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after some tips on snapper in the bay.(moreton) have been given some good spots apparently but seem to be stuggling. have been using sp's but have also tried bait and seem to only get tiddlers. any help with time of day , retrieve styles and water depth would be great. would also hate any info on spots to try love to catch anything so any info on any species caught in the bay would be greatly appreciated. need to start bringing home a feed as the missus is starting to question her decison to let me buy a boat. need to keep the sex rations officer happy!!!
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Lumox - mate, I don't think anyone is just gonna hand over that info.
BUT, in response to: "love to catch anything so any info on any species caught in the bay would be greatly appreciated."
I will GLADLY offer the following information on one of my favourite species (favourite coz I can catch so many of them):
Grinners - They LOVE soft plastics. They also love chrome slugs, trolled lures and jigs - as well as baits, including and pilchards, mullet strips, prawns, frog mouths, yabbies, worms, pippies and even livies (yakkas, slimies, herring, poddies, banana prawns)
To find them look for flat, un-interesting sandy bottom on your sounder in depths ranging from 1m to 30m. Now this sort of country can be tricky to find in Moreton Bay, but I'll give you some starting points. Try between Combyuro Point and Peel Island - that seems to work well for me.
As for peak bite periods, this is the REALLY tricky part - I seem to follow a close pattern. I ALWAYS go on either a Saturday or Sunday, coz that's the ONLY time I've ever caught them - I can honestly say I've NEVER caught a grinner on a weekday (unless it was a public holiday or I was on holidays - or not at work for some other reason).
Can't help with the snapper mate as the biggest I've caught only went 40cms.
If it's a feed you're after, and you don't mind flake, fish the southern side of chain banks just before the Rous. Just a 100 metres off in the deeper water you'll be guarunteed a noah or big shovelly and weve pulled samson fish and nannygai there also, although I don't know what they find so interesting in a bare sand bottom hard up against the bank there's some stonker whiting and lizards and when the bait schools come by, you're in with a chance on the pelagics.
There's plenty of other places such as the Rainbow Channel but I will leave that to others to inform you about. In the past I have rarely got past Chain banks 'cause the kids like a tuslle with the shovellies
kev
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Look for reef drop-offs in about 5-7m of water. These are usually located around islands (Mud, Green, etc), but can also be near teh mainland (Wellington Point, Redcliffe, etc). This is the best place to start.
The most common setup is a 3-6" Soft Plastic rigged on a jighead. 1/8Oz is a good place to start. If there's no run, you can probably go to 1/16Oz, but if the current is racing, then you will need 1/4-1/2Oz. Just enough to get the SP to the bottom (But not to rocket to the bottom!). Leader can be anything from 10lb-30lb. Mainline can be anything from 4lb - 30lb. My rig is 6lb Fireline mainline with a leader of 10-15lb mono. A good reel in the 2500-3000 size should suffice. The rod should be comfortable to cast all day!
Cast the plastic out, let it sink, pause, then lift your rod tip, then let it sink, pause, then lift your rod tip, then let it sink, pause..... (See a pattern here? )
Depending on the mood of the fish, will depend on the speed you lift your rod tip, the length of pauses, etc. Try them all till you find out what gets em biting... Let the fish tell you what they like If you don't get a bite within about 10 minutes, change plastics colour/size/jighead weight/etc... Pumpkinseed, Watermelon, Baby Bass, Pearl Blue, etc, are all good colours to start with....
Look for the fish with your sounder... You'll see them if you know what you're looking for. Go to the Electronics section here, and study the Reading a Sounder post at the top!!!
The best advise though mate is just get out there and do it! The more you fish, the more you'll pick it up.
Welcome Lumox,
I know that, just like me, you'd think this site would be full of nice friendly fisho types and most of them are. Don't lose heart, ignore the boofheads, it takes patience and you've gotta hold ya temper sometimes but it's worth it. I can't really help with your enquiry but I do wish you luck and a warm welcome.
P.S. Good start Pinchy, 6 posts hmmmmm.
You sound determined, and if you are the skipper and can control when you go and also the style of fishing, I can almost guarantee you will catch a good sized snapper in the bay, they are suckers for a well presented soft plastic, and I have never caught the same quality on bait in more than 20 yrs of trying. So stick with it! Fishin Dan has already explained extreemly well, My successes seem more constant when there is a little wind or current. If the Plastic is too light to reach the bottom by casting out the back of the boat, try casting ahead of where the boat is drifting toward. IE: up stream. This way you are still fishing light, and it should then get to the bottom. If you cast at about 2'oclock (angle) you will still engage the lift and pause fishin Dan describes.
Lumox
In the fishing reports section there is some very useful information on fishing the reed just offshore from Woody Point (Redcliffe). Apparently there is a few good spots there.
Depending on boat size, the curtain aftificial reef may also be worth a look on the smaller/slack tides. Fish with live bait if you can find it, or alternately with pilchard. The beacons outlining the main shipping channel in the northern part of the bay are a good chance at mackeral wither with metal slugs or bait.
The guys above have touched on the main points. Stick with it and it'll happen. Brained a nice one on SP inside the bay last year that went 18.2lb and it was only one of a dozen or so around the same size, so they are there. Put up a good account for itself on 10lb braid and swam away strong.
Be aware that they will also hit the plastics on the drop ie: they will feed at all depths in the water column. Keep an eye on the speed your braid / line is coming off the spool. They are top sport in the shallow water on light gear. Will be targeting them now with the fly rod - need a real one on fly
love to catch anything so any info on any species caught in the bay would be greatly appreciated. need to start bringing home a feed as the missus is starting to question her decison to let me buy a boat. need to keep the sex rations officer happy!!!
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