Improving your catch in the Logan River

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Improving your catchin the Logan River

• Dave Nugget Downie

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Evaluate the Situation

• What month is it ?
• What is the dominating condition ?
• What is the tide ?
• What is the current flow ?
• What is the water clarity ?
• This information
• creates your fishing plan

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Logan River Planner

• Summer
• Main species - whiting, flathead, mangrove jack,
  bull sharks,
• mud crabs, prawns
• Autumn
• Main species - whiting, flathead, mud crabs,
  prawns
• Winter
• Main species - bream, jewfish, tailor, school
  flathead
• Spring
• Main species jewfish, bream, flathead, whiting

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Water Clarity

• Very Discoloured water - after floods
• Fish close to River mouth
• The run in tide
• Fish where the dirty water meets the clean water
• Main species mulloway, bream, flathead, estuary
  cod

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Water Clarity

• Very clean waterScarce in the Logan!
• Fish spook easily
• Fish the deeper holes in stealth mode
• Move further into the estuary / up river

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Tidal Flow

• Very Strong Tides Full New Moons
• Fish the tide changes
• Fish upper reaches of creeks and drains
• Fish the shallows
• Main species
• mulloway, bream, mangrove jack, tailor, whiting

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Run in / Run Out Tide

• Most species have a preferred tide to feed on
• Run in
• Main species tailor, bream
• Run Out
• Main species whiting, flathead
• Tide Changes
• Main species jewfish, cod

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Species Preferences

• Whiting big tides
• Bream after rain
• Mulloway after floods
• Tailor run in tide
• Flathead edge of sandbanks and creek mouths
• Mangrove jack snags / tide changes
• Bull sharks evening rising tide

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Species Bait

• Whiting Blood worms, prawns, yabbies
• Bream Mullet gut, chook gut, fish flesh, lures
• Mulloway live mullet, banana prawns, live fish
• Tailor Pilchards, fish flesh, lures
• Flathead Pilchards, fish fillet, prawns, lures
• Mangrove jack fish fillet, live bait, prawns,
  lures
• Bull sharks Pilchards, fish flesh, eel, catfish

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Rigs

• Whiting No 4 or 6 hook, 1m trace running
  sinker
• Bream No 1 2/0 hook, 50cm trace and running
  sinker
• Mulloway 4/0 10/0 hook, 3m trace and No 8
  sinker
• Tailor 2/0 4/0 ganged hook, 30cm trace, 1-3
  ball sinker
• Flathead 1/0 4/0 hook, 50cm trace, 1 ball
  sinker
• Mangrove jack 1/0 2/0 hook, no trace, 0-1ball
  sinker
• Bull sharks 2/0 4/0 hook, 30cm trace, 2-3
  ball sinker

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Species Summary

• Whiting Bloodworms, run out tide, move often
• Bream Mullet gut, run in tide, on the bottom
• Mulloway Live bait, tide changes, ledges
• Tailor Pilly or flesh, run in tide, moving bait
• Flathead Baitfish, on the bottom, moving bait
• Mangrove jack Fish flesh, snags, work the bait
• Bull sharks Any tide, fish flesh, berley
• Trevally Live bait or prawns, up off the bottom

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Target Species
My Plan for this tide Winter fish for tailor /
bream in the morning Summer fish the daytime
for whiting

• Morning Run in
• Winter - tailor, bream
• Summer Mangrove jack, flathead, possibly tailor
• Midday Run Out
• Winter mulloway
• Summer flathead, whiting, mangrove jack

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Target Species

• Morning Run Out
• Winter - mulloway
• Summer whiting
• Midday Run In
• Winter tailor
• Summer mangrove jack

My Plan for this tide Winter fish for jew in
the morning Summer fish the evening for whiting
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• Dave Nugget Downie