Movember Lure & Fishing Report 1st November 2021

1 Nov

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Fishing Report

A Subtropical Low-Pressure system influences the State over the weekend and into next week...

Saltwater

Southern Bluefin Tuna have slowed a little over the last week. Jumbo SBT of recent weeks have gone a little quiet. Temperature seems to be holding a tad under 13 degrees C.

Sand Flathead continue to bite well with good sized fish being taken around the SE. With both soft plastics and baits working well.

Tiger Flathead are moving further to the north around Bicheno with good captures coming to light last week before the onset of easterly weather patterns.

Sand Whiting are still available around South Arm and Storm Bay and channel areas.

Calamari were returning in healthy numbers, but schools may have moved out deep to evade big seas and crashing swell in recent days. Influx of freshwater may affect some locations in the vicinity of coastal creeks.

Morwong Perch are plentiful around our seaward coastlines and having their usual winter run over reefy bottom and structure. Best bait is squid as its tough and a 3/0 Limmerick style hook.

Snapper were taken in Storm Bay and Lower Bruny Island this last week.

Striped Trumpeter reopens this Monday 1st November – good luck to those venturing out.

Estuary

Atlantic Salmon from last years escape continue to be caught by fishers targeting sea run trout. These fish are being caught from the CBD to New Norfolk in the Derwent River. The odd Atlantic is being caught in the Huon.

Seatrout are biting well even though the clarity of most of our rivers has been murky form the very start of the season and getting worse in recent weeks. The Huon has just started to fire for the year with good whitebait runs increasing feeding activity of fish. The Derwent continues to fish well from the Hobart CBD to New Norfolk again healthy runs of whitebait in most areas firing up both resident and sea run fish.

Bream are a little slow of late and are probably retreating to lower limits in the rivers pushed back by continuing large amounts of freshwater

Freshwater

All lakes seem to be producing well-conditioned trout now and recent rains see lakes rising or spilling with many waterways the fullest they have been in over a decade.

Bronte Lagoon has seen some amazing “tailing action” first thing in the morning with the fly. While troll and spin anglers do well out wide later in the day. One report has a brown of nearly 4kg being lost boatside.

Lake Leake is currently spilling and is expected to do so for the next week at least – temperatures are still a tad low, and fish have been harder to catch so far this season. Persistence is the key with good fish still being caught.

Lake King William fished well last week rising water levels are flooding new ground and has fish feeding enthusiastically.

Great Lake continues to rise. Its margins are still very icy …sitting on around 6.5 degrees out wide this is a little better at near 9 degrees. Good quality rainbows have been taken by those trolling with deeper bibbed minnows. Nice browns have been taken amongst the wind lanes by troll and spin anglers. Fly is still quiet for the moment.

Craigebourne Dam is currently spinning and will do so for the foreseeable future. Good browns and rainbows continue to be caught

Again, Tillins Ashley 2Inch spinners in 14D, 14B and 11 taking fish. Hawk Sniper lures in Killer Wasp for the win.

Dry fly activity continues to increase in Four Springs, Toom’s and Woods with the odd Dun starting to appear throughout the Bronte chain as well ....