The Bay Fishing Report

Fishing Report for 06-07-2020

Fishing Report – Morton Bay

Squid

The Squid are out in force off Wellington Point leads. Head out from the leads to the 8m mark. Cast out a couple of rods and drift. You will come across a patch of them quickly. The secret is his mates will be following him. If you leave him there when you catch him, other squid will start to attack him and his lure. So once you have a squid on don’t bring it into the boat leave it in the water on the surface around 6m from the boat. Then get a second rod with a Yo-Zori lure on and cast around 4m behind the captured 🦑 squid and slowly retrieve the lure past. This way you will hook up his mates. Keep repeating this until you have them all.

Once you have bagged out. The next tip is put all of your catch of squid into the whiting scaling bag and drag the bag behind you until you get back to the ramp. You will have removed all of the skin form your squid and half of your cleaning work will be done.

Recommended Gear

Yo-Zuri 2.5inch or 3 Inch squid jigs
8lb Yo-Zuri leader.
3 rods.
Whiting scaling bag

Snapper (Closure ends in 3days)

The snapper are still running in the bay off Peel Island. The best results are being caught on whole whiting and floating them down to structures.

Have the sinker running to the hook. Put the hook through the chin and snout of the whiting. Throw the sinker in to the water and hold the bait until the sinker hits the bottom then throw the bait in. The current will then pull the l;ine and the bait down through the water column where the big boys hunt.

Recommended Gear

7/0 Gamakatsu circle hooks
#9 ball sinker.
Okuma baitrunner Reel

Don’t forget the Snapper Closure on the 15 of July.

Bream

The entrance of the creeks and canals are preforming well. The Atomic crank 38 deeps are getting hammered. The leader size is important. Light gets the bite.

Recommended gear.