Tasmanian Fishing Report 5/03/2021

Bream – have been very good throughout the Derwent river chasing small baitfish.  Good numbers are also being caught throughout the east coast lagoons (swan river, Scamander, Georges bay etc) with fish being very active at this time of year.

Trout – have been going well on most rivers with Mersey and Meander being very popular choices.  The lakes have been a bit challenging lately but good reports have been coming in from great lake and lake Leake by guys trolling and spinning lures.  Fly fisherman have been doing well at Bronte and Dee with reports Jassids have started to show up in the area.

Kingfish – have gone quite the last week in the Derwent but continue to go well in NW Bay, Iron pot and up most of the east coast.

Snapper – a few reports coming in from Betsy Island of fish being caught and a few strange captures of smaller snapper as by catch while fishing in the Derwent in the Tasman bridge – Bowen bridge area

Albacore – have been the fish everyone is talking about this week with large models being caught up to 30kg around dart bank to Tasman island and even as far south as Mewstone.  Bright pinks and oranges have been working well with a mixture of skirts and Halcos producing fish.

Swordfish – a few encounters recently has fired everyone up to go and chase one of these ocean gladiators.

Flathead – have been going well with reports of good-sized fish coming out of Marion bay and wedge island. Flasher rigs with fresh squid are working best.

Calamari – a lot of smaller calamari are being caught in around jetties and shallower weed beds with a few bigger models been caught out in deeper water.

Tailor – a lot of tailor have shown up around the east coast mixed in with some very good-sized Australian salmon.  These fish put up a great fight but black wire traces are essential.

Couta – have been caught in good numbers on he inside and backside of Maria island, fish seem to be a reasonable size compared to other years and are basically attacking anything that goes in the water near them making fishing challenging for anyone trying to target other fish in the area.

Greeny holding a nice Western Lakes fish close to the camera.

Rob Green showing Alex how its done on the Kings

Another one from a successful day.