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Winter waters are swimming with Whiting, Mackerel and Snapper

Fishing

Photos: Spero Kartanos.

BY SPERO KARTANOS

Well, winter is here, and if a few days in May did not get us ready for how cold it’s going to be in June, then nothing will! It’s always good fishing in Moreton Bay in winter, so while we complain about the cold mornings and cold westerly winds, the prize is that we bring home fish for dinner.

Whiting will be around the bay, especially at Banana Banks, Amity Banks and Fisherman’s Gutter.

You should find them in greater numbers, close to the east of Darcy Light, all the way to the Port area. For bait, prawns and yabbies seem to work, but I find bloodworms and cured beach worms are the best.

The school mackerel will be around from Green Island to Ormiston, around the Hope Banks, Rainbow Channel and One Mile, and also between the Lazaret Gutter and Amity Banks.

Fish for squire and snapper around the Bay Islands and the artificial reefs. The cuttlefish and arrows will (hopefully) be in the deeper water east of Wello, Green and St Helena.

So, there is plenty to chase in our beautiful bay this month, but a word of warning for small boat owners: remember, when there are westerly winds, it’s calm going out, but terrible coming back, and most of our boat drownings have happened with strong westerly winds.

Sometimes, you just have to say, “I will go another day rather than risk my life and the lives of others in the boat”.

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