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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">The big news this month on the fishing front has been the Trout fishing all around the state, with record</span><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/michael haley with a scamander bream.jpg" border="0" width="256" height="341" align="right" /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU"> rainfalls and snow dumps over the last two months</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU"> rising Lake levels and flooded river backwaters have produced some of the best opening season Trout fishing seen in many years, and the best is yet to come. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">Aurthurs</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">Lake</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">, now at levels never previously seen and the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">Great</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">Lake</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU"> has produced well early season with anglers reporting good sized bags from both waters mostly on soft plastic lures such as Yep Tassie Tackle Flappers and Gary Glitter Squidgy Fish. The Pioneer Mine Dam is still fishing well with a few local </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">St Helens</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU"> anglers hitting it up since opening week and catching quite a few Rainbows to 3-4lb on a mixture of soft plastic lures and Grubs floated under a float.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">The annual Pioneer Trout Fishing Competition will be on again this year on Saturday the 15<sup>th</sup> of October from </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">9:00am</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU"> until </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">4:45pm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">. Entry is Adults $7 and Kids(6-14 years) $5 with some great prizes up for grabs. The Inland Fisheries will release 2 tagged fish and if caught on the day are worth $250 cash each to the lucky anglers, all other prizes will be awarded as a lucky draw so if you enter you could win regardless of the size of your fish. It is a licence free event with hot and cold food available at the dam and this year will see the first year that power boats will be allowed for use on the water.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">The lower Georges River and the South Esk were both flooded into surrounding paddocks for a number of weeks and a quite a few and although now starting to really clear up they are still running high and will need a few more weeks to come down to a more manageable flow for easier fishing. They have been producing some great fish however and you can expect some absolutely fantastic fishing for the coming summer.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">The Scamander River has really started to fire now especially in the lower reaches with some great fish being caught, and what appears to be a</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU"> slightly better run of bigger fish then in previous years, some anglers </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">reporting at least 1 or 2 40cm+ fish, almost 4lb </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">in the old scale, per session. For the lure fisherman the Lucky Craft Pointer 65, the Bushy’s Stiffy Minnow and the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/trout.jpg" border="0" width="354" height="292" align="left" /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">Shimano Lure Project series have been the standout models, plastics such as 100mm Squidgy Wriggler in Wasabi and Bloodworm and for the bait fisherman the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">Prawns, Pippies, Mussels and Crabs are the standard diet needed. Also the Dynabait Freeze Dried Worms have proven to be a handy bait to just have in your bag or box, with an unlimited shelf life they can stay packaged until you are ready to use them.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">Offshore fishing has seen good bags of Flathead being taken off Elephant Rock in around 60-65 metres of water and mostly taken on Neptune Arrow jigs in Lumo and Pink/White by drifting over the sand banks where the Flathead lay in wait to ambush its prey.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">The Break O Day FlyFishing Club will be holding a Fishing </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">Movie night in St Helens during the latter half of October, this will be 3 hours of fantastic Fishing action including Fresh Water, Trout, Flyfishing, Salt Water, Estuary and Game Fishing as well as some unusual footage from around the world. There will be supper provided and a bar so keep your eyes posted here for dates and times.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">For any more advice on where to go and what to catch just drop </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">in and see me, Jamie, at St Helens Bait & Tackle…….Tight Lines.</span></p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">The big news this month on the fishing front has been the Trout fishing all around the state, with record</span><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/michael haley with a scamander bream.jpg" border="0" width="256" height="341" align="right" /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU"> rainfalls and snow dumps over the last two months</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU"> rising Lake levels and flooded river backwaters have produced some of the best opening season Trout fishing seen in many years, and the best is yet to come. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">Aurthurs</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">Lake</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">, now at levels never previously seen and the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">Great</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">Lake</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU"> has produced well early season with anglers reporting good sized bags from both waters mostly on soft plastic lures such as Yep Tassie Tackle Flappers and Gary Glitter Squidgy Fish. The Pioneer Mine Dam is still fishing well with a few local </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">St Helens</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU"> anglers hitting it up since opening week and catching quite a few Rainbows to 3-4lb on a mixture of soft plastic lures and Grubs floated under a float.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">The annual Pioneer Trout Fishing Competition will be on again this year on Saturday the 15<sup>th</sup> of October from </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">9:00am</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU"> until </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">4:45pm</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">. Entry is Adults $7 and Kids(6-14 years) $5 with some great prizes up for grabs. The Inland Fisheries will release 2 tagged fish and if caught on the day are worth $250 cash each to the lucky anglers, all other prizes will be awarded as a lucky draw so if you enter you could win regardless of the size of your fish. It is a licence free event with hot and cold food available at the dam and this year will see the first year that power boats will be allowed for use on the water.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">The lower Georges River and the South Esk were both flooded into surrounding paddocks for a number of weeks and a quite a few and although now starting to really clear up they are still running high and will need a few more weeks to come down to a more manageable flow for easier fishing. They have been producing some great fish however and you can expect some absolutely fantastic fishing for the coming summer.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">The Scamander River has really started to fire now especially in the lower reaches with some great fish being caught, and what appears to be a</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU"> slightly better run of bigger fish then in previous years, some anglers </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">reporting at least 1 or 2 40cm+ fish, almost 4lb </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">in the old scale, per session. For the lure fisherman the Lucky Craft Pointer 65, the Bushy’s Stiffy Minnow and the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/trout.jpg" border="0" width="354" height="292" align="left" /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">Shimano Lure Project series have been the standout models, plastics such as 100mm Squidgy Wriggler in Wasabi and Bloodworm and for the bait fisherman the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">Prawns, Pippies, Mussels and Crabs are the standard diet needed. Also the Dynabait Freeze Dried Worms have proven to be a handy bait to just have in your bag or box, with an unlimited shelf life they can stay packaged until you are ready to use them.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">Offshore fishing has seen good bags of Flathead being taken off Elephant Rock in around 60-65 metres of water and mostly taken on Neptune Arrow jigs in Lumo and Pink/White by drifting over the sand banks where the Flathead lay in wait to ambush its prey.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">The Break O Day FlyFishing Club will be holding a Fishing </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-AU">Movie night in St Helens during the latter half of October, this will be 3 hours of fantastic Fishing action including Fresh Water, Trout, Flyfishing, Salt Water, Estuary and Game Fishing as well as some unusual footage from around the world. There will be supper provided and a bar so keep your eyes posted here for dates and times.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">For any more advice on where to go and what to catch just drop </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">in and see me, Jamie, at St Helens Bait & Tackle…….Tight Lines.</span></p>Fishing Report: July2011-07-13T23:33:05Z2011-07-13T23:33:05Zhttp://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/fishing-reports/20-fishing-report-july.htmlAdministratorwebmaster@sthelensbaitntackle.com.au<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">The month of July is never the greatest month for chasing a feed of fish, winds are </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><img class="caption" src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/georges bay salmon medium.jpg" border="0" title="Quality St Helens Salmon" width="418" height="274" align="right" /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">cold</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">water temperatures</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> are low and the fish seem to go into hiding however there has still been some reasonable activity for those brave enough to venture out into the cold. Waters off the coastline from Eddystone Point down towards the Gardens have yielded very good catches of quality Flathead with bag limits of solid fish being caught. These quality Flathead have also been caught off </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">St Helens</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Island</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> and down the coast close to Paddy’s </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Island</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> in about 20m of water. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Further out wide the small breaks in the weather have allowed a few anglers to head to the shelf where some good hauls of Blue Eye Trevalla, Hapuka, Gemfish and Ling have been caught as well as some quality Striped Trumpeter in on some of the closer reefs.