1770 Help Please

[BARRAkid]

Ok fellas i need a hand please...
Heading to 1770 this weekend taking a 4.2m tinny decked out for lure fishing and a 4.9m plate centre console for lure and reef bashing if thats big enough.
Aparently we are camping somewhere near middle ck and pancake any one have any tips on what i may catch and what lures work best...
Any help on areas would be great aswell


cheers scott

[BARRAkid]

Also if anyone knows any good sites for weather and tides for 1770 area that would be fantastic

thanks in advance
scott

[BeastMaster]

Hello Barrakid -
You should be right to get yourself out to Outer Rock off Bustard Head in that 4.9m boat (weather permitting).There's been a few spanish about out there of late , I personally like trolling live yakka's but CD24's in green and gold have worked well for me b4.
Take some slugs for the Mac Tuna ( just look for the birds ) A slab of tuna and live yakka's will also get you some grassy's and trout in the same area.
Beast

[BeastMaster]

www. Surf-forecast .com
select : Australia - QLD - North Coast - Agnes Waters
Excellent forecast info but I dont think there's tidal info.

[BARRAkid]

Hello Barrakid -
You should be right to get yourself out to Outer Rock off Bustard Head in that 4.9m boat (weather permitting).There's been a few spanish about out there of late , I personally like trolling live yakka's but CD24's in green and gold have worked well for me b4.
Take some slugs for the Mac Tuna ( just look for the birds ) A slab of tuna and live yakka's will also get you some grassy's and trout in the same area.
Beast

sounds good mate i am more interested in the grassies and trout and jacks and the like as we get lots of spanish and mac tuna around here (hervey bay) but not so many good trout and stuff like that.
I think the plan is to put in the crab pots and then lure the days away and see what we can find.
I have no idea of the area even know we owned 5 acers at agnes but i was to young to remember much.
Any tips would be great on fishing the creeks and aparently there is a reef near pancake creek ??? but i am unsure

cheers scott

[NEWBY]

TIDES http://www.bom.gov.au/oceanography/t...ladstone.shtml

WEATHER http://www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/qld3.asp

Reef S23 58 761 E151 41 075 Just troll around this area and you will find it. It is only a small patch but doeas produce some quality fish at times. Fish either side of the low.

I am going down with the family on Friday for a coupla days to Pancake.
Drop by and say G'day... We are on a 35 Bartram flybridge "Carnelpya"

You may also see us flying around on a 3.8 Inflatable Centre Console too. I have been to Pancake many many time nd never cought a crab...

[the gecko]

ring agnes waters bait and tackle and ask for Tony, he will point you right. He used to be a member here for a long time, so just mention ausfish. I was up there 2 months ago, and dropped in, hes still there, and is very helpful.

Andrew

[BARRAkid]

thanks fellas my mate said there is alot of crabs he got over a dozen last trip and a cray diving they also speared a few good fish.

anymore help would be great as i really need it....

also newby how far away is that reef from the ramp and do we need to cross a bar or anything ?

[NEWBY]

thanks fellas my mate said there is alot of crabs he got over a dozen last trip and a cray diving they also speared a few good fish.

anymore help would be great as i really need it....

also newby how far away is that reef from the ramp and do we need to cross a bar or anything ?

Its about 2 mile N NE of Pancake Creek entrance mate. I have the exact gps marks on the boat so if ya call inwhile we are there I will write it out for you. We will be down there Friday.
Just looking at the weather, SE all weekend and getting up to 25kn. Still fishable though at that as the land takes out the sting mostly. Could be a bit lumpy.

[legsy11]

thanks newby i dont know anything about the area but hope to be there soon too.

[Bouttime]

Better change your plans on the trout, the reef is closed to reefies.

[NEWBY]

Bugger...forgot abot that...Thanks Bouttime...
Plenty of mack and tuna about and grassies if you search hard

[DOMMO]

why is it closed for reefies?

[mangomick]

There are two GBRMP 5 day closures this year One this week and one in November.This is for coral reef fin fish. dont forget that estuary cod are now classed as coral reef fin fish even if you do catch them in the river

There used to be 3 X 9day closures in the past but that has been changed.

The coral reef fin fish closure dates for this year are: 15 October to 19 October and 14 November to 18 November 2009.
For the dates for the next 5 years goto DPI web site