Fishing report
Snapper reports from the last week have been consistent
It has gone from trying to find fish to report to working out how many of the fish I can get into the report.
Over the Cup weekend we had most species reported and plenty of them. Yes, there were some who missed out and still aren’t on the board but that’s just fishing as most would say.
With the sun out more the temperature of the bay has come up a bit and we are starting to see the snapper heading to the shallows late in the day.
The very bright sunny days, while helping to warm the bay don’t help the fishing in the middle of the day. Most of the time it’s best to head out for an evening fish.
If you do want to put a whole day on the water I suggest early start and fish for your whiting or snapper. Then once the sun gets up, head offshore for a feed of flathead or chase a calamari or two.
Snapper reports from the last week have been consistent and the very early fish in the deeper water off Rhyll or towards Elizabeth Island has been the best.
The middle of the day has been hit and miss across the corals and most are only finding the very small pinkies.
Late afternoon and evening the best has been heading to the shallow end of the corals and up onto the mud where there has been plenty caught.
Most of the snapper are hitting hard now and seem to be hungry taking almost any bait that you put down.
I even had a few reports from customers using the large pilchards we have whole and 4kg snapper having no trouble devouring them in one go.
Undersized pinkies are still a problem wherever you go, and you need to make a decision, stay or move.
We have had plenty of reports from those who stayed to suggest the bigger snapper are traveling with them. It just depends on how much bait you want to go through to catch the bigger ones.
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