ballina

[Seahorse]

off to ballina this weekend. was wondering what was getting caught in river and beaches

cheers
greg

[manyrods]

Mate used to live there. you'll catch Dart off the beaches along with some nice WHITING and good BREAM. BOULDER BEACH, top FLATHEAD and still a few TAILOR at the moment. JEWFISH behind the RSL at night on live poddies. Try the South Wall for bream and on a calm day the LUDERICK are busy there so get some good weed, most of all check out DAVE'S BAIT AND TACKLE. The staff will help you with Most of your Questions and they have top bait and all the good stuff to checkout. I dare you to just buy what you need and not walk out with an impulse buy like a lure. If the weather turns nasty checkout the Ballina bowls club for a top feed at the bistro and the staff on the bar are real genuine. Just ask the staff you'll get some good information on the whereabouts of the top spots like beside the Ex-Services for giant flathead [ snorkelled over the stormwater pipes and look down at the monsters] Tell them Shannon from Security told you to ask around ask for BLACKY [John Black] or Big Matt. Low tide go for a walk up the river around the bend near the Canal bridge for good FLATHEAD. Try the river near the trawlers marina. Out front of the surf club gets some good bream and dart and you can find worms and pipis around the south wall on low tides if your looking for the fresh baits. Nippers are also on the flats near the marina. I will be down there again to fish and spearfish in two weeks I will have a chat to the guys at the bowls to see if you've called in!!

[inspired]

looks like you will have plenty of spots to chase hey, greg. looks like a great weekend coming up thursday will be over to peel, play day with kids
regards Jeff

[manyrods]

Ballina has so many things going for itself with the fishing stakes are you land based, boat [ river or offshore] on a budget, camping, caravanning. What are you after. There's jew, blackfish,bream,whiting,tailor,flathead,mullet,man grove jack,trevally,dart and that's just available from the shore based fishing not to mention the off shore game fishing and top catches of snapper, mangrove jack,pearl perch,coral trout you name it they're out there. How long you staying? got time to explore? fill me in on what you got and what your after and I should be able to help you!!!

[onerabbit]

Hi seahorse, I live in Ballina & manyrods has given you heaps of good advice, only problem is we've had a flood & all you will get in the river just now is dogfish( forktailed catties), I'd try the beaches instead, good luck , Muzz.

[Canoedle]

I was down there last week and there's been even more heavy rain upstream since then, all we managed was a few small lizards and a couple of bream, no point even putting a line in that brown stuff, even our fresh live worms didnt get a look in at north creek, water was sparkling clear and perfect looking bank, but not a whiting or bream or dart in sight. good luck m8, the fresh should be gone soon. Love Ballina, top spot.
cheers,
Karl.

[onerabbit]

Even outside is lousy at the moment, we fished broken head to east 32 yesterday, wave rider & the new FAD for 6 lousy flatties, 3knt current on the 32s & barely a touch all day. Muzz

[JEWIENEWIE]

I thought the jewies wouldbe on in the river??

[onerabbit]

Heard of a few coming in off south wall, but it's really hard to get good livies in the brown murk, would be a good time to pull the feathers out perhaps??? Muzz

[JEWIENEWIE]

If no live bvait available, any suggestions besides lures on what baits to use in river fromboat
JN

[Seahorse]

ballina was a shocker. river was a health hazzard. dirty brown, heaps shit, logs, trees even a dead cow found on friday. south ballina beach had dirty brown water. evans head was same. prob be another week yet. small tides not cleaning river. didnt even get boat wet. lennon heads was nice. got 20 nice whiting there on thurs and nice flattie. threw back at least 20 whiting 25 and 26cm. legal size there 27cm. weather was good, lennox beautiful, scotch was great. didnt take me long to get over the dirty rivers. ;D

[fad]

must have been good scotch seahorse cause ireckon u were at lennox heads not lennon heads anyway cheers and have one for me :) :) :).

[Seahorse]

scotch was good. yes lennox heads.

cheers
greg

[onerabbit]

We have big tides this coming week, pity they're in the day time...
Jewienewie, even a fresh dead chopper is good, take em out the south wall, fish the very last of the top, then let them suck out into the bar, like let 100yrds or so of line go ( with a big ball sinker, 50c size), & 3 ft trace, or theres always the triangle on north wall in the boat. Muzz

[beatle]

No! not Lennox Heads - Lennox Head- no " s " .

[JEWIENEWIE]

Thanks for the tips Muzz, im keen as so the triangle it might be.
JN

[Seahorse]

iam having a shocker. but if there were more fish i would have had more things to do, but hey not to be and had to have few scotch instead. better check the spelling.

cheer
greg

[onerabbit]

It's just not a good time to fish here just now, thinking about thurs -friday on the 32s if the forcast is ok, Muzz. probably go south.32s