Bribie Sunday - No good

[Mullet Musketeer]

Sunday

Northerly winds – I don’t like them. They stir up the water and send most estuary species off the bite. Over the last ten days we have hit that frustrating Queensland summer pattern of an early morning calm, followed by a 15 to 25 knot north easterly by lunch time. Add in the big tides of the full moon and the Pumicestone Passage is very murky on the bottom of the tide and full of weed, sea grass and other debris on the top of the tide.

Excuses, Excuses – you still have to get out there and try. The Mangrove Jacks don’t mind the northerly wind and nor do the pelagic species (they just have to keep eating whatever the weather). Therefore, on Sunday morning, I arrived at Bribie, under the bridge on the mainland side, just after first light at 4. 15 am. I waded around, cast soft plastic lures in various colours and sizes, all over the sea grass beds and sand banks for the next three and a half hours, but apart from one persistent Pike, I did not get a bite.

Finally around 9.00 am I gave up – bring on a good south-easterly breeze!

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[PinHead]

I see they have fenced off the track into the old oyster jetty.

[Freeeedom]

You're not wrong about the northerlies MM. I've had a couple of shots at the Pine River bream over the high tides of the last few days and struggled to get a feed both days. A good strong southerly change and a storm or two would give the fishing a much needed boost for sure
Cheers Freeeedom

[bondy99]

I concurr with MM and Freeeedom on this, bring on the south easters.

Bondy

[choppa]

I see they have fenced off the track into the old oyster jetty.

noticed this on Sunday just past when the Mrs and i headed up to Noosa to attend grandaughter No 2's First Birthday,,,,,,, it didn't take them long to get that up as it wasn't there a week or so earlier

choppa

[MEG-A-BITE]

We going to spend the weekend camping at mission point with the boat so hope to get a few fish.Will be looking for flatties on SPs.

[xrnath]

Sunday

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Thanks for sharing Mullet Musketeer, always great to hear/read fishing adventures of others. Nice blog you have there

[alleycat]

Hi MM, i spent over 4 hours casting on saturday morning around donnybrook for not even a small flathead, the tides were ideal as well, i noticed the water temp was up as well to 26 deg, maybe that played a part as well..

[Ideas]

im going up next weekend with wife and kids for the night camping and fishing hopefully there will be a wind change