BEACHES TO DAINTREE

A week of light winds and flat seas ensured masses of boats headed to the reef chasing a mixed bag. Fishing was red hot in most locations especially to the north. Coral trout have been on fire on the mid-depth bommies along with a great mixed bag of reef fish. Large mouth nannygai made up a big proportion of most fishers’ catches in the deep rubble patches and isolated rocks, along with small mouth nannygai, spangled

Daintree River  emperor, painted sweet-lip and cobia. Areas like Trinity Opening and Grafton Passage fished well in the 50m range. Unfortunately fish loss due to sharks made some areas unfishable.

Barra and grunter were caught in good numbers in the Cairns Inlet. Contact: Cairns Tackle World, ph. 4031 4040