world of fish migration
world of fish migration The migration of fish is a complex and often little understood part of the biology of the marine world. Anglers are usually closely tuned into the way that fish migrate and turn up at a particular spot at a certain time of year. The following article shares a few of my observations based on years of experience, and without doubt, things have changed in the last decade or so, with new species turning up in places they haven’t been seen before and the number and abundance of certain fish changing each year. The East Australian Current is a highway for migrating fish. It starts to wind its way south in September each year and reaches southern Queensland around late November before pushing south along the NSW coastline. It is a strong flow of warm water coming from the northern Great Barrier Reef and carries an abundance of life. Each year is a bit different. In a good season, we encounter juvenile black marlin in big numbers, yet in a poor season, we can...