MyFish 13-5-09 (Scarborough Sights)

13-5-09
This week saw the northern bay really turn on some great fishing. With a short break from the prevailing South-Easters a nice cool change saw some westerlies come through giving the locals a few cracker days this week. I chose one of these days to check a few reefs around Scarborough concentrating on targeting Bream and the effect of the cooler conditions. Water clarity has greatly improved this week hence giving the bream greater scope when chasing hardbodies being rolled over shallow reefs. I find the clearer coloured lures like Brown Suji Shrimp, Clear Shrimp, Ghost Wakasagi and Suji Shrimp in Jackall Shallow Chubbies, Ghost Green Shad, Ghost Gill Brown and Ghost Blue in Atomic Hardz Mid Crank 38’s seem to work the best. The clearer lure uses the surroundings to blend in to make them seem more natural.
Using this theory we tackled Redcliffe Reef on the rising tide. Within 10 minutes we had six undersize Bream, two legals and one cracker tailor. These pelagic ‘lure stealers’ are an awesome fight but get them in quick!!! Progressing north slowly we cast parallel to the shoreline which proved to be the right recipe stinging a school of eight bream in as many casts. This ended our catching as we went the next 1 3/4hrs with only 2 pike!!! Got to love a shutdown!!
The biggest news this week is the sudden influx of squid at Scarborough and Woody Point. My father has been casting around the reefs in a pair of waders (Great news for land based anglers!!) and pulling good numbers. Remember keep your rod tip up to avoid snagging your squid jig. We have also seen squid chase our Jackalls but fail to hook up. The newly refurbished Woody Point Jetty has also been great to target squid and a tell tale sign for the right spot are the ink marks on jetty!!!
Happy Breaming and Egiing, (Japanese for squiding)
Grayson