THIS WEEK’S GOLD COAST AND TWEED ESTUARY FISHING REPORT AND NEWS
29 May 2020
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TWEED RIVER by Smithy
G’day everyone the Tweed has been fishing very consistently over the last few weeks for a variety of species.
The deep holes in the river are the best places to try but make sure you take the time to study your sounder and locate the bait schools that are holding along the bottom before you start to fish. The species that have been feeding on the bait have been flathead, bream, school jew and the odd big whiting and big eye trevally.
As nearly always the time around the tide changes has seen a spike in the fishes feeding patterns especially the jewies. The lures that have been doing the damage are the ever reliable ecogear zx 40s and the samiki vibelicious soft vibe lures. Now that the water is starting to cool down we should see the fishing getting even better especially for the flatties and jew so i am looking forward to the oncoming winter months.
GOLD COAST RIVERS by Clinto
Hi everyone,
There has been good numbers of squid, tuskfish, sand whiting, sand crabs, and flounder around Crab island this week. The big dredger working along the Western channel is stirring up the water and attracting fish.
I catch most of my squid with Ecogear ZX40 440 colour lures with a bit of Sax scent smeared all over them. The little assist hooks on these lures are “sticky” and have a knack of pinning the squid through one of their candles. They also hold bottom very well in flowing water, and draw the squid out of weed beds and reef. The squid are getting bigger as winter draws on, so set a light drag to avoid pulling hooks through them.
Winter whiting, tailor, flathead are along the main channel edges around Southport.
Best fishing days this week according to the almanac:
Friday: 32%
Saturday: 70%
Sunday: 39%
Monday: 14%
Tuesday: 25%
Wednesday: 58%
Thursday: 81%
Charter options this coming week:
Tweed river: Full moon is next Saturday, so the growing tides mean up river will see increased fish activity. Brad has days available to target flathead over the flats, and mulloway in the deeper sections, all on vibe and hardbody lures
Gold Coast: Again the increased size tides leading up to full moon next Saturday will fire up the fishing.
Charters are available for 1-2 people on both Brad and Clint’s boats, options include fishing with vibe and hardbody lures in the river for flathead, mulloway, trevally, bream. Also wading the flats for whiting, and chasing bass in the fresh water with lures, as well as big whiting in the river with live bait.
SMS 0432 990 302 to book your charter adventure! Currently we can take up to two people per charter, and up to four people from 12 June onwards.
Useful links:
This week’s special from our facebook store:
The River to Reef Gold Coast hardcopy book co written by Brad Smith and packed with valuable info including offshore gps marks and estuary maps, comes with two free Smithy’s lures!
Buy here now:
https://m.facebook.com/commerce/products/3627173140687983
Watch this space! Plenty of stock arriving next few days! Including Ecogear ZX40 blades in colour 440 and others, Ecogear VX’s, Sax scent, MMD splash prawns, Yamatoyo braid, secret hardbodies and vibes and more!
We have ready made fishing lure packs in our shop, but custom orders are welcome too. Message us or sms Clint 0432 990 302 and we’ll help you out!
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Finally a huge shout out and thanks to our sponsors, preferred brands and suppliers:
Jetprintz
Sporty’s fishing
Fisho Tackle
Ecogear
MMD splashprawns
Sax scent
Pontoon 21
Samaki
Gillz Australia
Cheers
Smithy & Clinto
SMS 0432 990 302 to book your charter adventure!
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