30Apr2008
Fishing Baitball Action
It’s that time of year when most pelagic anglers in SE Qld get excited. Huge schools of baitfish make their way north while being tracked by a herd of predators. If there is a pelagic species you like to target then there is a fair bet they are in the dinner queue!I have had a lot of fun on the pelagics lately as they gorge themselves on the abundant food supply. There are a few techniques which have produced a lot of fish and are worth mentioning here.Finding the fish is typically not too difficult. Look for the birds and fish busting up bait on the surface and you have found your fishing spot.Before charging up to the scene of mayhem sit back and watch for a while – it is a difficult task but often well worth the effort. Try to see which way the fish are moving and get an idea of what type of fish are feeding around the baitball. Having identified this, aim to get just within cast distance and ideally ahead of the moving pack of fish.Lure options are pretty simple when targeting
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FOOLING AWOONGA’S BARRA
We are now reaching the time of year when impoundment barramundi fishing is greatly influenced by the weather. Colder days make water temperatures plummet and the result is lazy barra that are harder to tempt. On the other hand if you strike a run of warmer days, water temperature increaes and the barra will be far more active.Recently, I visited the lake for the first time after it had risen about five metres. Most of my old spots were too deep even though patches of weed had survived and managed to grow almost to the surface. This deep, survivng weed could be found in six to eight metres of water. The better patches had weed about two metres from the surface. I'm sure that this type of weedy structure would hold fish but after plenty of casting we only managed one fish. We were tossing an assortment of lures but it was the ever-reliable Berkley 5" Mullet that tempted the strike.We were unfortunate to have arrived when the action was slowing down. A drop of 4 degrees in the water temp
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