Bribie Island - Good Friday

[Mullet Musketeer]

Good Friday

I am back in Brisbane for Easter and so I decided to drive up to Bribie to fish, wading the flats, early on Good Friday. I arrived by the bridge on the mainland side, at around 4.45am and low tide would be at about 7.00 am, so there was not much water under the bridge lights.

I cast around in that area using the GULP 4” Pearl Watermelon Minnow on a 1/6th 1/0 jighead. There was plenty of surface action with Long Toms and a few Pike cruising around. After wading around for a while I felt a light tug and paused. When I raised the rod tip and set the hook - I had a fish. I assumed it was a Flathead but as I saw a flash of silver I realised it was a Jewfish/ Mulloway at 40cm. I took a picture and released it. These are the one species that really love dirty water and after all the recent rain, conditions are currently perfect for them. I could not find any more and so as first light started to glow above the horizon, I waded south.

I passed under the Oyster Jetty and fished the weed beds, rocky bumps and dips just to the south. I stuck with the same soft plastic and soon found a few Flathead. I caught 6 in this area in the next couple of hours, of which four were between 42 and 56cm. I kept these for the Easter BBQ and the rest went back. Things seemed to slow down with the turning of the tide and just after 8.00 am, I went home.

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[Mexikan]

Well done MM .You really do well fishing land based!
Mex

[tunaticer]

That was a good session there MM.
I had similar results wading Burpy Creek on Sunday morning with two jew of similar size, 9 bream between 15 and 34cm, three flathead between 25cm and 40cm and a whiting that was just legal. All fish released unharmed and all caught on 65mm Squidgy Wrigglers in bloodworm colour. 5lb braid and 6lb leader.
I was very surprised the number of decent fish to be had in such awful water conditions.

[Mullet Musketeer]

That was a good session there MM.
I had similar results wading Burpy Creek on Sunday morning with two jew of similar size, 9 bream between 15 and 34cm, three flathead between 25cm and 40cm and a whiting that was just legal. All fish released unharmed and all caught on 65mm Squidgy Wrigglers in bloodworm colour. 5lb braid and 6lb leader.
I was very surprised the number of decent fish to be had in such awful water conditions.

Yes when you look at the water colour you would think they would struggle to see but the Jewies are really lateral line feeders so it is the vibrations they pick up on.