Good fishing near Wilsons Wharf

A relatively quiet week has passed in the bay, with most of the attention going the way of the surf angling. 

In the morning, a few anglers have congregated along the piers and off the banks to target the Pick Handle Barracuda and small Kingfish with fair success. 

The banks towards Wilsons Wharf have been far more productive and have seen a wide variety of fish too. 

For anglers using bait, most of the fish have been coming out along the center banks on the southern side closer to the mangroves where a few different species such as Perch, Grunter, Rock Salmon and Stumpnose have been caught. Surprisingly, there have been a number of Grunter caught on artificials in the Bay recently, which is unusual and can be considered lucky. 

Surface poppers and diving baits such as the Maria Fake Baits and Strike Pro Arch Minnows. Many of these lures need hook replacements soon after they have been used a few times, as do all lures, for the reason that the small trebles which they are supplied with tend to rust or bend if not looked after sufficiently. 

A simple solution for this is to replace all treble hooks with the Mustad Kaiju inline hooks which are available all the way down to a size 8 which is ideal for smaller lures such as the 5cm dive baits. 

These hooks do not rust nearly as fast as standard hooks, they are stronger and also have a much higher catch rate. For surface lures, the back hook can be bent open ever so slightly to ensure the point is sitting proud, which will increase the chances of hooking into a less aggressive fish as they hit the lure.

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