Send it down

Well, its time to sharpen hooks, respool and service reels, clean out tackle boxes and pop into your local tackle store and drop some hard-earned on a few new lures.

Queenfish

Well, its time to sharpen hooks, respool and service reels, clean out tackle boxes and pop into your local tackle store and drop some hard-earned on a few new lures.

With the tropical low now well and truly upon us things are looking very positive for the run off.

Most flood plains and billabongs were already saturated so this latest monsoon should produce high river levels and flooded plains.

A lot of anglers get excited right about now, and as soon as the rain clears race off to their favourite river system.

It's worth taking a few minutes to consult the bureau of meteorology website when planning your trip.

There's some great information including daily and weekly rainfall data, climate maps showing rainfall and best of all river height data.

This shows the latest readings for most of the major river crossings, and more importantly, whether they're rising or falling.

Falling river levels are much more likely to produce great fishing, while rising levels can shut the fish down.

On the fishing front last weekend the harbor and Shoal Bay produced some big queenies, with some quality barra being caught at the mouth of the Adelaide River

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