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">For those unable to venture far offshore the waters of </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Georges</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Bay</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> have seen the Salmon schools continue to move about the bay feeding hard on small and chasing Garfish. Some of these fish are the big bruisers we have become accustomed to over the last few seasons and this year has not disappointed with fish pushing the 2.5kg mark. Lures such as 20gm Halco and Raider and soft plastics such as </span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">The birds don’t seem to work these fish so don’t expect them to give the location of the fish away. As the water throughout the channel is not relatively deep (2-5m) the fish seem to hug the bottom pretty closely so heavier weights on soft plastics and weighted flies need to be used or let your lure drop to the bottom before starting the retrieve.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">A tasty edition to the bay during the last month has been the</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> “Snotty Trevally” </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/georges river trout medium.jpg" border="0" title="Georges River Trout" width="499" height="327" align="left" /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">or Blue Warehou; these are a hard fighting fish, great fun to catch and are very nice to eat. Most fish have been taken by jetty </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">fisher</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">man both on the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Beauty</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Bay</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> jetty and the Kerwins jetty and a common technique is to use berley to attract the fish and then small Sabiki rigs with multiple flies, such as the Wasabi Bait Catchers, and a small piece of chicken breast on each hook.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Large Garfish are still being caught in good numbers and can</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> be found mostly around the sea grass beds down along the red channel markers. A small float with a small #10-12 hook and a tiny piece of white squid bait is the perfect rig for the garfish. Whenever fishing for Garfish berley is as important as the bait and some fish pellet Berley mixed with a small amount of fish oil and sent in a trail down current will attract a </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">school</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> of </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Gars</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> very quickly.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">August will see the start of the 2011-12 Trout Season and </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">with all the rain and snow over the last couple of months the Lakes and Rivers are all brimming </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">with fresh clean water flow which should amount to some fantastic early season River and Dam fishing on the East Coast.<br /></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">The month of July is never the greatest month for chasing a feed of fish, winds are </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><img class="caption" src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/georges bay salmon medium.jpg" border="0" title="Quality St Helens Salmon" width="418" height="274" align="right" /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">cold</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">water temperatures</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> are low and the fish seem to go into hiding however there has still been some reasonable activity for those brave enough to venture out into the cold. Waters off the coastline from Eddystone Point down towards the Gardens have yielded very good catches of quality Flathead with bag limits of solid fish being caught. These quality Flathead have also been caught off </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">St Helens</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Island</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> and down the coast close to Paddy’s </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Island</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> in about 20m of water. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">The birds don’t seem to work these fish so don’t expect them to give the location of the fish away. As the water throughout the channel is not relatively deep (2-5m) the fish seem to hug the bottom pretty closely so heavier weights on soft plastics and weighted flies need to be used or let your lure drop to the bottom before starting the retrieve.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">A tasty edition to the bay during the last month has been the</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> “Snotty Trevally” </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/georges river trout medium.jpg" border="0" title="Georges River Trout" width="499" height="327" align="left" /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">or Blue Warehou; these are a hard fighting fish, great fun to catch and are very nice to eat. Most fish have been taken by jetty </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">fisher</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">man both on the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Beauty</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Bay</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> jetty and the Kerwins jetty and a common technique is to use berley to attract the fish and then small Sabiki rigs with multiple flies, such as the Wasabi Bait Catchers, and a small piece of chicken breast on each hook.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Large Garfish are still being caught in good numbers and can</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> be found mostly around the sea grass beds down along the red channel markers. A small float with a small #10-12 hook and a tiny piece of white squid bait is the perfect rig for the garfish. Whenever fishing for Garfish berley is as important as the bait and some fish pellet Berley mixed with a small amount of fish oil and sent in a trail down current will attract a </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">school</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> of </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">Gars</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"> very quickly.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">August will see the start of the 2011-12 Trout Season and </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">with all the rain and snow over the last couple of months the Lakes and Rivers are all brimming </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;">with fresh clean water flow which should amount to some fantastic early season River and Dam fishing on the East Coast.<br /></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">Large Garfish are still being caught in good numbers, although spasmodic in their activity, and can be found mostly around the sea grass beds down along the red channel markers. A small float with a small #10-12 </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">hook and a tiny piece of white squid bait is the perfect rig for the garfish. Whenever fishing for Garfish a good berley trail is as important as the bait, some pellet Berley mixed with a small amount of fish oil and sent in a trail down current will attract a </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">school</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US"> of </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">Gars</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US"> very quickly.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">The Bream are also still fishing well and although some of the water temperatures in the </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">Scamander</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">River</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US"> and </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">Ansons</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">Bay</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US"> have slowed the action somewhat there have still been some good big fish being caught on both bait and lures. Most fish have been coming from lower down in the systems.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">On the offshore front there has been good </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/garfish small.jpg" border="0" width="330" height="220" align="left" /></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">hauls of Flathead coming in from Paddy’s </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">Island</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US"> down to Scamander. Most fish seem to be coming from water around 10-15 metres deep.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">Over the last month or so most will have seen the birds diving out</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/michael with a pair of trevalla.jpg" border="0" width="242" height="406" align="right" /></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US"> in</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US"> the middle </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">of the bay, this has almost been a daily occurrence and is a good sign that there are schools of Salmon and Mackerel working the bait fish, most of these fish have been in the small to medium size around 1-1.5kg. There has also been some much larger Salmon in schools roaming the channel from Akaroa through to the Barway and some fish are reaching 3kg. These fish can be a little harder to locate and will generally not show many telltale signs on the surface like their smaller brothers and sisters do. Keep a look out for single fish jumping and don’t discount any surface disturbance no matter how small. The birds don’t seem to work these fish so don’t expect them to give the location of the fish away. As the water throughout the channel is not relatively deep (2-5m) the fish seem to hug the bottom pretty closely so heavier weights on soft plastics and weighted flies need to be used or let your lure drop to the bottom</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US"> before starting the retrieve.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">Large Garfish are still being caught in good numbers, although spasmodic in their activity, and can be found mostly around the sea grass beds down along the red channel markers. A small float with a small #10-12 </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">hook and a tiny piece of white squid bait is the perfect rig for the garfish. Whenever fishing for Garfish a good berley trail is as important as the bait, some pellet Berley mixed with a small amount of fish oil and sent in a trail down current will attract a </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">school</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US"> of </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">Gars</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US"> very quickly.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">The Bream are also still fishing well and although some of the water temperatures in the </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">Scamander</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">River</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US"> and </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">Ansons</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">Bay</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US"> have slowed the action somewhat there have still been some good big fish being caught on both bait and lures. Most fish have been coming from lower down in the systems.