Elimbah ck

[RAT-KING]

Hey fishers
does any body have any info about elimbah ck is there any boat ramps inside the creek its self no matter how dodgy? and wat depth the creek is once ur inside is it a place where u only can fish at high tide do to and bars and rock bars etc? the last thing i want is to spend hours upon hours stuck on a bar... again !!!!

All info is much appreciated
Cheers Simon

[tunaticer]

Follow the Meldale road straight down to the end without turning off. There is a small concrete ramp at the end suitable for boats up to about 4.5m or so.

Jack.

[yrrab]

There is alot of shellow water in the creek at low, helps to know were they are as can be hard at low tide, take it slow is best. if you not carefull you may get stuck again.

[stingau]

When you launch from the ramp DO NOT GO RIGHT it is all low water from the mainland to the island. Take it from someone who has learnt the hard way at 2200hrs in winter the water is ice to be pushing a boat off mud.

You can go straight ahead from the ramp keeping the island on your right then go round the back of the island and up into some good mud crab area's.

Alternatively go left from the ramp and head towards pumistone, I normally do ok up there but last 2 times have been a shocker but its worth a try.

[stingau]

PS I learnt a valuable lesson that night.

ALWAYS TURN ON YOUR SOUNDER BEFORE YOU HEAD OFF IN AN UNKNOWN AREA DONT DO T WHILE ON THE GO AS AS SOON AS IT CALIBRATES ITSELF IT IS TO LATE.

Always remember the 7P's

Prior Planning & Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance

[mangrove rat]

you can haed about a km or two up the creek before its nothing but sand bars, about 500metres of sand before you get into some deeper water again! the channels through the sand bars dont take you far and are about the width of a tinny! on access past this point are from peoples property
cheers, can do

[RAT-KING]

Cheers mangrove rat these sandbars that ur talking about r they easy to get past at high tide?
Cheers Simon

[catfishkid]

Where to start in this creek,It can be a top fishing location once you find your way around.At the boat ramp the chanel is virtually on the opposite side of the creek but it finds its way back to the northern bank pretty quicklyas you go upstream,at the last house in this section and just past there is a litle hole that has produced some quality fish in the past on live herring,from here you go up in fairly good water until you reach a section where the sandbanks virtually cross the creek completely,I used to still be able to get through here in my 12ft tinny when i had that,just had to go slow with motor tilted up on shallow run,you are going past houses on the southern bank through here,there are boat moorings and near the last one furthurest upstream at low tide you will notice a rock bar falling into the water there is also a couple of holes here not big but worth a fish.Going furthur up stream you will go around a big bend in the creek and will again come across houses on the northern bank,the channel through here really hugs the bank and if the people who live along here have lines out from their jetties you will hit them so be carefull.This is where the creek is at its most difficult from a navigational point of view and I would recomend having a look at low tide by paking and walking out on the big sandbar beside the road,you cant miss it there is a makeshift parking area here.once you get past here it is pretty easy running as far as you want to goright up past the half bridge and beyond past the nudist camp .just past the half bridge there is a very dodgy boat ramp/fishing area that can be acessed by taking the first right after turnung onto meldale road but I would not recomend this as an access point for anything other than a canoe.This upper section of the creek keeps going right up into the forestry and there are snags everywhere,you are even a chance for a bass if you go far enough up.
I grew up in meldale as a kid and elimbah is a great creek once you get to know it .Good luck hope this helps

Cheers Craig

[RAT-KING]

Thank u very much Craig u have put alot of effort into that and it i very much appreciated!
Thank u Simon

[mangrove rat]

yeah, basically wat craig said, but where the 3rd set of houses is is where the trouble starts, you can get over it in a little tinny, from about 1/2 tide up, even then you have to get out and push! a little annoying seen as there is about 500metres of sand!
curiously, does anyone know how far behind brisbane bar the tides are at elimbah??
cheers. can do

[yrrab]

depending on what part of thr creek u want to know the tide. Apox just west of the parking area after the last lot of homrs (were the catfishkid said) is about 3hrs.

Has anyone tryed to get up there?

[mangrove rat]

i been up there a couple of times, but its a pain in the ass, just getting in and out of tinny over sand, you couldnt do it at night, which is when i wouldnt mind goin up there
cheers, can do

[jayvee]

have spoken to a guy who crabs up there a bit and he has told me some stories of big black monster jacks that live well up this creek. his words were along the lines of "if you can hook one and get him to the boat your a better fisherman than me" !!! said he's hooked many but just cant get'm out of cover! would love to have a crack up ther on some livies. maybe a canoo or kayak sounds like the go
cheers JAYVEE

[tunaticer]

The bigger jacks tend to be lower down than the Donnybrook bridge, upstream you get more smaller versions but fewer large fellas.

Upstream is a fantastic bream haven in winter with kilo sized bream fairly common on SP's and HB's. Tarpon are common around the Donnybrook bridge and downstream in the next mile or so.

The top end used to have some very deep holes where a crabpot would drag a float under with a 8m rope, last winter however I fished it and saw less than a metre of water there and lots of the other holes have silted up too. We need a serious flood in the local rivers around here to scour out the crap thats been building up.

There are a lot of rock bars and big snags that have been silted over in SEQ in the last ten yrs or more.

What is the depth of the hole just before the last big sandbar heading upstream these days? It used to be over 30 feet deep.

Jack.