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Weather is dominating most offshore anglers’ conversations at the moment. Good weather is not lining up with weekends at all and it is only the guys getting out mid-week who can get to the fish. The fish are there though when you can get out.
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We now come to that time of the year where the main conversation is about the weather and not the fishing. Small weather windows a day or two at a time will allow anglers to get out and the fish should be plentiful. The rough conditions give them a rest and time for new stocks to replenish.
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The juvenile blacks have finally hit town and everyone is rejoicing. If you venture further out you’ll find that blues are still on the shelf and some little blacks and the odd striped marlin are with them.
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At the time of writing the light tackle season is yet to fully kick off. The odd black has been caught in with some wahoo and mahi mahi, but there has been no consistency. Things have been all over the place with regard to water quality, temperature and bait. As things settle down into a normal pattern the fishing can only improve.
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Gamefishers in South East Queensland are looking forward to another good season based on the fishing in North Queensland during their winter light tackle season. It may not be as good as last year but it won’t be a non-event either.
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Lately the weather has been atrocious and the fishing reports very few and far between. A lot of people give up on the game fishing over winter and go reef fishing instead.
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We now come into the slow time of year for billfish anglers in South East Queensland. The options this time of year are sailfish off the Sunshine Coast, black marlin on the deep snapper reefs and striped marlin off the Gold Coast on any of the reefs deeper than 36 fathoms.
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The run of juvenile black marlin has continued for anglers off the Sunshine Coast but has slackened off for all other ports.
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All indications are we are looking at a ‘once in a decade’ event, a bit like the floods, for the continued success of the black marlin run this year.
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