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">On the offshore front there has been good </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/garfish small.jpg" border="0" width="330" height="220" align="left" /></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">hauls of Flathead coming in from Paddy’s </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US">Island</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri;" lang="EN-US"> down to Scamander. Most fish seem to be coming from water around 10-15 metres deep.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/ken henderson big garfish large.jpg" border="0" width="328" height="219" align="left" style="float: left;" /></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After months of flooding and terrible weather, conditions have finally started to</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">stabilise and with it has come some fantastic fishing. Offshore action has been a tad spasmodic but there are still plenty of small Albacore and larger than normal Striped Tuna in large schools. Some of the Striped Tuna have been reaching sizes in excess of 5kg and offering anglers great sport on light spin gear. Some larger Albacore to 22kg have been boated but at the time of writing this report have only been in small numbers, there has also been a number of smaller Yellowfin Tuna to 30kg landed in as close to shore as the 70m mark.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Mako Shark have continued to stretch the arms of hard core shark anglers all up and down the coast with fish everywhere from 60kg right up to 200+kg being caught on a regular basis from as close as Elephant Rock right out to the shelf line.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The coastline around St Helens Point and Elephant rock has also produced plenty of both Calamari and Arrow Squid; large schools of Squid have also attracted quite a few Yellowtail Kingfish and very large Australian Salmon to 4kg. A couple of Anglers bottom fishing around Elephant and Skeleton Rock have also managed to hook some small Snapper on a regular basis, whilst these fish haven’t been large in comparison to other areas around the state some fish have hit the 4kg mark and offer great sport on light gear.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Further inshore </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Georges</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bay</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> has recovered well from recent flooding; Large Bream are feeding hard on the flats again with fish up to 46cm to the fork being landed on baits. Good sized Silver Trevally are present in good numbers are as schools of Australian Salmon to 3kg. A run of Elephant fish has also surprised many local anglers with good fish to 4kg being landed and offering yet another species available in this fantastic estuary. Just recently a young family going back to basics and fishing Pippies and Prawns managed to boat 9 different species in less than 3 hours over a 100m stretch of the channel, the fish included King George Whiting, Bream, Salmon, Trevally, Mullet, Leatherjacket, Wrasse, Flathead</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/elephant rock snapper.jpg" border="0" width="280" height="202" align="right" /></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and Pike.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Also the winter run of Large Southern Sea Garfish has started in earnest with many anglers reporting good sized fish in excellent numbers; the next few months will see dozens of</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> boats lining the main channel with plenty of burley trails attracting schools of fish.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The 49<sup>th</sup> Annual St Helens Bait & Tackle Surf Angling Championship has been run once again on </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Swimcart</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Beach</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and attracted over 250 competitors both senior and junior. Anglers </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">were competing for the first prize of $1000 worth of Fishing Tackle donated by St Helens Bait & Tackle. Well over 200 fish were weighed in with a Salmon weighing 1.803kg by Wayne Roberts topping the scales to take out the major prize. A wide variety of fish were caught including Salmon, Silver Trevally, Mullet, Garfish, Gurnard, Couta and 3 Skate the biggest being 38.6kg. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All in all a great weekend with some top weather all bar a light rain late Saturday night but some fantastic calm mornings and plenty of fishing action, check it out for next year for the 50<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Competition on the 21<sup>st</sup> and 22<sup>nd</sup> April 2012.</span></p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/ken henderson big garfish large.jpg" border="0" width="328" height="219" align="left" style="float: left;" /></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">After months of flooding and terrible weather, conditions have finally started to</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">stabilise and with it has come some fantastic fishing. Offshore action has been a tad spasmodic but there are still plenty of small Albacore and larger than normal Striped Tuna in large schools. Some of the Striped Tuna have been reaching sizes in excess of 5kg and offering anglers great sport on light spin gear. Some larger Albacore to 22kg have been boated but at the time of writing this report have only been in small numbers, there has also been a number of smaller Yellowfin Tuna to 30kg landed in as close to shore as the 70m mark.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Mako Shark have continued to stretch the arms of hard core shark anglers all up and down the coast with fish everywhere from 60kg right up to 200+kg being caught on a regular basis from as close as Elephant Rock right out to the shelf line.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The coastline around St Helens Point and Elephant rock has also produced plenty of both Calamari and Arrow Squid; large schools of Squid have also attracted quite a few Yellowtail Kingfish and very large Australian Salmon to 4kg. A couple of Anglers bottom fishing around Elephant and Skeleton Rock have also managed to hook some small Snapper on a regular basis, whilst these fish haven’t been large in comparison to other areas around the state some fish have hit the 4kg mark and offer great sport on light gear.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Further inshore </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Georges</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bay</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> has recovered well from recent flooding; Large Bream are feeding hard on the flats again with fish up to 46cm to the fork being landed on baits. Good sized Silver Trevally are present in good numbers are as schools of Australian Salmon to 3kg. A run of Elephant fish has also surprised many local anglers with good fish to 4kg being landed and offering yet another species available in this fantastic estuary. Just recently a young family going back to basics and fishing Pippies and Prawns managed to boat 9 different species in less than 3 hours over a 100m stretch of the channel, the fish included King George Whiting, Bream, Salmon, Trevally, Mullet, Leatherjacket, Wrasse, Flathead</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/elephant rock snapper.jpg" border="0" width="280" height="202" align="right" /></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and Pike.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Also the winter run of Large Southern Sea Garfish has started in earnest with many anglers reporting good sized fish in excellent numbers; the next few months will see dozens of</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> boats lining the main channel with plenty of burley trails attracting schools of fish.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The 49<sup>th</sup> Annual St Helens Bait & Tackle Surf Angling Championship has been run once again on </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Swimcart</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Beach</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and attracted over 250 competitors both senior and junior. Anglers </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">were competing for the first prize of $1000 worth of Fishing Tackle donated by St Helens Bait & Tackle. Well over 200 fish were weighed in with a Salmon weighing 1.803kg by Wayne Roberts topping the scales to take out the major prize. A wide variety of fish were caught including Salmon, Silver Trevally, Mullet, Garfish, Gurnard, Couta and 3 Skate the biggest being 38.6kg. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All in all a great weekend with some top weather all bar a light rain late Saturday night but some fantastic calm mornings and plenty of fishing action, check it out for next year for the 50<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Competition on the 21<sup>st</sup> and 22<sup>nd</sup> April 2012.</span></p>St Helens Bait & Tackle Fishing Report: February2011-03-29T02:46:37Z2011-03-29T02:46:37Zhttp://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/fishing-reports/16-st-helens-bait-a-tackle-fishing-report-february.htmlAdministratorwebmaster@sthelensbaitntackle.com.au<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">The last couple of months have seen a hive of activity on the water around </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">St Helens</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> both in </span><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/mako shark medium.jpg" border="0" width="282" height="424" align="right" /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">the bay and offshore. A large amount of rainfall and regional</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">flooding during the latter half of January put a spanner in the works for a short period however once the systems had flushed the fishing action was hot. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Increasing offshore water temperatures, up to 18 degrees just inside the shelf line and between 16-17 degrees just offshore, <span> </span>have seen <span> </span>small albacore tuna around 3-5kg being caught by numerous anglers. <span> </span>Most of the larger fish, up to 10kg, have been caught on the shelf line with much of the smaller fish being taken in and around the 100m mark. Most are falling to small 4-6” sized trolling lures such as small Christmas tree’s and feathers however a couple of standout styles are small Hexhead Lures and the Pakula Fluzi skirted lures. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">The Mako Shark have also increased in numbers with many anglers tussling with the hard fighting Shark right along the coast, some of the smaller fish even being caught only a few km’s offshore, fish from 90kg right through to 250kg have been caught and released during recent months.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">The coastline around Elephant Rock and </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Binalong</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Bay</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> has also continued to fish well, huge numbers of Arrow Squid are all up and down the coast and massive schools of large Australian Salmon consistently feeding on the small baitfish and krill, Salmon of up to 3-4kg have been caught all around Elephant rock and surrounding bays. Mixed in with the Salmon have been numerous Yellowtail Kingfish up to about 3kg and have surprised numerous anglers with their fighting ability.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/east coast albacore medium.jpg" border="0" width="295" height="196" align="left" /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Georges Bay has cleared up well after the rains and continued to produce a wide variety of fish, large Silver Trevally are still stretching the arms of light tackle anglers all up and down the channel and schools of large Salmon continue to come in and out of the bay feeding on the baitfish, although spasmodic with their locations and appearance at any given time there will be a school of Salmon feeding hard somewhere in the bay. