CROC FOOTWEAR MASSIVE RESTOCK!

RoLy Newton

THE incredible run of excellent boating conditions we enjoyed through the Easter break continued through last weekend. The boats that managed to travel out and fish the main reefs enjoyed reasonable fishing with the average boat with two anglers managing 5 or 6 Coral Trout and a bag of mixed reef species. Not spectacular fishing but certainly enough for most anglers to take home a feed.

Boats that trolled the pressure points on the reefs or put out floating baits while bottom fishing also managed a nice Spanish Mackerel or two.

I am still waiting to hear a lot of reports of boats fishing the wrecks and various shoals and wonky holes between the shipping channel and the main reefs; however, there are good numbers of Nannygai around. You have to beat the Bull sharks.

Closer in around the islands and coastal reefs, the fishing has been slower. The sizeable tidal run made it difficult to fish the deeper holes. Anglers were forced to fish the shallower grounds, where I feel the high water temperatures caused problems. Jigging and casting lures have caught some excellent Queen fish and Golden Trevally; however, anglers are losing lures to minor Spanish and School Mackerel, so adding a short wire trace makes sense.