Got there at 5am this morning. Mullet everywhere. Crabs must be in their 100's as well because all bait was stolen by either crabs or very undersized Bream. Caught 1 small bream. Using 4/0 hooks so that was why I only caught 1.
Beautiful at 5 am but the fishing was poor. I had 3 rods out with big prawn baits as welll as mullet strips. Lots of femal crabs about
next time
Still after that legak Jack and I am sure it will come from somewhere like Crystal or Toomulla
Bad luck Kev. I've noticed that you've fished Crystal a fair bit recently. Do you find particular tides better than others?
What a shame aye kev did you get any big bites while you where fishing or was it just the one bite and fish?
Many small bites 1 hook-up.
I personally like fishing an incoming tide with a high of around 3m and high at about 7:30 or 8am. With crystal I don't mind a high at 10am either but no more than 3m
kk,
mate if you want your jack fix try this,
get yourself some live prawns & go down to the rock pool, next have a good length of 50lb leader & with only the leader coming off your reel drop the live prawn down beside the rocks (right at your feet) & mate HOLD ON!
a couple of feet in the water should do & keep moving around the rocks.
want to see a pic of the jacks you are going to catch.
ron.
reels screamin aboard Hyper- Active
unlucky man...
there always next time to get that jack
Cheers
BreamBuster33
Kev are the Midgies still thick up that way??
kev, I know a landbased spot close to town, where you would catch a legal jack for sure, in the warmer months. Not as certain in the cooler months. My best jack from that spots is 51cm. The only problem are the mozzies. PM me if your keen
Kendall
Yes fisher...............mossie and sand flies are deadly up there. Fishing in the warmer months are good for catching barra etc etc but the sandflies are thick as..........
Very uncomfortable dressing up with no skin showing in summer. End up drinking 5 liters of water in 2 hours easily.
thought maybe by some miracle they may have thinned out.... have been up to check the creek out for around 6months now...
I'm suprised your not landing any trevally. Every time i head up there i either bag a few GT's on lures or a nice jack or two. it might be worth 'exploring' other sections of the creek.
I might have to try walking around a bit and flick some lures. I am a bait fisherman and very rarely throw a lure around.
I can be a bit lazy and that probably does not help.
I will keep trying
Kev, keep an eye out for rock bars, throw out a poddy mullet in a rod holder with a locked drag, and buy a couple of bombers (different colours, have caught fish on most colours, just not gold...) and flick them around while your waiting for your rod to go off... theGT's are always moving up and down the river, particularly on the flood tide, and from my memory, the further up the river you head, the less midgies are around.
The shallow diving floating bomber is good in that it is very easy to safely work over top of rock bars and snags and 9 times out of 10 you get to watch the fish strike.
Thanks for the tips
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hi guys,land based in townsville ,isnt that dangerous in salty country,do you have to have an eye out all the time ?
Thats all part of fishing the creeks. The odd leather handbag here or there just to keep you on your toes.
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