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Other fish such as King George Whiting, Elephant Fish, small pinkie Snapper are continuing to be caught on a consistent basis as well as a host of other fish such as Leatherjacket, Mullet, Tailor, Flathead and Squid.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">The recent flooding and dirty water however has done nothing to disturb the hoards of Bream that spend the summertime feeding hard on the flats throughout </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Georges</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Bay</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Anglers have been peppering the flats for the last couple of months and with numerous ABT style Bream </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/st helens bream medium.jpg" border="0" width="311" height="236" align="right" /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Tournaments </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">on the calendar for February and March</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> it’s been no surprise. Many anglers are reporting that there are larger numbers of Bream then they have seen during the last few seasons with a lot of larger fish present as well, many fish over 40cm to the fork are being landed regularly. Stand out lures have been the 100mm Squidgy Wriggler in Wasabi, Bushy’s Stiffy Minnow in Tassie Tiger & Prowler, Shimano Lure Project Medium Minnow in Natural Shrimp & Purple Ghost and the Atomic Hardz Bream Shad 40 Medium & Deep in various colours.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">The Beach fishing up and down the coast has also been reasonably consistent with good catches of Australian Salmon right the way from south of Four Mile Creek right up to Tailors Beach north of Binalong Bay. The Beaches along the Scamander coastline have produced a few Bream, escapees from the various lagoons that burst during floods, and good sized Gummy Shark as well. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Swimcart</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Beach</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> had produced some unusual catches of Blue Shark, these fish were reported as being right in the shallows with tails protruding from the water and were caught on whole fillets of fresh small Salmon.</span></p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">The last couple of months have seen a hive of activity on the water around </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">St Helens</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> both in </span><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/mako shark medium.jpg" border="0" width="282" height="424" align="right" /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">the bay and offshore. A large amount of rainfall and regional</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">flooding during the latter half of January put a spanner in the works for a short period however once the systems had flushed the fishing action was hot. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Increasing offshore water temperatures, up to 18 degrees just inside the shelf line and between 16-17 degrees just offshore, <span> </span>have seen <span> </span>small albacore tuna around 3-5kg being caught by numerous anglers. <span> </span>Most of the larger fish, up to 10kg, have been caught on the shelf line with much of the smaller fish being taken in and around the 100m mark. Most are falling to small 4-6” sized trolling lures such as small Christmas tree’s and feathers however a couple of standout styles are small Hexhead Lures and the Pakula Fluzi skirted lures. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">The Mako Shark have also increased in numbers with many anglers tussling with the hard fighting Shark right along the coast, some of the smaller fish even being caught only a few km’s offshore, fish from 90kg right through to 250kg have been caught and released during recent months.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">The coastline around Elephant Rock and </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Binalong</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Bay</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> has also continued to fish well, huge numbers of Arrow Squid are all up and down the coast and massive schools of large Australian Salmon consistently feeding on the small baitfish and krill, Salmon of up to 3-4kg have been caught all around Elephant rock and surrounding bays. Mixed in with the Salmon have been numerous Yellowtail Kingfish up to about 3kg and have surprised numerous anglers with their fighting ability.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/east coast albacore medium.jpg" border="0" width="295" height="196" align="left" /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Georges Bay has cleared up well after the rains and continued to produce a wide variety of fish, large Silver Trevally are still stretching the arms of light tackle anglers all up and down the channel and schools of large Salmon continue to come in and out of the bay feeding on the baitfish, although spasmodic with their locations and appearance at any given time there will be a school of Salmon feeding hard somewhere in the bay. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Other fish such as King George Whiting, Elephant Fish, small pinkie Snapper are continuing to be caught on a consistent basis as well as a host of other fish such as Leatherjacket, Mullet, Tailor, Flathead and Squid.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">The recent flooding and dirty water however has done nothing to disturb the hoards of Bream that spend the summertime feeding hard on the flats throughout </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Georges</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Bay</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Anglers have been peppering the flats for the last couple of months and with numerous ABT style Bream </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/st helens bream medium.jpg" border="0" width="311" height="236" align="right" /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Tournaments </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">on the calendar for February and March</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> it’s been no surprise. Many anglers are reporting that there are larger numbers of Bream then they have seen during the last few seasons with a lot of larger fish present as well, many fish over 40cm to the fork are being landed regularly. Stand out lures have been the 100mm Squidgy Wriggler in Wasabi, Bushy’s Stiffy Minnow in Tassie Tiger & Prowler, Shimano Lure Project Medium Minnow in Natural Shrimp & Purple Ghost and the Atomic Hardz Bream Shad 40 Medium & Deep in various colours.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">The Beach fishing up and down the coast has also been reasonably consistent with good catches of Australian Salmon right the way from south of Four Mile Creek right up to Tailors Beach north of Binalong Bay. The Beaches along the Scamander coastline have produced a few Bream, escapees from the various lagoons that burst during floods, and good sized Gummy Shark as well. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Swimcart</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;">Beach</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;"> had produced some unusual catches of Blue Shark, these fish were reported as being right in the shallows with tails protruding from the water and were caught on whole fillets of fresh small Salmon.</span></p>St Helens Bait & Tackle Fishing Report: January2011-03-29T02:35:13Z2011-03-29T02:35:13Zhttp://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/fishing-reports/15-st-helens-bait-a-tackle-fishing-report-january.htmlAdministratorwebmaster@sthelensbaitntackle.com.au<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Big news this month has been the Bream, they are everywhere and by the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">reports coming in many anglers have had some fantastic fishing</span><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/jason fidian with salmon and trevally large.jpg" border="0" width="404" height="271" align="right" /><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> sessions all up and down the coast.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">The </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Scamander</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">River</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> has been firing well over the last month with fish spread over the mid and upper regions of the River. Whilst in the throes of their annual spawning activity, and normally during this period can prove difficult to catch, many anglers are finding excellent fishing action. Methods have varied and both bait and lure fisherman have taken their share of quality fish. Bait fisherman have reported that Prawns and fresh Crabs have been the best baits and for the soft plastic angler the trick has been to find fish holding on structure and snags in the shady areas. Once found casting very lightly weighted soft plastic lures to the fish is required being careful not to spook them with the landing. Plastics such as the 80mm size Pro Range Squidgy Wriggler in Wasabi and Bloodworm colours rigged on a 1gm head or a resin head have proved to be the standout models.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Further south the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Swan</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">River</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> has also been firing hard with Bream being caught mostly in the lower reaches of the system. Once again Hard Body lures such as Bushy’s Stiffy and Lucky Craft Tango were the stand out patterns.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/grant stingel with a black bream large.jpg" border="0" width="229" height="341" align="left" /><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Further north </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Ansons</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Bay</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> has also been producing some excellent fishing with many good Bream being caught mostly in the bay area and around the channel on baits such as crabs and mussels. Some anglers however have persevered and fished small hard body lures over the muddy sand flats, a technique that has produced some good sized fish. Lures such as the Bushy’s Stiffy Minnow in Rack Attack colour, a good prawn imitation, proving to be the stand out lure and fished with an erratic jerking motion. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-AU">Offshore Flathead catches have been sporadic but anglers putting in some time to find schools of fish have been rewarded with some good bags of healthy fish. Due east of Elephant rock in around 50-70 metres of water seems to be a popular area for the larger Flathead.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-AU">In the Bay there has been some fantastic sized Silver Trevally caught with many fish being found in the Moulting Bay Area and mid way down the channel out towards the Barway. The fish in </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-AU">Moulting</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-AU"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-AU">Bay</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-AU"> seem to sit just off the edge of the weed in around 13-17 feet of water. Also throughout the Bay has been some large Australian Salmon, these fish seem to be roaming the bay a little but once a school has been found offer amazing light tackle action particularly on soft plastic lurs such as Strike Pro Reaction Baits 3” minnow and Squidgy Flick Baits in 85mm.