Nugget
20-11-2001, 02:01 AM
Solid rain over the past few weeks spells “improvement” on the fishing and crabbing scene.
The first sign of piscatorial changes as a result of the rain have been felt in the smaller rivers and creeks with Tingalpa, Lota and Boggy Creeks all turning up good flathead, whiting and bream.
The mouth areas and deeper holes in these creeks are the best spots to target and a live or very fresh prawn, like that which the rainwater is washing out of the mangroves and drains is the bait to be using.
The Logan River is also a good bet with school jew dominating catches in the deeper water and whiting in good numbers on the edge of the sand banks.
A hot tip from Cabbage Tree Boat Hire is the deep hole in front of the prawn farm pipes just up river from Marks Rocks on the southern bank.
A large fresh or live prawn has been very successful an hour either side of the turn of the tide for a school jew in this spot.
Next weekend will have small tides which should see the fish coming on the bite in the faster running water like Kalinga Bank, Marks Rocks, the Southport Seaway as well as out in the Bay in the usually fast current areas like the Rainbow Channel.
Crabs should also be on the march as a result of the runoff and the slower tides, just make sure you have fresh bait as unlike years past, the crabs seem to be a lot fussier these days.
There are still plenty of diver whiting in the Bay, the Koopa Channel and Naval Reserve and Amity Banks seem to be the best producers.
There should be a few mackerel turning up in the Bay but from all reports it has been a slow start to the season.
Your best chance is in the northern Bay, there were a few caught during the week around the Four Beacons and in the shipping channels and the Spitfire Beacon.
The sunken wall in the Brisbane River is into its summer bream run and a few nice flathead are being caught around the mouth on the mud flats on the northern side or the edge of the reclamation ponds to the south.
ENDS
Dave Downie ><>
The first sign of piscatorial changes as a result of the rain have been felt in the smaller rivers and creeks with Tingalpa, Lota and Boggy Creeks all turning up good flathead, whiting and bream.
The mouth areas and deeper holes in these creeks are the best spots to target and a live or very fresh prawn, like that which the rainwater is washing out of the mangroves and drains is the bait to be using.
The Logan River is also a good bet with school jew dominating catches in the deeper water and whiting in good numbers on the edge of the sand banks.
A hot tip from Cabbage Tree Boat Hire is the deep hole in front of the prawn farm pipes just up river from Marks Rocks on the southern bank.
A large fresh or live prawn has been very successful an hour either side of the turn of the tide for a school jew in this spot.
Next weekend will have small tides which should see the fish coming on the bite in the faster running water like Kalinga Bank, Marks Rocks, the Southport Seaway as well as out in the Bay in the usually fast current areas like the Rainbow Channel.
Crabs should also be on the march as a result of the runoff and the slower tides, just make sure you have fresh bait as unlike years past, the crabs seem to be a lot fussier these days.
There are still plenty of diver whiting in the Bay, the Koopa Channel and Naval Reserve and Amity Banks seem to be the best producers.
There should be a few mackerel turning up in the Bay but from all reports it has been a slow start to the season.
Your best chance is in the northern Bay, there were a few caught during the week around the Four Beacons and in the shipping channels and the Spitfire Beacon.
The sunken wall in the Brisbane River is into its summer bream run and a few nice flathead are being caught around the mouth on the mud flats on the northern side or the edge of the reclamation ponds to the south.
ENDS
Dave Downie ><>