Mackerel
In summer months when baitfish are prevalent Mackerel wont be far away. That is certainly the case in Central Queensland with the prevalent Mackerel being Spanish, Grey, School and Spotted Mackerel.
Species
Barramundi
There is an old adage – moon rise at night fish at night, moon rise at day fish at day.
I wish it was just that easy for barramundi fishing but of course it is not.
Threadfin Salmon
Threadfin are fantastic table and sport fish with big tails and plenty of vigor and would pull a similar sized salt water Barramundi backwards. They also have a well earned reputation of being finicky and difficult to catch.
Bream
Bream are a species that grow slowly. By the time they reach the minimum legal size they are typically around 5 or 6 years old. So please consider catch and release.
Flathead
Flathead are definitely one of the easier species of estuary fish to catch on fly. They will respond to a wide range of traditional and specialist flies and you will catch them as a by catch when your fishing small flies (from a flathead’s perspective) to species such as bream and whiting and relatively big flies (from a flathead’s perspective) even when fishing for barra.
Impoundment barramundi
I am still serving my apprenticeship when it comes to catching barra both on fly and on the dark side but slowly I am getting a handle on these incredibly iconic fish and Awoonga as an iconic fishery.