Tasmanian Fishing Report 7th November 2020
Striped Trumpeter season in the salt got off to a slower start than expected last weekend while trout in the highlands this week turn their focus towards the dry fly ...
Saltwater
Sand Flathead available in good numbers in Marion Bay, Blackman Bay, Fredrick Henry and wider Storm and Adventure Bays. Reports of fish now biting in the lower estuaries now coming to hand.
Tiger Flathead were caught last weekend in reasonable numbers by anglers targeting Striped Trumpeter depths ranging from 40m to 120m closer to the Shelf.
Striped Trumpeter were quieter than expected last weekend. Some anglers taking good bags while others struggled to catch a fish. Micro jigging seemed popular this opening with many of the larger fish over 5kg caught this way while fresh squid and octopus baits accounting for others.
Australian Salmon are in good numbers and of a good size in Storm Bay with fish up to 1.5kg being taken on Halco chrome silver slice lures either trolled or spun into visible schools of fish.
Jackass Morwong available in Peninsula waters and made up a fair percentage of the catch by those chasing trumpeter last weekend.
Sand Whiting are of a good size for the moment and available over the sand flats in southern waters. Storm Bay has produced good fish.
Calamari have gone a little quiet for the moment due to swell and surge activity over recent days. Fish can still be found in sheltered bays around our southern and eastern coastlines (outside the squid closure zone).
Southern Rock Lobster fished well to the south last weekend with some good captures being made particularly with pots. It’s important to know that the Eastern Rock Lobster Rebuilding Zone remains closed until the 5th of December.
Southern Bluefin schools were noticed on the west coast and an estimated 70kg fish eventually taken from one last weekend .... Oct / Nov have always been known as bonus jumbo months on the Peninsula ... so may be worth a shot.
King Flathead on the move on the East Coast
Rob Green fishing for Kingies.
Freshwater
Trout were a little harder last weekend as we enter a transitional period whereby trout begin to switch from wet fly to dry ...
Arthurs Lake continues to fish well all over to the fly predominantly Woolley Bugger and Shrek patterns. Spin and troll fishers starting to do better as fish become more active.
Great Lake continues to produce fish to spin fishers around the edges. Trollers taking fish on Tassie Devil 121.
Penstock Lagoon was quieter than usual with only a few fish seen rising and caught for the weekend.
Woods Lake produced fish during the week to dry fly but the fishing experienced was for the large part challenging. Spin and troll anglers are both starting to get good numbers of fish now after a very slow start to the season for woods.
Tooms Lake and Lake Leake on the east coast are still producing great conditioned fish to all methods and are well worth a trip.
Movember on Great Lake
Last weekend saw this years Mojo 2020 – the 3rd Tasmanian Devil - Movember fund-raising lure filmed and tested at Great Lake with it taking fish spun from shore, see below photo and compare the similarity of this lure to the Great Lake Galaxia we found in one of our fish we cleaned and also for the link to this year’s Movember promotional video.
This - Mojo20 Lure - can only be purchased and ordered for the month of Movember with 100% of the profits going to Movember and men’s health related issues – so get onto it if you think its going to be a fish taker in your area or if you simply want to support a great cause!
Available in store now.
A beautiful Great Lake brown from Tods Corner.
The MOJO20 next to a Galaxid from a fish from Great Lake.