</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Big news this month has been the Bream, they are everywhere and by the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">reports coming in many anglers have had some fantastic fishing</span><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/jason fidian with salmon and trevally large.jpg" border="0" width="404" height="271" align="right" /><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> sessions all up and down the coast.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">The </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Scamander</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">River</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> has been firing well over the last month with fish spread over the mid and upper regions of the River. Whilst in the throes of their annual spawning activity, and normally during this period can prove difficult to catch, many anglers are finding excellent fishing action. Methods have varied and both bait and lure fisherman have taken their share of quality fish. Bait fisherman have reported that Prawns and fresh Crabs have been the best baits and for the soft plastic angler the trick has been to find fish holding on structure and snags in the shady areas. Once found casting very lightly weighted soft plastic lures to the fish is required being careful not to spook them with the landing. Plastics such as the 80mm size Pro Range Squidgy Wriggler in Wasabi and Bloodworm colours rigged on a 1gm head or a resin head have proved to be the standout models.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Further south the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Swan</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">River</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> has also been firing hard with Bream being caught mostly in the lower reaches of the system. Once again Hard Body lures such as Bushy’s Stiffy and Lucky Craft Tango were the stand out patterns.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/grant stingel with a black bream large.jpg" border="0" width="229" height="341" align="left" /><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Further north </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Ansons</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Bay</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> has also been producing some excellent fishing with many good Bream being caught mostly in the bay area and around the channel on baits such as crabs and mussels. Some anglers however have persevered and fished small hard body lures over the muddy sand flats, a technique that has produced some good sized fish. Lures such as the Bushy’s Stiffy Minnow in Rack Attack colour, a good prawn imitation, proving to be the stand out lure and fished with an erratic jerking motion. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-AU">Offshore Flathead catches have been sporadic but anglers putting in some time to find schools of fish have been rewarded with some good bags of healthy fish. Due east of Elephant rock in around 50-70 metres of water seems to be a popular area for the larger Flathead.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-AU">In the Bay there has been some fantastic sized Silver Trevally caught with many fish being found in the Moulting Bay Area and mid way down the channel out towards the Barway. The fish in </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-AU">Moulting</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-AU"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-AU">Bay</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;" lang="EN-AU"> seem to sit just off the edge of the weed in around 13-17 feet of water. Also throughout the Bay has been some large Australian Salmon, these fish seem to be roaming the bay a little but once a school has been found offer amazing light tackle action particularly on soft plastic lurs such as Strike Pro Reaction Baits 3” minnow and Squidgy Flick Baits in 85mm.</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">The big new</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">s this month is the reopening of the Stripey Trumpeter fishery and the Rock Lobster fishery </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/ken henderson with a brace of 2.5kg salmon medium.jpg" border="0" width="188" height="283" align="right" /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">to </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">recreational anglers. The Striped Trum</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">peter were</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> clo</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">sed to recreational </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">fishing for the months of September and October and the Rock Lobster closed completely to male and female fish for the same months.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Early reports have the Rock Lobster slow to start with the odd angler doing well but the vast majority falling well short of any quota’s……lets hope fishing picks up as the season progresses.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">The Stripey Trumpeter however have fared better, with the fish having a couple of months rest from angling pressure the fishing has started off very strong with many anglers reporting good catches. Areas such as the Binalong Patch, the 14 Mile patch off Eddystone Point and areas down off Bicheno and Seymour have all produced fish. There has even been a handful of fish caught closer to home on Merricks Reef and the Gravel Patch</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">With the weather starting to stabilise a little better there has been much more action offshore lately with boat anglers reporting good hauls of King Flathead in 70-80 metres of water and appear to be quite large in size.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Further inshore </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Georg</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">es</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Bay</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> has been firing hard, some good seasonal rainfall has flushed the bay well and there have been large amounts of small bait fish moving throughout the bay. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Earlier in the month anglers were witness to some amazing fishing where large Australian Salmon around 4-5lb were hoarding schools into the shallow water all along the beach near the Sea Scout Hall and feeding on them in little more than half a metre of water……anglers were able to catch good fish right at their feet.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/jamie henderson with a 48cm king george whiting medium.jpg" border="0" width="331" height="219" align="left" /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Up in the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Moulting</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Bay</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> area, boat anglers have been consistently </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">catching good Australian Salmon up to 4-5lb and some good Tailor to around 2lb. Most of these fish have been caught using soft plastic lures with the Squidgy Flick Bait in Evil Minnow colour being very popular.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">The Silver Trevally are also hot on the bite and are being caught all over the bay. Anglers fishing Kirwins and Parkside Jeti have been rewarded by good sized fish as have boat anglers fishing the channel and Moulting bay areas.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Two species showing up in regularity at the moment have also been Squid and King George Whiting, both fantastic eating fish and take a little bit more searching to find but are well worth the effort. Casting Jarvis Walker Squid Jigs around the weed beds should produce the Squid if they are in the area and small #2 Gamakatsu Bait Keeper hooks laced with a Pipi bait and cast to the edge of the weed beds should produce the Whiting if they are around.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">The big new</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">s this month is the reopening of the Stripey Trumpeter fishery and the Rock Lobster fishery </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/ken henderson with a brace of 2.5kg salmon medium.jpg" border="0" width="188" height="283" align="right" /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">to </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">recreational anglers. The Striped Trum</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">peter were</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> clo</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">sed to recreational </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">fishing for the months of September and October and the Rock Lobster closed completely to male and female fish for the same months.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Early reports have the Rock Lobster slow to start with the odd angler doing well but the vast majority falling well short of any quota’s……lets hope fishing picks up as the season progresses.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">The Stripey Trumpeter however have fared better, with the fish having a couple of months rest from angling pressure the fishing has started off very strong with many anglers reporting good catches. Areas such as the Binalong Patch, the 14 Mile patch off Eddystone Point and areas down off Bicheno and Seymour have all produced fish. There has even been a handful of fish caught closer to home on Merricks Reef and the Gravel Patch</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">With the weather starting to stabilise a little better there has been much more action offshore lately with boat anglers reporting good hauls of King Flathead in 70-80 metres of water and appear to be quite large in size.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Further inshore </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Georg</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">es</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Bay</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> has been firing hard, some good seasonal rainfall has flushed the bay well and there have been large amounts of small bait fish moving throughout the bay. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Earlier in the month anglers were witness to some amazing fishing where large Australian Salmon around 4-5lb were hoarding schools into the shallow water all along the beach near the Sea Scout Hall and feeding on them in little more than half a metre of water……anglers were able to catch good fish right at their feet.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/jamie henderson with a 48cm king george whiting medium.jpg" border="0" width="331" height="219" align="left" /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Up in the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Moulting</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Bay</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> area, boat anglers have been consistently </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">catching good Australian Salmon up to 4-5lb and some good Tailor to around 2lb. Most of these fish have been caught using soft plastic lures with the Squidgy Flick Bait in Evil Minnow colour being very popular.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">The Silver Trevally are also hot on the bite and are being caught all over the bay. Anglers fishing Kirwins and Parkside Jeti have been rewarded by good sized fish as have boat anglers fishing the channel and Moulting bay areas.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Two species showing up in regularity at the moment have also been Squid and King George Whiting, both fantastic eating fish and take a little bit more searching to find but are well worth the effort. Casting Jarvis Walker Squid Jigs around the weed beds should produce the Squid if they are in the area and small #2 Gamakatsu Bait Keeper hooks laced with a Pipi bait and cast to the edge of the weed beds should produce the Whiting if they are around.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">The </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Scamander</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">River</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU"> has the Bream in full swing spawning and has been producing some fantastic fishing. One local angler from Scamander has reported some excellent fish being caught usin</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">g the Squidgy Wriggler in </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-AU">Wasabi and Bloodworm colours and fished lightly into the tree snags where the fish are schooling up.</span></p>Fishing Report: October2010-11-04T09:48:21Z2010-11-04T09:48:21Zhttp://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/fishing-reports/13-fishing-report-october.htmlAdministratorwebmaster@sthelensbaitntackle.com.au<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <mce:style><! /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} --> <!--[endif]-->
