I was away for most of February but early in the month I caught plenty of jewfish on the rocky headlands of the Bundjalung National Park at Iluka.

February is traditionally the month when we get the warmest sea surface temperatures and this year was no exception. The water surface temps were hovering around 26 °C. There were plenty of mullet schools already passing the headlands and lots of smaller bait hugging the ledges. The water was clear. It was a relatively dry month with less than 40 mm of rain recorded.

In two days following the full moon I had a couple of good fishing sessions at Woody Head.  I started fishing just before low tide for each session. I caught six school Jewfish on the first morning and seven on the next. I was mostly fishing with the GULP jerkshad and squid patterns rigged on 10g and 18g jigheads. The biggest mulloway of the two sessions was 67 cm long.