Originally Posted by
peterowen
Plenty of beaches but I think best beach is South end of hollaways/north end of machans beach is a small creek, Get yourself a cast net if you can store it, a local will teach you in just a few casts how to use, go up into the creek and get livies, I only go at night because for some reason regardless of tide mullet are always near mouth. Fish the incoming but you will need to get bait well early if a big tide, no crocs big enough to eat you, if your worried just scan for pink eyes with a torch. If under 10 knots and its barra season do not cast further that a few metres from rocks at machans and 10 metres of the beach if on the sand at holloways. DO not fish in creek as unlikely to catch anything, fish 100 metres at leat away from mouth into ocean. Fish only the 4 days before to to 3 days after the full/new.We have landed alot of Barra this way (5 over 1 metre last year.) We also throw one line out along way as well when the threadies are runnng. Also next to the stinger net at night kicks ass to. Use good size mullet, not to big say 5 inch would be ace pegged with a 7 o (ish), gamagatsu light hook so livies stay smick. You can also fish small mullet on a 3o for grunter and flatties if you only get little tackers. Can fish light as have a whole ocean to play them but 60 pound leader is a must. Alternatively go soft plastics and hit the inlet anywhere near rocks, near casino is ok. Do not cast more than a few metres from structure and stay close to rocks. I have spent 100s of hours jetty dwelling in cairns and it is fair dinkim poor. Pm if want more nfo. cheers big ears..Ps I have also caught many barra on handlines if you need to fly light a 80 pound using a really really small sinker works well, but you must have livies.Good luck
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into the boat ramps, u can normally access by boat, great catch of GT just as high tide comes (crocs sometime sun bath there)