Originally Posted by
ffejsmada
Yes Dids it has been slow but the fish are there.
I haven't fished since the JO, but I was getting a few prior to that.
As you know, winter up here was like a winter we've never had before, Jack speaking. There was heaps caught. Most accidental , some targetted.
The Jacks caught in winter here on lures were nearly all caught on 1 specific lure fished a particular way. I've caught 2 so far this year using this lure and method.
These winter Jacks were also caught closer to the river mouth rather than upstream.
It is still the case now.
I reckon with the heavy rains we've had, it pushed all the bait to the mouth area, this combined with the fresh tidal flushes has kept the Jacks in close proximity to the mouth area, give or take a kilometer or two. The tidal flushes has kept the temp relatively stable as well, whereas up the creeks, you've got hot and cold spots, low salinity areas and less bait.
We need northerlies, (where are the northerlies?) to heat things up a bit and a bit of regularity in the water condition I reckon, then it's game on.