Tasmanian Fishing Report 23/03/2022
The tuna fishing has been fantastic over the last week with fish being caught along the South East coast and Storm Bay.
Saltwater
Kingfish
Steady reports of Kingfish in Northwest Bay and the Derwent over the last week.
Swordfish
Have finally made an appearance with staff member Angus hooking one on an electric reel due East off Eaglehawk Neck only to lose it after a four-hour fight. Let’s hope this year is a fantastic season.
Bream
Fantastic numbers of bream are being caught in both the East Coast estuary systems and the Derwent. Shallow flats at high tide have been the most productive areas.
Tuna
Tuna over the last week have been fishing incredibly well with fantastic schools of Albacore and Bluefin seen busting up in Storm Bay and along the East Coast. School sized Bluefin from 20-40 kilos have been caught out of Eaglehawk Neck. One angler even managing to catch an 8 kilo Bluefin from the rocks in Howrah whilst chasing Kingfish. With the Tuna feeding hard in Storm Bay now is the perfect time to try stick bait lures, like the Oceans Legacy Keeling 160.
Australian Salmon
Still plentiful numbers around the coast and estuary systems.
Snapper
Good numbers in the past week have been caught both in Storm Bay and Norfolk Bay. One angler managing to catch a small Snapper from a beach in the lower Derwent. The Hayabusa Snapper Rig has been a stand out this year.
Calamari
Squid have been fantastic with larger models getting caught over most seagrass beds.
Freshwater
Woods Lake
The Lake has been fishing well for Trolling and drift spinning the size of the fish has been fantastic of late.
Dee Lagoon
The Lake is still producing good number of Rainbow and Brown trout, with good Gum Beetle and Jassid hatches.
Little Pine Lagoon / Penstock
Both lakes have been fairly tough of late but anglers putting in the time have been able to catch a few fish here and the
Western Lakes
The westerns have been good since the water has cooled a little. Fish readily eating dries.
Matt with a beautiful snapper caught in 35m of water over scallop beds in the Bridport/Waterhouse area using fresh cuttlefish on Hayabusa snapper rigs.
Oceans Legacy Keeling 160 Stickbaits are in stock.
This bluefin was caught in the Derwent off the rocks at Howrah by Dave Horner popping for kingfish. Crazy!
