Tasmanian Fishing Report 06/04/2022
Summer may be over, but the Tuna season is here!
Saltwater
Kingfish
Reports of catches have slowed this week. With cooler temperatures setting in, this may be the last chance to try to catch the elusive Kingfish.
Bream
Bream have continued to be caught throughout Southern Tasmania and the East Coast. Upstream from Austin’s Ferry has been fishing particularly well on Berkley Pro Tech 76mm Bender.
Tuna
Over the last week fishing has been fantastic, with Bluefin, Albacore and Striped Tuna being caught. The Bluefin Tuna have ranged from 20 kilos and larger and now we are starting to see the Barrels make an appearance from Storm Bay up the Southern East Coast. Storm Bay (Dart Bank) has still been producing large numbers of both Bluefin and Albacore. The Meridian Demon #5 has been producing good numbers of fish.
Australian Salmon
Still plentiful numbers around the East Coast and most estuary systems.
Garfish
Garfish have been caught over the last week in Northwest Bay by fishers using a good burley trail while chasing Kingfish.
Snapper
This week has seen large numbers of 30-40cm fish steadily caught around Betsy Island and through the Channel.
Calamari
Still the old Calamari about, Dennes Point and Rat Bay on Bruny Island have been reliable spots.
Mackerel
Large numbers are saturating all coastal waters.
Flathead
Good sized numbers have been caught around Southern Maria Island and Marion Bay on pink soft plastics.
Mako Shark
Still a few floating around with the boys from Meridian Tackle finding one in Storm Bay over the weekend.
Swordfish
At the Swordfish competition last week, conditions were tough which made it hard for teams to get the opportunity to do drops. A couple of teams that did manage to get bait to the bottom hooked up. One team reported to fight a fish of estimated 400kg for over seven hours, only to have the line break a few metres under the boat.
Freshwater
Brady’s Lake
Has started to fish well over the last week with the cooler temperatures and overcast conditions encouraging the Trout to feed. Black and Gold and Olive Pearl T Tails have been the lures of choice. There seems to be a lot of feisty Rainbow Trout feeding.
Little Pine Lagoon
For the fly fisher, wet fly fishing at Little Pine Lagoon has started to really fire. Be aware though that the water level is down and launching a boat may be difficult. Luckily, this lake offers fantastic shore-based options such as the Cricket Pitch shore.
Lake Burbury
Wind lane fishing has been fantastic with both the lure fisher and fly fisher doing well concentrating on finding feeding Trout in the lanes. The fly of choice has been an Olive scruffy nymph a
Antony Suttil with a 72kg Bluefin caught on 24kg Line and 25min fight.
James Mackay with a bream caught on a sub-surface Por Tech Bender 76mm in the upper Derwent.
Mako Shark around the 150kg mark caught in Storm Bay Caught by the Meridian Tackle crew.
Sam Shelley dusted off the gold box to snare this schoolie from a sloppy Dart Bank on Tuesday.
Sam also caught this bream on fly under the Bowen Bridge last week.
Tasmanian Scallop Season
Saturday 9th of April is the start of the Tasmanian Scallop Season that runs until the 31st July.
We hope that this season brings the size and quality that the last season did. With the weather cooling it’s the perfect time for Scallop Pies.