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Spring is finally upon us and although the weather has still been a tad unstable</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> there</span><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/jason walker salmon.jpg" border="0" width="334" height="223" align="right" /><span style="font-family: Arial;"> has</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> been some magnificent days to be had on the wate</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">r. With</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> it has come an increase in water temperatures in the bay, 13-14 degrees seems to be constant at the moment and small pilchards, anchovies and the Tasmanian W</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">hitebait have moved into the bay in huge schools with the water around some shorelines becoming black with baitfish.. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Fish such as Australian Salmon, Tailor, Pike, Sea Run Trout and even Trevally will all feed heavily on these species of bait. The schools of Salmon that were </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">holding down the channel have dispersed throughout the bay now and can be found throughout the Moulting Bay, Stiegletz Boat Ramp and Sea Scout Hall areas. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Australian Salmon will also respond well to a number of different baits such as blue bait, whitebait, squid, sandworms and prawns but “matching the hatch” is always your best option and if the fish are chasing bait schools then the smaller fish bait is the best option. Drifting and casting lures, or drift spinning, is one of the most effective ways of catching Salmon.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Many of the Salmon are quite large in size with anglers reporting fish of 2-3kg being caught from the s</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">hore and jety’s.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">There has been some large Silver Trevally caught in the Moulting Bay and Channel areas as well with a few fish reaching 50cm and over in length, once again these large fish that we have become accustomed to over the last few years have graced us in good numbers again this season.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The floodwaters earlier in the previous month sent the Garfish scattering for a while but th</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">ey have come back strong and anglers have been reporting good bags of big Gars, these fish will start to thin out as the month progresses so take advantage of them while you can as they are a great table fish. The schools can be found along the channel edges over top of the seagrass beds.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/scamander bream.jpg" border="0" width="335" height="220" align="left" /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Offshore the fishing has been quiet with all th</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">e unfavourable winds however in the gaps in the weather boat anglers have reported good bags of big king Flathead in deeper water. Water up to 70-80 feet deep seems to be where the schools are sitting and Silstar Jig-Em-Rigs are the stand out lures to haul them aboard.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Scamander River has also been producing some fantastic Bream catches and will continue to do so for the next couple of months however as the fish will be in spawning mode mat well prove to be very frustrating at times. Both lure and bait anglers have fared well with crabs and prawns being the most popular baits. Lure fisherman have seen mixed days of success most having trouble finding the schools of fish as they move up river. Once found though Bream have been quite receptive to the 100mm Squidgy Pro Range Wrigglers with S-Factor<strong><em> </em></strong>in the Wasabi and Bloodworm colours fished on a 2gm #4 jighead very slowly and let pause on the bottom during the retrieve.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Further inland the Trout fishing has been fantas</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">tic the Georges River has had a couple of floods but has cleared up nicely and the fish are very active, some good Trout have been taken on fly near the bridge on the way to Binalong Bay and as the whitebait start their run the Sea Run Trout will follow.</span></p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <mce:style><! /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} --> <!--[endif]-->
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Spring is finally upon us and although the weather has still been a tad unstable</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> there</span><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/jason walker salmon.jpg" border="0" width="334" height="223" align="right" /><span style="font-family: Arial;"> has</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> been some magnificent days to be had on the wate</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">r. With</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> it has come an increase in water temperatures in the bay, 13-14 degrees seems to be constant at the moment and small pilchards, anchovies and the Tasmanian W</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">hitebait have moved into the bay in huge schools with the water around some shorelines becoming black with baitfish.. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Fish such as Australian Salmon, Tailor, Pike, Sea Run Trout and even Trevally will all feed heavily on these species of bait. The schools of Salmon that were </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">holding down the channel have dispersed throughout the bay now and can be found throughout the Moulting Bay, Stiegletz Boat Ramp and Sea Scout Hall areas. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Australian Salmon will also respond well to a number of different baits such as blue bait, whitebait, squid, sandworms and prawns but “matching the hatch” is always your best option and if the fish are chasing bait schools then the smaller fish bait is the best option. Drifting and casting lures, or drift spinning, is one of the most effective ways of catching Salmon.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Many of the Salmon are quite large in size with anglers reporting fish of 2-3kg being caught from the s</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">hore and jety’s.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">There has been some large Silver Trevally caught in the Moulting Bay and Channel areas as well with a few fish reaching 50cm and over in length, once again these large fish that we have become accustomed to over the last few years have graced us in good numbers again this season.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The floodwaters earlier in the previous month sent the Garfish scattering for a while but th</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">ey have come back strong and anglers have been reporting good bags of big Gars, these fish will start to thin out as the month progresses so take advantage of them while you can as they are a great table fish. The schools can be found along the channel edges over top of the seagrass beds.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/scamander bream.jpg" border="0" width="335" height="220" align="left" /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Offshore the fishing has been quiet with all th</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">e unfavourable winds however in the gaps in the weather boat anglers have reported good bags of big king Flathead in deeper water. Water up to 70-80 feet deep seems to be where the schools are sitting and Silstar Jig-Em-Rigs are the stand out lures to haul them aboard.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Scamander River has also been producing some fantastic Bream catches and will continue to do so for the next couple of months however as the fish will be in spawning mode mat well prove to be very frustrating at times. Both lure and bait anglers have fared well with crabs and prawns being the most popular baits. Lure fisherman have seen mixed days of success most having trouble finding the schools of fish as they move up river. Once found though Bream have been quite receptive to the 100mm Squidgy Pro Range Wrigglers with S-Factor<strong><em> </em></strong>in the Wasabi and Bloodworm colours fished on a 2gm #4 jighead very slowly and let pause on the bottom during the retrieve.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Further inland the Trout fishing has been fantas</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">tic the Georges River has had a couple of floods but has cleared up nicely and the fish are very active, some good Trout have been taken on fly near the bridge on the way to Binalong Bay and as the whitebait start their run the Sea Run Trout will follow.</span></p>Fishing Report: August2010-09-01T23:04:54Z2010-09-01T23:04:54Zhttp://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/fishing-reports/11-fishing-report-august.htmlAdministratorwebmaster@sthelensbaitntackle.com.au<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">August is alw</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/big tassie winter bream large.jpg" border="0" width="380" height="253" style="float: left;" /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">ays an exciting time of year in Tassie, it marks the start of a new trout season with plenty of late winter/early spring rains to help flush out all the systems. </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The opening weekend saw very little action on the North East, many fish seem to be still well up the streams finishing the tail end of the spawning season however farther a field produced much better results. Some local anglers fished Tooms lake as an early prospect finding very cold conditions but great sport with bags being caught bef</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">ore lunchtim</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">e on both days although many other</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> anglers thought the same with up to 30 boats on the water.. Also penstock Lagoon produced the goods early with a few anglers reporting early season bag limits and big fish.