Brisbane River (not the mouth)

[keeno1983]

Now i have lived in brissie most of my life, and i have never really fished the brissie river. i drive down corro drive every day to go to work, and to put the boat in on the weekends and i never see anyone fishing it. that tells me possibly two things:

1) there is no fish in the brissie river worth catching (from bulimba upwards)
2) or due to the lack of fishing it is an untapped resource.

i only put this forward because i have done a lot of searching online, and asked around quite a bit and have not got a straight or definitive answer on how well the river fishes. we all know about the mouth and how well it fishes for bream, snapper and threadies, but what about further up? there are a lot of rock bars (across from UQ , indooroopilly, the list goes on) and various man made structures in the river that by all rights should hold fish. has anyone fished the upper reaches with any success? or will i have to find out for myself?

[jimbo59]

Ive caught alot of jew from mowbray park and i rekon they are still a few there to be caught too...jim

[LIVE_2_FiSH]

the brisbane river from the city up is definately not to be overlooked... thready and jew are far from uncommon.. particularly at night.

[gaintsquid]

Good for cattys and in summer sharks.

[tunaticer]

Under the motorway and bridges though the city reaches used to be very good for big jew trolled up on large cyalume sticks or large lures at night. Some very deep waters in that area as well that will still hold big jew.

As Jimbo says Mowbray Park used to be a top land based spot as well.

Are there any safe ramps anywhere near the city to launch from these days?

Jack.

[modo]

If you like muddies there are some good spots up around Brecky Creek up to Albion. But caties is all I've got but havn't fished there for some time.

[plaztix]

Used to have some cracking shark sessions around capt cook bridge years ago. One night we caught about 30 bullies, scary really to think there is that many toothy critters in the same river we used to swim in (or atleast ride our bikes off the jetty into.)

But since then i haven't spent much time upstream of the gateway. Still, i think you might be right, worth a shot.

[SeaHunt]

Are there any safe ramps anywhere near the city to launch from these days?

Jack.

Safe from yobs?

Fig Tree Pocket is OK most nights, not sure you would call it close to the city.
People houses (and one of them is a cop) overlook the ramp area and they tend to call the police if there are drunks down there making racket.

I caught a good muddie there.

[SummerTrance]

Ive seen people catch small threadies (35cm or so) at Karana Downs.

[tinman42]

There is a good rock ledge just downstream of Breaky Creek on the Albion side. Have caught some good bream from there at night on prawns.
Give it a go
Cheers & good luck

[RAT-KING]

Hey buddy! Ive heard of jew under the captain cook bridge!
seen them at the reggata ferry stop! caught heaps of bullys at captain kangaroo point cliffs!and personally under the lights of the inner city bypass ive always thought would be a good place to put out a livie!
Cheers Simon

[bballfisho]

ive heard of big grunter under the goodwill bridge (i think thats what its called) and ive certainly caught plently of sharks, threadfin, bream, and most recently a fair few flatties up around sherwood strech. the flathead have been from 45- 60 cm and have cause 6 in the last year. got a 52-53 cm fish two days ago on live mullet, so there is certainly fish there if ur keen to have a crack

[keeno1983]

well gents thank you for all of your advice. going to give the upper reaches of the river a crack on saturday and will let you all know how i go. fingers crossed.

[MeePee_99]

Ive seen people catch small threadies (35cm or so) at Karana Downs.

Yer,i got one. Bit of a surprise testing out my cousins boat. 41cm

[DICER]

have caught quite a few bream in the indooroopilly section, muddies as well. there are flathead. I used to net quite a variety of species. Cast in close to the mangroves.