Around the Bay with Jim's bait & Tackle

Overall, the whiting was a little smaller this week, but the numbers were still good, and we had several reports into double figures.

Times of reports were all over the place and no real pattern other than from those fishing the deeper water where the last of the run-out tide was the best.

The rest of the reports from all over the tide.

The wind made it difficult at times, with it against or side on to the tide making it difficult get the boat to sit right.

To be successful in the deep, baits were a mixture of squid and pilchard with pippies a distant third. If you don’t like catching tiny pinkies don’t go chasing whiting in the deep because the ratio is around six pinkies for every whiting.

Snapper reports for the opportunities available were ok this week. We didn’t get as many reports of customers bagging out, but plenty of reports of two or three for the boat.

Reports were spread out this week and we would get one from someone fishing off Elizabeth in the deep water of the channel then five minutes later a report from four metres off Coronet Bay on the mud.

Even the reports we had from those out after dark were the same, some in the deep, some in the shallows and others from the middle of the corals.

No monsters this week either but plenty around the four-kilogram mark which are a good size for baking whole on the BBQ or taking a couple of generous sized fillets off.

Calamari reports didn’t slow down, and the dredge had no affect at all on the San Remo jetty. If anything made them more aggressive.

Beach reports were the same and most people commented about how aggressive they were this week, not just dragging the float under but trying to take line as well.

Boating customers seem to have no trouble finding one or two for a session on the snapper or whiting, but I didn’t get any reports from people just going out to chase only calamari.

We did get several reports from customers chasing snapper or whiting, even across the corals having a jig down and landing the odd calamari or two.