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The start of Spring will see the movement of a lot of quality Bream up our many East Coast Rivers such as the Scamander and the </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Swan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Rivers</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">. Good quality fish can be caught this time of year but will be slow to start until the water temperatures start to climb as the month progresses. This time of year offers good sport for all types of techniques, bait fisherman prefer crabs, freshly pumped nippers, mussels and red worms and fish them either lightly weighted or weightless. Some huge Bream to 45cm fall to this technique every year at this time and this season will be no different. </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Already good fish are being caught on </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/jason fidian salmon trevally large.jpg" border="0" width="380" height="252" style="float: right;" /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">lures, although plastic fisherman will see slower action to begin with but it will pick up as the month progresses. A popular lure has been the <a href="http://www.onlinetackleshop.com.au/--p-99.html?cPath=22_40_42_65" target="_blank">Squidgy Wriggler 100mm</a> in the Bloodworm colour and seems to produce the bigger fish but will need to be fished dead slow along the bottom to create a bite with plenty of S-Factor thrown on. Although the </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">water temperatures are quite cool and hot bites are hard to find many of the flats areas of these rivers can fire up when the winter sun is high enough to warm the water up a few degrees. Here the use of </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">hard bodies such as <a href="http://www.onlinetackleshop.com.au/fishing-lures-hard-body-fishing-lures-c-22_41_54.html" target="_blank">Bushy’s Stiffy’s</a>, <a href="http://www.onlinetackleshop.com.au/fishing-lures-hard-body-fishing-lures-c-22_41_186.html" target="_blank">Lucky Craft Pointer</a> and <a href="http://www.onlinetackleshop.com.au/fishing-lures-hard-body-fishing-lures-c-22_41_192.html" target="_blank">Zipbaits Khamsin Jr DR</a> are proving to be good fish takers </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">and at times the fish are being quite aggressive when taking the lure.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Offshore good bags of Flathead have been taken both off </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Tailors</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Beach</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> just south of the Gardens and also off the Scamander River Mouth in about 20 metres of water however the Flathead have been patchy along the rest of the coast.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">With excellent calm winter weather of late anglers have been able to head offshore regularly chasing Striped Trumpeter and Blue Eye Trevalla with quality Hapuka, Gemfish and Ling being caught as well.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Most of the Striped Trumpeter have been coming from the closer reefs but anglers also need to be reminded that September and October sees a closed season for Striped Trumpeter.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Further inshore </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Georges</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bay</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> has fired well with good quality</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/ken henderson big garfish large.jpg" border="0" width="380" height="253" align="left" style="float: left;" /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Salmon around the 2kg mark, plenty of big Silver Trevally and lots of Tailor to 2kg as well. Many of these fish have been coming to the soft plastic lures with some anglers preferring to fish with baits such as Pippies and Prawns.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">A tasty edition to the bay at this time of year is the “Snotty Trevally” or Blue Warehou; these are a hard fighting fish, great fun to catch and are very nice to eat. Most fish have been taken by jetty fisherman both on the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Beauty</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bay</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> jetty and the Kerwins jetty and a common technique is to use burley to attract the fish and then small Sabiki rigs with multiple flies, such as the Wasabi Bait Catchers, and a small piece of chicken breast on each hook.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Large Garfish are still being caught in good numbers but w</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">ill start to decline as the month progresses. They can be found mostly around the sea grass beds down along the red channel markers. A small float with a small #10-12 hook and a tiny piece of white squid bait is the perfect rig for the garfish. Whenever fishing for Garfish berley is as important as the bait and Ultrabite Stimulate Ground Berley mixed with a small a</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">mount of fish oil and sent in a trail down current will attract a </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">school</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> of </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Gars</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> very quickly.</span></p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">August is alw</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/big tassie winter bream large.jpg" border="0" width="380" height="253" style="float: left;" /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">ays an exciting time of year in Tassie, it marks the start of a new trout season with plenty of late winter/early spring rains to help flush out all the systems. </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The opening weekend saw very little action on the North East, many fish seem to be still well up the streams finishing the tail end of the spawning season however farther a field produced much better results. Some local anglers fished Tooms lake as an early prospect finding very cold conditions but great sport with bags being caught bef</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">ore lunchtim</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">e on both days although many other</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> anglers thought the same with up to 30 boats on the water.. Also penstock Lagoon produced the goods early with a few anglers reporting early season bag limits and big fish.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The start of Spring will see the movement of a lot of quality Bream up our many East Coast Rivers such as the Scamander and the </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Swan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Rivers</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">. Good quality fish can be caught this time of year but will be slow to start until the water temperatures start to climb as the month progresses. This time of year offers good sport for all types of techniques, bait fisherman prefer crabs, freshly pumped nippers, mussels and red worms and fish them either lightly weighted or weightless. Some huge Bream to 45cm fall to this technique every year at this time and this season will be no different. </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Already good fish are being caught on </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/jason fidian salmon trevally large.jpg" border="0" width="380" height="252" style="float: right;" /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">lures, although plastic fisherman will see slower action to begin with but it will pick up as the month progresses. A popular lure has been the <a href="http://www.onlinetackleshop.com.au/--p-99.html?cPath=22_40_42_65" target="_blank">Squidgy Wriggler 100mm</a> in the Bloodworm colour and seems to produce the bigger fish but will need to be fished dead slow along the bottom to create a bite with plenty of S-Factor thrown on. Although the </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">water temperatures are quite cool and hot bites are hard to find many of the flats areas of these rivers can fire up when the winter sun is high enough to warm the water up a few degrees. Here the use of </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">hard bodies such as <a href="http://www.onlinetackleshop.com.au/fishing-lures-hard-body-fishing-lures-c-22_41_54.html" target="_blank">Bushy’s Stiffy’s</a>, <a href="http://www.onlinetackleshop.com.au/fishing-lures-hard-body-fishing-lures-c-22_41_186.html" target="_blank">Lucky Craft Pointer</a> and <a href="http://www.onlinetackleshop.com.au/fishing-lures-hard-body-fishing-lures-c-22_41_192.html" target="_blank">Zipbaits Khamsin Jr DR</a> are proving to be good fish takers </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">and at times the fish are being quite aggressive when taking the lure.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Offshore good bags of Flathead have been taken both off </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Tailors</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Beach</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> just south of the Gardens and also off the Scamander River Mouth in about 20 metres of water however the Flathead have been patchy along the rest of the coast.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">With excellent calm winter weather of late anglers have been able to head offshore regularly chasing Striped Trumpeter and Blue Eye Trevalla with quality Hapuka, Gemfish and Ling being caught as well.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Most of the Striped Trumpeter have been coming from the closer reefs but anglers also need to be reminded that September and October sees a closed season for Striped Trumpeter.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Further inshore </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Georges</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bay</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> has fired well with good quality</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/ken henderson big garfish large.jpg" border="0" width="380" height="253" align="left" style="float: left;" /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Salmon around the 2kg mark, plenty of big Silver Trevally and lots of Tailor to 2kg as well. Many of these fish have been coming to the soft plastic lures with some anglers preferring to fish with baits such as Pippies and Prawns.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">A tasty edition to the bay at this time of year is the “Snotty Trevally” or Blue Warehou; these are a hard fighting fish, great fun to catch and are very nice to eat. Most fish have been taken by jetty fisherman both on the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Beauty</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bay</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> jetty and the Kerwins jetty and a common technique is to use burley to attract the fish and then small Sabiki rigs with multiple flies, such as the Wasabi Bait Catchers, and a small piece of chicken breast on each hook.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Large Garfish are still being caught in good numbers but w</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">ill start to decline as the month progresses. They can be found mostly around the sea grass beds down along the red channel markers. A small float with a small #10-12 hook and a tiny piece of white squid bait is the perfect rig for the garfish. Whenever fishing for Garfish berley is as important as the bait and Ultrabite Stimulate Ground Berley mixed with a small a</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">mount of fish oil and sent in a trail down current will attract a </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">school</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> of </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Gars</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> very quickly.