Fishing Report 17/09/2020
Good weather saw anglers out and about over the last 7 days:
Saltwater
Southern Bluefin Tuna have gone a little quiet for the moment with mixed reports coming to hand over the last week. Some anglers have reported good catches while others have found fishing slow.
Australian Salmon have been caught in the Denison Canal and have all been around 1kg. A few reports of the same sized fish being caught at Sth Arm and lower Derwent estuary.
Calamari are still going well in the SE and are building in numbers. Peninsula waters proving productive.
Sand Flathead are moving well in most areas – this action will be heavily dependent on any further influxes of freshwater and subsequent temperature drops but it seems for the moment good catches are available.
Tiger Flathead have been reported again this week. Similar to the Sand flathead good fishing will be semi reliant on steady increases in ocean temperatures for the next few weeks.
Freshwater
Lake Leake has been tough going for some recently in wild conditions, calmer days saw most anglers catching fish over the last week. If fishing this water try and pick great go to dirty water colours like black and gold and assortments of fluorescent colours in both cobra and bibbed styled lures.
Great Lake is now fishing well to bait, lure and fly. Cobra styled lures, particularly trolled around Beehive Point have been working well. Of note along the shore of Swan Bay and the Todds Corner end of the lake, 7grm Tasmanian Devil - in Colour 121 – “Pinky” has been donging both rainbow and brown trout in recent weeks. Jazz Minnows in “black and gold” – both sizes - either spun from the boat or shore again doing well this week.
Bronte Lagoon has thawed a little this week with fish being encountered offshore as well by spin and fly anglers. Trollers experiencing a lift in activity as well. The first of the dry fly activity has started as well with fly anglers taking a fish on dun patterns.
Penstock Lagoon continues to fish well … from both the boat and from the many shorelines.
Wet flies are still the go to fly option, type 3 sink fly lines from the boat drifted over the weed beds, and a standard floating line and weighted fly if shore based. Woolley Buggers seem to be working the best but larger Yeti styles will work too.
Top Jazz Minofish 55 or 70mm ( 55mm pictured ) and bottom 7rgm Tasmanian Devil Col 121 – “Pinky” a deadly duo for Great Lake at the moment.
A nice Lake Leake Rainbow trout, destined for the table, caught last by Ben Kjorsvik from BK Custom Tackle – chosen lure was an Atomic 65mm Jerk Minnow in a “dirty water fluoro” Yamame colouration.
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