Welcome to this week’s edition of Tight Lines, the Tackle World Miami Weekly Fishing Report.
Tackle World Miami and our weekly fishing report is your go-to source for the latest fishing conditions across Mandurah, Dawesville, Falcon, and the greater Peel region. From offshore action and beach sessions to estuary systems like the Harvey and Murray rivers, we’ve got the local insights to help you plan your next trip and keep your lines tight.
The winter Skippy fishing has been fantastic! For the best success, try to tick as many of these boxes as possible.
- Anchor close to the edge of some structure, preferably off a nice sand edge. Keep it nice and shallow, around 12 meters or less.
- Use a good berley bag full of tasty goodness. This can include berley logs, old pilchards, berley pellets, and old cray and crab shells.
- Tie the bag off at the transom and give it a shake regularly to keep the trail running.
- Use light rods (2-4 kg, approximately 7ft) with 10lb line and very lightly weighted baits. The vexed micro meats with either the twin hook set or the Mutu hook work well. A 5-gram weight is all you need.
- Skippy love to pounce on baits, jigs, or plastics that are floating down—not rapidly falling to the bottom. A fresh slice of squid on your micro meat will do the trick.
- Keep your drag relatively light, as Skippy have a soft mouth. Keeping it light will help prevent pulling hooks.
Once they turn up in your berley trail, it can be a hot bite. Once landed, quickly brain spike and nick the gills, then bleed them. Place them straight into a saltwater ice slurry to keep them firm and fresh.
Skippy are great cooked but are also excellent as sashimi with soy, ginger, or wasabi, or ceviche-style with chili, ginger, olive oil, salt, pepper, and a squeeze of lemon or lime to cure them in just a few minutes.
On your way out and back to your Skippy spot, it can pay to tow a lure or two. Cooper picked up an early-season Skipjack or striped Tuna just last weekend. Small skirts like Richter Hockz Heads are easy to tow between 6 and 9 knots. A mix of dark and bright colors in your spread will give you the best chance under all light and water conditions.
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Wherever you get the chance this week as always good luck tight lines and remember every day’s a good day for fishing.
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