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The Scamander River has really started to fire now especially in the lower reaches with some great fish being caught, and what appears to be a slightly better run of bigger fish then in previous years, some anglers reporting at least 1 or 2 40cm+ fish, almost 4lb in the old scale, per session. For the lure fisherman the Lucky Craft Pointer 65, the Bushy’s Stiffy Minnow and the Shimano Lure Project series have been the standout models, plastics such as 100mm Squidgy Wriggler in Wasabi and Bloodworm and for the bait fisherman the Prawns, Pippies, Mussels and Crabs are the standard diet needed. Also the Dynabait Freeze Dried Worms have proven to be a handy bait to just have in your bag or box, with an unlimited shelf life they can stay packaged until you are ready to use them.
Offshore fishing has seen good bags of Flathead being taken off Elephant Rock in around 60-65 metres of water and mostly taken on Neptune Arrow jigs in Lumo and Pink/White by drifting over the sand banks where the Flathead lay in wait to ambush its prey.
The Break O Day FlyFishing Club will be holding a Fishing Movie night in St Helens during the latter half of October, this will be 3 hours of fantastic Fishing action including Fresh Water, Trout, Flyfishing, Salt Water, Estuary and Game Fishing as well as some unusual footage from around the world. There will be supper provided and a bar so keep your eyes posted here for dates and times.
For any more advice on where to go and what to catch just drop in and see me, Jamie, at St Helens Bait & Tackle…….Tight Lines.

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