FLUSH-OUT AN OMEN FOR FISHOS

HI everyone, hope you have all had a good week,

With more than 100mm of rain falling on the weekend, the flush-out is great news for fishing over the next few months. For those keen to brave the cool nights and early mornings bream have been on the bite in big numbers.

Let’s have a look at some options for the weekend.

With a big swell on the way offshore fishing will be off limits. The good news is the swell will stir up the bait and feed for predators combined with the freshwater run-off pushing out of the local rivers will make the open ocean entrances like the Gold Coast Seaway, Jumpinpin Bar and the Tweed Bar great areas to target a wide range of species inshore like jewfish, trevally, tailor, bream and flathead just to name a few.

The Gold Coast Seaway pipeline can hold jewfish, juvenile yellow tail kingfish, amberjack, spangled emperor and grassy sweetlip making fishing this area a bit of a lucky dip at times. It would be worth mixing it up a bit by trying a few different methods, live bait, dead bait, soft plastics, vibes and jigs will all work well at times.

Plenty of bream being caught this week after the flush-out. They love the freshwater it just seems to make them feed harder. The Nerang River, Coomera River, Pimpama River, Logan River, Tweed River, Currumbin Creek, Seaway rock walls, Paradise Point bridges, Jacobs Well, Tiger Mullet Channel, Kalinga Bank and Short Island have all produced a good feed.

Just remember to keep the berley trail going,

Tailor have been harassing bait schools again this week on the afternoon high tide in the main channels running off the

Gold Coast Seaway and around Jumpinpin Bar, Crusoe Island and the mouth of Whalleys Gutter. The dusk bite has been producing some action on surface lures and metal slugs. If it is a bit slow you can tow some shallow diving lures around until you locate a school of tailor to cast at.

Hopefully, the rain has had a positive effect on the snot weed issue and will help to flush out the system and make fishing a bit more enjoyable.

Brad from Brad Smith Fishing Charters reports it was a cool week with the south westerlies blowing and once again flathead was the dominant species. Trolling slam and spike lures worked well, as did jigging in around the 4.5 to 5.5 metre line with a combination of Ecogear zx40, vx45 and Samaki Vibelicious vibe lures. Also got a couple of quality whiting were taken on the vibes and some nice sized tailor that are starting to move up the Tweed River.

Clint from Brad Smith Fishing Charters reports Broadwater charters have continued with daily hauls of tuskfish, flathead, flounder, winter whiting, tarwhine, arrow squid and others. We are so lucky to have so many tasty species available in calm water.

The snot weed has been annoying, but it is still fishable. If you encounter thick amounts keep moving, the fish do not like it and they move.

On cloudy days, run out tide, and early morning I smear some Smithy’s UV prawn Sax scent on the vibes, and on calm, clear days, run in tide I use Sax scent goldprawn. Yabbies are extremely effective bait at the moment and can be pumped even at high tide during the smaller day time tides. Fishing the run in tides will be the go, less weed.

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