Coastal angling action along parts of the North East has been pleasing. Good flathead and gummy sharks are being boated off Weymouth, especially from 40 metres down.
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Squid catches have become patchy, with plenty one day and few the next. Squid have been thickest along the coast just East of the Tamar Estuary, near Two Mile Reef and off Bellbuoy Beach.
Mackerel are still in the Tamar, but will move out into Bass Strait as estuary brine cools and, although still plentiful in this estuary, Australian salmon are beginning to thin out already.
Down East, surf anglers using bait near Chain of Lagoons were happy with the number of Australian salmon, many averaging a kilogram, that they beached recently by day and night. They also noticed countless small dead leatherjackets washed in along shores.
Bluefin tuna and a few albacore, reported of late from Bicheno and St Helens are, with luck, the forerunners of many more moving north from around Eaglehawk Neck.
Meanwhile, with rainbow trout waters closing this weekend, anglers inland will be looking to make the most of the few days remaining on waters like Lake Rowallan.
Accessible by road only during the final three weeks, Lake Rowallan is currently low but this is not unusual.
With weedbeds closer to the surface and especially with trout untroubled by anglers for months, fishing from boat and shore should be at least as rewarding as it usually was in the past.
Incidentally, if smartphone users of the Inland Fisheries Service Infish app are not being offered the latest updates such as live lake levels, the IFS advises deleting and reinstalling this app via the IFS website www.ifs.tas.gov.au/infish