Fishing Report April 8th 2021

Tasmanian Fishing ReportTasmanian Trout Fishing

8 Apr

This week has seen a red hot tuna bite occurring in Peninsula waters off the South East with SBT nudging 140kg taken and multiple Yellowfin Tuna captured to 85kg ….

Saltwater

Southern Bluefin Tuna to 137kg continue to be taken in and around Hippolyte Rocks, Tasman Island and Dart Bank in greater Storm Bay. Jumbo fish tend to be averaging 90 – 100kg with smaller models being around the 80kg mark and larger specimens in the 115kg to 135kg bracket. School sized fish has increased somewhat now average 15-20kg with the odd 25kg fish as well.

Yellowfin Tuna are talk of the shop at the moment with some really nice fish coming boat side in the last 5 days. Up until now a splattering of these fish had been caught in the EHN region over the last few weeks. In recent days half a dozen fish that we know of have been taken around Tasman Island and Hippolyte’s and Lanterns area. Size seems to in the area of 60 – 80kg.

Albacore are still running around the peninsula and Dart Bank – size is between 10kg and 22kg.

Calamari have returned even though temperatures are still high. Betsy Island, Marion Bay, and Clifton areas producing fish.

Snapper are biting well throughout Storm Bay and the Channel area.

Yellowtail Kingfish remain quiet in the Derwent River but are being found along the east coast. Triabunna and Fortescue areas.

Sand Flathead taking soft plastics and baits in Chinaman’s, Marion, Blackman and Norfolk Bays. The Pidgeon Holes are also fishing well.

Australian Salmon are being caught at Cremorne fish seem to range between .8kg and 1.3kg.

Arrow Squid are available out wide in 40m plus of water.

Bream are still available in the lower Derwent.

Searun trout are now starting to move upriver to spawn, they will make the most of the autumn bait that remains feeding heavily as the go making them an end of season proposition for anglers.

Freshwater

Penstock Lagoon has gone quiet.

Woods Lake has been producing well conditioned browns up to 2kg with trolling anglers doing the best. Drift spinning the shore has also been rewarding.

Great Lake hasn’t stopped fishing well this week with good sized browns and rainbows being caught from both the shore and boat. Fly anglers have caught fish walking the shore with woolley bugger and shrek patterns or small dry flies.

Bronte Lagoon has fished well all season and it looks as though at the moment it will finish the season the same way in a few weeks. Trout are in great condition and taking lures and flies well.

There have been no reports from Arthurs Lake this week.

Tooms Lake has evaded the limelight so far this season but word has it that it is fishing relatively well at the moment with both good sized brown and rainbows starting to fall to trolled lures and the wet fly.