Weekly Fishing Report 21/10/2020

Tasmanian Fishing ReportTasmanian Trout Fishing

21 Oct

Last Saturday saw a Low Pressure Cell that was destined for Victoria float down over Tasmania during Friday night bringing with it 25mm of rain that wasn’t forecast.

Saltwater

Flathead bit well last weekend … fish were taken by drifting and spinning hard body bibbed lures and soft plastics. Good bags were taken throughout the SE.

Calamari have seasonal closures in place - but have run well outside these areas. Calamari can now be found in pretty much all south eastern waters and throughout the channel and Dover areas – the latter allowing for freshwater to dissipate.

Snapper have now been caught wide in Storm Bay …. The good weather allowing anglers to get out and try for this species. Broken bottom is key to a good day on these fish.

Sand Whiting have been taken around Lewisham and Seven Mile Beach area … some of these fish have been approaching 250mm. Small squid pieces and mussels the best bait. These fish have been taken from both the pier and boat.

Australian Salmon still going well, the best spots this week being Cremorne, Kangaroo Bluff and Pidgeon Holes at South Arm. Big schools have been encountered busting up by boaters. Fish in and around the Derwent and Channel have nudged 1.5kg.

Short Finned Pike and Snook have both been encountered amongst the Salmon and over rocky bottom.

Tiger Flathead Still relatively quiet although the upper east coast around Bicheno did produce good sized 5-600mm fish earlier in the week.

Bream still a little quiet but the larger estuaries offering larger fish for the persistent angler.

Seatrout although reported last week to be rather non existent did go well last week before the rain. And during the early part of the week. Baitfish is now said to be in reasonable concentrations throughout the middle reaches of the Derwent and Huon Rivers.

Freshwater

Great Lake is producing some wonderful fish …. Both browns and rainbows have fallen this week to lure, bait and fly. Tuesday morning was an absolute cracker in the highlands and saw 4-5 boats fishing the Swan Bay area. Tasmanian Devil BR and No 50 working well.

Woods Lake has just started to produce consistent results for the season. Last weekend saw quality fish caught trolling and spinning. Beetle falls have also been seen. And a wet fly flicked from shore or a drifting boat close in shore has seen better fish taken.

Penstock Lagoon again has seen trout working well on both the wet and the dry fly. Quality angling followed the rougher weather of a few weeks back and has not let up.

Lake St Clair has featured a bit in recent days reports of successful trips filtering through. This lake although a little slow to start this year due to cold water from snow melt seems to have trout biting after the wind gets up during the middle of the day. Bibbed minnows spun along the shorelines and cobra styled lures trolled along the many drop offs taking fish.