brisbane river

[jpart10]

hi just doing a survey on fish in the brisbane river
please reply and tell me every single specie caught including crab and eel as well and where abouts cauht thank alot

[Louis]

I couldn't possibly remember every species I ever caught in the river and where I caught them.

But here is some info that my help in your survey:


Fortailed catfish are very prevalent throughout the river system.

Bream, Flathead, Whiting, Shovelnosed sharks and Stingrays caught frequently in the lower reaches near and up from the mouth.

Garfish often caught at Colleges Crossing and Mullet also and the occassional shark.

Up in the freshwater section up-stream of Mount Crosby Weir you catch Forktailed catfish and Bass predominately.





Louis

[fish2eat]

lower reaches - catfish
middle reaches - catfish
upper reaches - catfish

I live on the river near the city and have given up fishing it, even though I hear occasional reports of muddies, jew and squire catches close by. I just despise catfish.

[Canoedle]

Fernvale - spangled perch
Chuwar - fork tail catfish, tarpon
karana downs - fork tail catfish, bream, herring, more fork tail catfish

[efc]

As i have only ever fished the upper reaches of the river i cant be of to much help.
But fish caught so far include: bream, flathead, whiting, gar, mullet, tarpon, banded grunter, spangled perch, tilapia, silver perch, lungfish, bull sharks, mudcrabs, tupong (some fresh water, flathead looking thing?) and some crimson-spot rainbowfish in the cast net oh and of course catties (both salmon-tail and eel-tail)

All caught between colleges and Mt Crosby weir

[StevenM]

You have said most of them efc that I have got up that way, must also include moses perch and a liitle bit lower...say around the mogil ferry..barra. (only seen one caught but it surprised me)

Cheers

Steven

[lilparanoid]

Shit loads of bull sharks in summer, float a baloon out with a livie on a 1.5metre tracer and have two other rods on snoot rigs hitting the bott and always use livies

[solwota]

i remember years ago catching a couple of giant herring and a yellowbelly just below the fishway on mt crosby wier( it was legal to fish there back then)

[nabs12]

Ive just recently started fishing the brisbane river, mainly at pinkenba and so far ive caught-
Tailor
Mackeral
Bream
Flathead
Whiting
one squire
and some big eels...
No catfish for me as yet

[dropshot]

Also out near Pinkenba I hooked up to what looked a lot like a small barracuda or something. It bit through the light leader nearish the boat though so im not totally sure, couldve been a tailor.

[pmartyna]

Definately squire near the mouth, huge mullet schools on occaision, some pike as well. Huge pike eels in doughboy creek as well as the odd jew and jack.

You get a few (gold or red)spot cod while chasing squire and jew as well.

Further up in the fresh there are also lungfish.

Caught both muddies and sandies near the sunken wall.

[Archer]

Use to fish the mouth of oxley creek abit. Caught Heaps of Bream (had one session there where i got 8 bream all about 1.5Kgs in half an hour) whiting, Jew, a few Cod, one very small Jack and crap loads of catfish...

[Slient]

I mostly fished between Pinkenba & mouth and I caught as listed:
Typical Bream
Whiting (summer & winter)
Flatties
Sole
Moses perch
Black tip shark
Rays
Of course catfish >

Sound not much I can help you

[Smacka]

Fellow i know catches mudcrabs at Toowong/West End, but keep it a secret

[StevenM]

Archer, forgot about the Oxley drain into the Brissy..have seen picks of salmon from there