b'S ome years it onlyTry to fish the change of light, dawn, seems to take a fewand dusk. This is the time at which both sunny days in a rowpredators and prey are most active, and and suddenly theboth are usually feeding hard. Check the switch has beentides for your area as during slack tide the flicked and its all on!fishing will nearly always taper off. Use Right now, theresthe quiet time to your best advantage and hordes of hungry andtravel to a new location if the fishing is aggressive schoolingslow where you are.fish streaming into the Gulf chasingWhen out wide keep a sharp eye out huge balls of baitfish in an annual cyclefor travelling birds, or especially diving as old as the dinosaurs. From a chartergannets. If you follow a large group of skippers perspective, the fishinglow flying gannets, theyll often lead you through spring is often nothing short ofto one of the most incredible natural spectacular, especially for our regularspectacles seen anywhere in the world. All table fish the tamure or snapper. ocean animals absolutely love pilchards, Sadly, as we hit summer the days ofthousands stream into the Gulf every year plenty dramatically taper off as the snapperwith the snapper and kingies hot on their start spawning. Usually this is when theheels! Dolphins, whales, kahawai, and water hits around 18.5 degrees and Imkingies herd the hapless pillies up, and told they also need a specific salinity andeverything else just smashes the hell out number of daylight hours. At this time,of them. The sight, sound and even the theyve got their minds on just one thingsmell of this marine mayhem never leaves and will only feed at specific times of theyou. If you havent witnessed this yet book day when it doesnt interfere with nookie.yourself onto a charter, you can thank Ive got some sympathy for this, makesme later.perfect sense to me too.One study out of South Aussie showed that snapperSLIDERS LETHALcan spawn up to 50 times in a season soUse any lure that you have, even the theyre pretty busy during this time! ones given to you by the missus last Xmas that have never worked before, FRUSTRATING FISHING and youd forgotten to throw away.Put Summer fishing can bring tears ofyourself in or near the sweet spot and frustration to even the most experiencedyoull frequently be hooked up before you so dont let it get to you. The trick is toget to the bottom. That said most folks make a plan and then be ready to abandonnew to this type of fishing will find the it and change as soon as it fails, which mayKabura ball type lures like Ocean Anglers not take long. Having a flexible approachSliders are the easiest to use and have an gives you options so while youre at home,erratic wobbling action. Go large and use make plans A through to Z so you can200gm plus as they fall faster and pink or A successful trip aboard Ultimatechop and change without losing preciousorange are the go-to colours over spring Charters who fish the Gulf every week. fishing time. into summer.Springtime workups are often amazing fishing and must be experienced. /FISHINGINGODZONE21'