gold coast low tide

[Chuckmeister]

G'day All,

I'm going stir crazy at not being able to get out. I missed out on last weekend's fine weather and thinking about taking the family on the boat for a bit of outdoor adventuring and fishing around some of the Gold Coast canals this week end. The weather is going to be ordinary so I thought it might be calm cruising the canals.

If I were to launch at the ramp off the Southport bridge would I be able to cruise around alright at low tide? Anything I should know about?

Cheers,
Andrew

[Jabba_]

Re: gold coast low tide

Yeah mate no problems, heaps of water at low tide in the cannals, just stay on the correct side off the markers....

[bluefin59]

Re: gold coast low tide

And keep an eye on your speed there are a lot of 6 knot areas on the river now ...matt

[Chuckmeister]

Re: gold coast low tide

Thanks Gents

[Chimo]

Re: gold coast low tide

Hi Chuckie

One more thing to note is that your travelling in waters new to you low tide is the way to go as if you do run aground you won't have to wait too long before you can move on.

Getting stuck on a run out can be a pain.

Not sure what size rig you have but sure you will be fine.

Cheers
Chimo

[Chuckmeister]

Re: gold coast low tide

Thanks Chimo,

I've got a 5.6 bowrider. I'm mainly going out to check things out and get the family out for the morning, so I'll be taking it easy and trying not to doing anything stupid. Of course I'll troll a lure or two if I can.

Thanks