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Yours truly with my pin fish!

A very happy Paul with his PB snapper that won heaviest snapper!

Gavin, Doris and Pete with some lovely eating panny snapper.

Finally! The Bay is officially on fire! I’m pleased to report a number of workups have been observed and some great school snapper under them. A story, too good not to be told! Last Tuesday morning we were out in a strong easterley wind with greater than 1 meter swells, which was quite “sporty” to say the least! I was fishing a slow pitch jig and hooked into a nice string puller when pop! I lost my lure. Knot failure!!! Reminder to self! Pay attention and check your rigs! Well, imagine our surprise when a few minutes later Barbara fishing...

The fishing reports are somewhat mixed with some anglers reporting school fish stacked up at the 30m mark and others (like myself) who struggle to find them. I’ve been out a few times over the past fortnight and my best success has been deep, around 75-80m on heavy slow jigs. Compared to last year, the Bay just hasn’t “fired” yet and despite marking a lot of bait, we haven’t encountered a decent workup. I’m finding I have to resort to adding a bit of bait on the slow jigs to generate a bite and this makes the day more interesting...