</span></p>Fishing Report: July2010-08-02T03:08:06Z2010-08-02T03:08:06Zhttp://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/fishing-reports/10-fishing-report-july.htmlAdministratorwebmaster@sthelensbaitntackle.com.au<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The last month or so has see</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/jamie with a trevally from grants lagoon small.jpg" border="0" width="307" height="436" align="left" style="border: 0; float: left;" /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">n some decent rainfalls in </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Tasmania</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">, particularly in the North East causing some dirty fresh water to dampen the angling pursuits of fisherman up and down the coast. The surface waters of most East Coast inlets have been murky with surface temperatures as low as 7 degrees however with some decent tides pushing good clean 13-14 degree water in the fishing has still been holding strong and once the grey clouds have lifted it has made way for some beautiful days of glassy calm conditions and some warm winter sun. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Although the Bay has seen some dirty water on top it hasn’t deterred schools of Salmon busting up the surface up and down the bay feeding hard on schools of small baitfish. These schools of small and medium sized fish appear on the surface and then disappear just as quickly and racing around trying to catch them can prove frustrating to say the least. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">There has been some much l</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">arger Salmon however being caught by anglers lucky enough to find the schools. Many of these schools have been roaming the channel from Akaroa through to the Barway and some fish are reaching 3kg. These fish can be a little harder to locate and will generally not show many telltale signs on the surface like their smaller brothers and sisters do. Keep a look out for single fish jumping and don’t discount any surface disturbance no matter how small. The birds don’t seem to work these fish so don’t expect them to give the location of the fish away. As the water throughout the channel is not relatively deep (2-5m) the fish seem to hug the b</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">ottom pretty closely so h</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">eavier weigh</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">ts on soft plastics and weighted flies need to be used or let your lure drop to the bottom before starting the retrieve.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Large Garfish are still being caught in good numbers, although spasmodic in their activity, and can be found mostly around the sea grass beds down along the red channel markers. A small float with a small #10-12 hook and a tiny piece of white squid bait is the perfect rig for the garfish. Whenever fishing for Garfish a good berley trail is as important as the bait and Ultrabite Stimulate Ground Berley mixed with a small amount of fish oil and sent in a trail down current will attract a </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">school</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> of </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Gars</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> very quickly.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Good solid Silver Trevally are also still about and can be found all up and down the channel as well as underneath any of the schools of Salmon, Tailor and Mackerel feeding on the baitfish out in open water. The Trevally school up underneath the feeding fish and clean up all the scraps sinking down below. Mixed in with the Silvers have also been some Snotty Trevally and whilst can be a little more tricky to catch are great table fare and excellent sport. A lot of the good Snotty’s have been coming from the jetties around the bay as well so offer a good catch for land based anglers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Bream have also fished well through the winter months and although some of the water temperatures in the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Scamander</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">River</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ansons</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bay</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> have slowed the action somewhat there have still been some good big fish being caught on both bait and lures. Most fish have been coming from lower down in the systems however the next month should see a movement of schools heading further up the Rivers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">With some good winter rains and decent snowfalls just behind us the opening of the Trout Season this month should see some excellent small stream action here on the East Coast.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/jamie with a bream from ansons bay small.jpg" border="0" width="410" height="307" style="float: right; border: 0;" /></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Georges</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">River</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> and its tributaries have sustained good flows all winter and should have had excellent recruitment during the spawning season.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">On the offshore front there has been good hauls of Flathead coming in from both the Gardens area and the coastline from Paddy’s </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Island</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> down to Scamander. Most fish seem to be coming from water around 10-15 metres deep. The best lure for Flathead at the moment seems to be the Neptune Arrow Jig rigs in both the pink and pink/white however the new “LUMO colour has proven to be absolutely deadly.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Further offshore anglers are having good results drop lining for Blueye Trevalla with some boats catching bags limits on regular occasions. Now is also the time to start getting ready for the Striped Trumpeter season, as the days get calmer its time to look at the reefs in water between 90-120 metres for Striped Trumpeter.</span></p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The last month or so has see</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/jamie with a trevally from grants lagoon small.jpg" border="0" width="307" height="436" align="left" style="border: 0; float: left;" /></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">n some decent rainfalls in </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Tasmania</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">, particularly in the North East causing some dirty fresh water to dampen the angling pursuits of fisherman up and down the coast. The surface waters of most East Coast inlets have been murky with surface temperatures as low as 7 degrees however with some decent tides pushing good clean 13-14 degree water in the fishing has still been holding strong and once the grey clouds have lifted it has made way for some beautiful days of glassy calm conditions and some warm winter sun. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Although the Bay has seen some dirty water on top it hasn’t deterred schools of Salmon busting up the surface up and down the bay feeding hard on schools of small baitfish. These schools of small and medium sized fish appear on the surface and then disappear just as quickly and racing around trying to catch them can prove frustrating to say the least. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">There has been some much l</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">arger Salmon however being caught by anglers lucky enough to find the schools. Many of these schools have been roaming the channel from Akaroa through to the Barway and some fish are reaching 3kg. These fish can be a little harder to locate and will generally not show many telltale signs on the surface like their smaller brothers and sisters do. Keep a look out for single fish jumping and don’t discount any surface disturbance no matter how small. The birds don’t seem to work these fish so don’t expect them to give the location of the fish away. As the water throughout the channel is not relatively deep (2-5m) the fish seem to hug the b</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">ottom pretty closely so h</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">eavier weigh</span><span style="font-family: Arial;">ts on soft plastics and weighted flies need to be used or let your lure drop to the bottom before starting the retrieve.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Large Garfish are still being caught in good numbers, although spasmodic in their activity, and can be found mostly around the sea grass beds down along the red channel markers. A small float with a small #10-12 hook and a tiny piece of white squid bait is the perfect rig for the garfish. Whenever fishing for Garfish a good berley trail is as important as the bait and Ultrabite Stimulate Ground Berley mixed with a small amount of fish oil and sent in a trail down current will attract a </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">school</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> of </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Gars</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> very quickly.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Good solid Silver Trevally are also still about and can be found all up and down the channel as well as underneath any of the schools of Salmon, Tailor and Mackerel feeding on the baitfish out in open water. The Trevally school up underneath the feeding fish and clean up all the scraps sinking down below. Mixed in with the Silvers have also been some Snotty Trevally and whilst can be a little more tricky to catch are great table fare and excellent sport. A lot of the good Snotty’s have been coming from the jetties around the bay as well so offer a good catch for land based anglers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Bream have also fished well through the winter months and although some of the water temperatures in the </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Scamander</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">River</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ansons</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bay</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> have slowed the action somewhat there have still been some good big fish being caught on both bait and lures. Most fish have been coming from lower down in the systems however the next month should see a movement of schools heading further up the Rivers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">With some good winter rains and decent snowfalls just behind us the opening of the Trout Season this month should see some excellent small stream action here on the East Coast.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><img src="http://www.sthelensbaitntackle.com.au/images/stories/jamie with a bream from ansons bay small.jpg" border="0" width="410" height="307" style="float: right; border: 0;" /></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Georges</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">River</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> and its tributaries have sustained good flows all winter and should have had excellent recruitment during the spawning season.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">On the offshore front there has been good hauls of Flathead coming in from both the Gardens area and the coastline from Paddy’s </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Island</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> down to Scamander. Most fish seem to be coming from water around 10-15 metres deep. The best lure for Flathead at the moment seems to be the Neptune Arrow Jig rigs in both the pink and pink/white however the new “LUMO colour has proven to be absolutely deadly.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Further offshore anglers are having good results drop lining for Blueye Trevalla with some boats catching bags limits on regular occasions. Now is also the time to start getting ready for the Striped Trumpeter season, as the days get calmer its time to look at the reefs in water between 90-120 metres for Striped Trumpeter.</span></p>