spot, drifting over the rubble with baits or lures.
Anglers who headed out early last Saturday morning did well on the close reefs getting stuck into schools of spotted mackerel. Hopefully after the blow some clean water will be pushed in and the fish will still be around and hungry offshore.
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Gavin from Sea Probe Fishing Charters said before the wind kicked in marlin were still biting around the 85m at Spot X and Deep Trag on live bait. If you do find it a little quieter, try trolling 6-8 inch lures and also deep divers for them so you can cover more ground and try to find some other bait schools.
Doing this you can pick up wahoo, dolphin fish and striped tuna. In close around the 12 and 18 fathoms, spottie mackerel have been still biting and on the 24s around the diamond reef trolling live bait or dead baits have been doing the trick for spanish mackerel.
Smithy from Brad Smith Fishing Charters reports on the Tweed the fishing this week has been outstanding with clients catching over 20 fish a day on lures.
Flathead, bream, whiting and trevally have been lining up to smash a variety of lures using a variety of different techniques.
Trolling Pontoon 21 Crack Jacks along the edges of the channels has worked well as has deep water jigging with vibes in the deeper holes around the tide changes.
If you have never tried fishing surface lures it is worth it as it is so much fun watching the lure get attacked.
Hope you all have a good weekend. If you have any great catches or photos, please email us and let us know.
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