woody point reef

[Seahorse]

was out there at 6 this morn. bit choppy. my second trip there. got 1 undersized sweetlip, 1 barracuda. what a set of teeth. drifted around a bit. swell was up but kept trying. i was floating out some pillies on my new outfit. never used a baitrunner before. how have i managed without 1. got bit hit, played for about 10mins then just spate it. of the guys that we out there who might be reading this did they see the black tiped sharks swimming around. both fins were right out of water. made 4 sightings along with bloody big turtles. didnt take a fish home but had bit fun. lost bit of gear. weather really turned about 10. can anyone throw any light on better ways to fish that area.

cheers
greg

[robersl]

are you shore those sharks were not sting rays they curl there wing flaps up like a fin and swim there all the time normally a school of them on the surface with fins sticking out the water

[Seahorse]

TWO FINS IN A STRAIGHT LINE. DEFINATELY NOT RAYS. SAW ONE OF THEM AS WELL. WAS DEFINATELY A SHARK. POINTS WERE AT LEAST6IN OUT OF WATER

[dorado]

There's a reef out at Woody Point? :o Is it well known of? I've lived in the area for almost 10 yrs now and not heard of it before. Maybe I need to fish the area a bit more. Can somebody post it's approx posit?

Thanks.

[Seahorse]

darado,
i am southside boy and like you would love to know more. i think it is around from jetty out fromnt of big blue house on hill and out from concrete wall on shore. i just want to know best times, and can u fish either side of reef.it is shallow but.

[neilspeil]

There are a lot of black tipped reef sharks in bramble bay and around the woody point reefs. Often get them when targeting bull sharks. Only ever caught small black tips and they are nowhere near as aggressive or fun catching as the bull sharks.

I find the best way to fish woody point is to get there on low tide so you can see exactly where the reef is - it is a fairly narrow reef but stretches out a long way from shore. be careful when driving across it as the reef is quite shallow and often still exposed at high tide.

normally use a reef anchor there (my sand anchor is still stuck on that reef - marked on my GPS and will put on the scuba gear on day to get it back!). use fairly heavy gear 10-15 lb line with 30lb trace or steel braid.

find that pilchards just get taken by the small stuff so normally go for more hardy bait such as squid. you can salt pilchards by buying the day before, defrosting and covering them in rock salt - this dries them out and makes them much tougher so they stay on the hooks longer.

better to fish there early in the morning or late at night as it does tend to chop of rather quickly during the day. only a couple of months ago had to rescue 3 guys whose boat had overturned in the rough conditions - too small a boat with too many people and not realising how quickly conditions can change.

caught some nice GT's, sweetlip, bream snapper, perch and bullies there. it is a huge haven for the turtles - just about every time been out there seen them swimming around.

It is also worth sounding around a bit with the fish finder. there are quiet a few drop offs on the reef where the larger fish tend to gather.

[Freeeedom]

There's quite a bit of reef off Woody Point but the main one stretches from Scott's Point roughly south east to about level with the end of the Woody Point jetty. It is broken into patches so that there are parts that are exposed at low tide with navigable gutters between them. There is a second smaller line of reef that runs roughly from the southern end of the main reef towards the blue high rise building on the foreshore. This is in the shallower water inside the main reef and comes to within a metre of the surface at low tide. There are also deeper patches of reef further out beyond the exposed reef. If you don't know this area well I suggest getting out there on a calm day at low tide and have a careful look around noting all the exposed reef and the just submerged bombies. Then when you want to fish the area carefully motor into the chosen spot from the bay side. I've seen many boats charging around this area at high speed seemingly oblivious to the fact that there are large reef patches just below the surface. It's only a matter of time before one of them is going to rip the motor off the back of their boat. If you're heading for Moreton after launching at Clontarf head for the Otter Rock beacon off Woody Point and don't turn left for Comboyuro until you are level with the beacon. That way you'll be well clear of all the reefs
Cheers Freeeedom

[Seahorse]

hey,thanks heaps fellas. i have taken all your advice down and hopefully now be able to catch a feed.

cheers
greg

[Fishin_Dan]

You can see them in the water on Google Earth :-X

[dorado]

Yeah, many thanks guys :)

[Freeeedom]

You can see them in the water on Google Earth :-X

Can you post a picture Dan? I can't get Google Earth to work

Cheers Freeeedom

[dorado]

I can see some reefie areas to the NE off of Woody Point on Google Earth but none around or in close proximity to WP itself. I wonder if that's it?

Dan if you can post a GE pic for clarification that'd be tops.

Cheers :)

[snapattack]

hows this?

[snapattack]

and another

[SgBFish]

Freeeedom
Great point on navigating the bottom end of Scott's point. The last patch of shallow rock is a long way SE from the main patch and has caught a few boats.
If you are up north near Margate and coming back to Clontarf especially at night steer for the cranes at the mouth of the river until you pick up the Otter rock green beacon, then turn right. This is where GPS's are great.
Its the old addage: If you see a boat taking a doubtful route he either knows exactly where he is going or has no idea!
Cheers,
Scott

[Freeeedom]

Thanks Snapattack. You can certainly see that there's a lot of rock under the water there.
Spot on SgBFish - but I think the 'no idea' group might be larger than the 'know exactly' crowd
Cheers Freeeedom

[Fishin_Dan]

Don't tell anyone though ok..... ;)