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    Southport Bridge

    Hey, southport bridge, what sort of fish do you catch around there, where else is good around surfers?? rivers and canals


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    Re: Southport Bridge

    Quote Originally Posted by brooksey
    Hey, southport bridge, what sort of fish do you catch around there, where else is good around surfers?? rivers and canals

    Hey Brooksey;

    The "Southport Bridge" I am assuming you mean The Sundale Bridge which spans the body of water which divides the Nerang river and the broad water yeah?? Well I dont think I have ever seen too much caught off this.. I used to collect some live bait in the cast net off the pontoon beside the boat ramp on the Surfer's side of the bridge - but I have noticed a significant decline in even baitfish over the last couple of years...

    The majority of the time when I am cast netting bait fish there are a few anglers there or further around fishing under the bridge (again on Surfer's side) - but I have never seen anyone with anything larger than a *just* keeper bream... The boating traffic through here on a w/end though isnt really condusive to fishing...

    I generally use the live bait on an unweighted 2/0 hook out at the spit, basically if you drive straight out Seaworld Drive on the spit you will eventually go past a carpark on the right and a T intersection with the Seaway passage and South Stradie in front of you. There are some fish cleaning tables there too - this is a good spot for live baiting nice squire, big bream at this time of year, flat head, tailor, shovel nose rays / "sharks" etc.

    Another fav spot of mine for land based fishing on the Gold Coast is Budd's beach - which is down the side street of the Mobil Service Station in Surfer's Paradise, which takes you to a nice little calm beachy area of the Nerang River. There are lights, taps and pic nic tables and I have caught some lovely flat head here of late. - I dont know the name of the street sorry but its not hard to find or you can do a search for Budd's beach on the net. This is not a spot for swimming though with some serious Bull Sharks being hauled in from here of late..

    If you like surf fishing - there is a decent gutter off broadbeach at the moment - about 20m from the beach. If you find First Ave - its about 100m South of the beach access walk way at the end of First Ave. You can see lots of silver in the late afternoon in the water - and there were a couple of older guys catching little chopper tailor and some nice bream there last weekend.

    Hope this helps,

    Regards,

    Brad.

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    Re: Sundale Bridge

    Brad,

    thanks heaps for you info, very helpful

    i live in surfers so budds beach is only a walk down the road,

    im curious about catching bullsharks,

    going to get myself some gear to tackle them,

    how do you normally chase them, float a bait out or just throw and let it sit the bottom, prob with that is stingrays??

    thanks again mate

    steve

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    nabs12
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    Re: Southport Bridge

    Hey
    Ive fished quite a bit around the southport bridge for hardly anything.. Doesnt seem to me as a good spot. I've gotten the odd bream and flathead there but thats a bout it.
    If u go under it and keep walking along the walkway there are some sand banks where you can get yabbies from and i have caught some nice whiting around there.
    Hope this helps..
    Cheers

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    Re: Southport Bridge

    Hi there, we used to fish there a bit when we lived down that way, about 3 yrs ago. Night fishing went pretty good because of less noise from cars and boats. Have had good catchs of bream, lizards and a nice hammerhead one night. Go on the side closest to Surfers, and let the bait drift to the pylons with a really light sinker. Like I said this was 3 years ago but its where I started fishing and Im still hooked
    Jim

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    bo_sawyer
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    Re: Southport Bridge

    hi broksey,

    its pretty average fishing there mate

    theres a fair few squid, plenty of bream, whiting up abit further, alot of eels, and ive caught a hammerhead there too like Jim. The weirdest thing ive caught there... 2 very small bass on bread whilst i was fishing for bait

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    Re: Sundale Bridge

    Quote Originally Posted by brooksey
    Brad,

    thanks heaps for you info, very helpful

    i live in surfers so budds beach is only a walk down the road,

    im curious about catching bullsharks,

    going to get myself some gear to tackle them,

    how do you normally chase them, float a bait out or just throw and let it sit the bottom, prob with that is stingrays??

    thanks again mate

    steve

    Hey Brooksey / AKA Steve;

    I have thought about having a go for a bull shark there too... I have done a fair bit of research into the gear required - but to be honest I think there are 100 ways to skin a rabbit and it seems to be the same here. While opinions will vary based on belief and handed down stories - from a $20 hand reel outfit to a $1500.00 game outfit - the literature seems to indicate that even a big hand real with 20 -30lb nylon, enough weight so it sinks but not too much so it wont move along the bottom with the current, a swivel and then a decent length of wire trace (they roll on the line when caught and their skin is sharp / abbrasive against the grain) with a 6/0 hook. Small eels seem to be the favoured bait - but mullet flesh is also commonly used.

    I think I would get bored just sitting for hours waiting for a bull shark - but next time we are at budds fishing for lizards and whiting we will probably be trying for a bully on a big hand line (as described) as well and just see how we go.

    My mate and I have also seen bull shark fisherman fishing in the river / creek thing behind the Gold Coast Entertainment place where you can play black jack (not permitted to say name on here) one night we were "walking " home and told us they regularly have success...

    As a kid / teenager I lived in Paradise point - and we used to swim in those cannals all the time - and now the council puts warnings on the rates notices about not swimming in there - which is pretty scarey! Bond uni lakes is another place - a man was eaten in there a few years back swimming (forget exact details but you could do a search for it I am sure and find out exactly where)..

    Good luck with it and make sure you let me know how you go!

    Brad.


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    Re: Southport Bridge

    hey brad,

    thanks mate, very helpful,

    next time you go down budd's leave us a msg, might come down and see how your going and if your having any luck, would be good to see a local fishing around here for once

    cheers again

    steve

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