Corio Bay Info

[JRD-24]

Hi Guys,

I am from the sunshine coast and am about to drag the boat up to Corio Bay in Yeppoon. I am wanting to chase barra and jacks on hard and soft body lures and some mudd crads.

Has anyone got any tips on areas to work, best tide periods (bottom half / top half) and lures to have a crack with. I see on maps Deep Creek and Sandfly Creek look good but it is hard to tell unless you have actually been there.

I am competely green up there so any info would be great!!

Cheeers.

[RobSee]

I took my boat up there a few weeks ago. Would have like to spend more than the one day. The water was filthy when we were there, so it was not the best. (had heaps of rain)

There are a few rockbars that are worth a cast or two. We only scored a few Queenies and a 'cuda though.

I would like to see it on a neap tide, as there is way too much run for me on the spring tide. Tope of the tide worked best for us, as ae whole bay empties out, and you will be pulling your rig of one of the many sandbars.

Speaking of bars, if you come in from the sea - make sure you approach from the north east, where there is a channel into the bay

Good luck - wish I was going up again

[Custaro]

There are a few ways to get in there. You can get to creek through Cap. International Resort, Farnborough beach (south), 9 mile beach (north), or via Kellys Landing or Corbetts Landing. They are all a bit tricky for a virgin visitor. I haven't been up that way for many years so one of the locals will probably tell you what best at the moment. Depends where you are staying or want to stay too. For beach access you will need to get a free permit from visitors information center at Yeppoon. You will probably find some local maps helpful there too.

Basically the mouth is big shallow sand bar area with a few patches of rocks and mangroves. At low tide a good pair of wetty boots will be more efficient than your boat! Up the creeks are deep holes, plenty of mangroves and some rock bars.

I don't think you can get very far up Sandfly Creek. Deep Creek and Water Park Creek are definitely goers.

I always liked having a baits set two hours before low tide and fish the 2 hours both sides of the change. Plastics were still in the twisty tail phase back when I was fishing there, so they could open up a few options. For hard bodies, the reports of the Barra Bounty suggest richos lures are still the most popular in the area. Some little poppers are also great to get right into the snags.

Enjoy your trip!

[bay_firey]

For beach access you will need to get a free permit from visitors information center at Yeppoon. You will probably find some local maps helpful there too.


The permit is NO LONGER FREE. he coucil are now charging - $25:00 for the permits (not 100% sure of price but there is definatley a charge. )

Other than that I can't help a whole lot about Corio Bay.

[JRD-24]

Thanks guys for your help. It will definately come in handy.

Can anyone one help me with any other areas around between Corio Bay and Rocky?

Thanks again,
JRD-24

[cletus]

Try causeway lake for jacks very shallow water with lots of rocks, few mins south of yeppoon tide pushes through on tides bigger then 3.8m
Also coorooman creek few more mins south of emu park there is rock bars an sunken timber everywhere.
Tidal flow is big consideration I liked to fish the mouths on the bottom an run in with the tide.
Trolling is a good option if you are knew to the area and watching the sounder as hazards are not marked up here and there are plenty of rocks so watch out. You can check them out on google map clearly.
Also try for soom queenies or salmon as well as we don't have as many jacks as you would think up here we miss out for some reason but causeway seems the best place for them.
And don't forget the fitzroy for barra as well thats right in center of rocky