All good things come to an end including the warm water fishing season which is now winding up. Chilly morning westerly winds are appearing along the NSW coast and many saltwater fishers are now diverting their attention to other species such as snapper, bream and luderick. Coinciding with this change of season, the full network of NSW DPI’s fish aggregating devices (FADs) have now been retrieved for winter maintenance.
FADs from Port Stephens to Eden were removed in early June with retrievals of the remaining North Coast FADs from Tweed Heads to Crowdy Head completed in recent days.
The good news is that the 2022-23 FAD deployments are scheduled to commence from September onwards, which is sure to be another bumper year!
Before travelling to any of the 34 FAD locations throughout the State fishers are reminded to check out the DPI webpage https://bit.ly/2ZpLSX7 or download our DPI FishSmart app to confirm co-ordinates and which FADs are still on station.
The FADs program is another great example of your fishing fees at work!
???? Photo courtesy of Dan Purkis.
