GET KIDS TO CATCH THE FUN
AS school holidays kick off on the Gold Coast the weekend is looking great for families heading outdoors for some fun. Let’s have a look at what has been biting.
The holidays are a great time to introduce kids to the fun of going fishing. Lots of families enjoy spending time with the kids fishing. I think it is great to see the kids get out of the house, off their devices and experience the outdoors.
Catching bait is great fun and the kids really enjoy being shown how to pump yabbies, throw a cast net or even how to catch beach worms.
Some land-based fishing options on the coast include the Coomera River end of Shipper Drive, Coomera River Highway Bridge, Coomera Weir, Hope Island Boykambil Jetty, Jabiru Island, Paradise Point Jetty, Lands End Biggera Waters, Grand Hotel Jetty, Broadwater Parklands, Southport Bridge, Marine Stadium and the Nerang River.
Just keep it simple and use a basic running sinker rig. This will work for most species including bream, flathead, whiting, trevally and tailor just to name a few.
Good bait options are prawns, white pilchards, mullet fillet, worms and yabbies. It’s wonderfully to see the smile on the kids’ faces when they land a fish – if you have any fish photos make sure you share them with us at brett@coomerahouseboats.com.au … lots of luck.
THE weather was great last Saturday so I headed out with my daughter for a look around the Broadwater. We started by finding some good schools of tailor feeding on bait fish in the deep channels around Paradise Point and Runaway Bay.
Metal slugs and also TT Switchblades worked well accounting for a few good sized fish and also a few bite-offs.
Unfortunately I prefer to use leader rather than wire to get more bites but that’s fishing. As the tide dropped we switched to soft plastics and targeted flathead, we worked the edges of the sandbanks from Sovereign Islands down to Wavebreak Island.
We then moved north to fish the north arm of the Coomera River and scored a few nice flathead and some good sized flounder. We were using a 3/8 TT Lures head-lockZ jig head and a combination of Zman StreakZ 3.75”, Zman StreakZ Curly Tails 4” and Zerek Fish Traps in the deeper water all produced fish.
Customers have reported some good sized fish showing up around Jumpinpin with Mike Hollows catching and releasing an 81cm flathead last week on his houseboat holiday. Try looking around the entrance to Jacobs Well, Whalleys Gutter, Tipplers Island, Bedrooms, Tiger Mullet Channel, Kalinga Bank and Canapia Passage.
Trevally have been chasing bait fish and have been responding well to surface lures, shallow divers and metal slugs worked around structures like pontoons, bridges and rock walls in the Coomera River, Paradise Point, Runaway Bay, Marina Mirage and the Nerang River.
Brad Smith Fishing Charters has reported another good week landing some nice bream, whiting and plenty of quality flathead on metal blade vibe lures, white pilchards and yabbies for customers in the Nerang River and Tweed River systems.
Hope you all have a good weekend and get out for a fish, if you have any great catches or photos you would like to share, please email us and let us know how you went.