Live Baits in Noosa river ?

[mjc85]

Hey all, havn't been fishing to much lately as i have been working to hard # finally i have got a bit of time off and just about to buy a new 15hp for my 350 explorer.

I have lived in Noosa for 6 years and went out about 3 weeks ago with no bought bait hoping to catch some herring like the old days at my usual spot, but there was nothing. I tried about 3 other spots that used to be frequented by herring but still no luck!

I have been fishing the river for about 6 years now and came runners up for Flathead in the 2002 Noosa Fishing classic #

If someone can put me onto some live baits (poddy mullet, herring, biddies, whiting) in the noosa river that i can catch with a cast net ? I am hitting the water this weekend (i know its crazy, school holidays).

I would prefer you don't post the spots if you do decide to tell me, maybe PM me

Regards
Mitch

[jeffo]

easy!! the boat ramp oposite davos ( which is gone now right?). plenty of silver biddys and diver whiting there.

[mjc85]

Yeh i'll give it a try, i am really after herring but they seem to move too frequently.

Thanks anyway

[jeffo]

unless your chasing trevally why do you want herring? they die so quickly. if you must have herring (you do get a few at the boat ramp i mentioned) go for a look up around the bridge at munna point and around harbour town. All of the jettys along noosaville hold herring from time to time.

[mjc85]

Thanks mate, well i like herring as its what i have used the whole 6 years i have been fishing the noosa river and i have caught all my biggest fish on them. Yeh they are a pain in the ass dying on you all the time, but im building a live bait tank so they should be fine.

I remember like 2-3 years ago we would be cast netting for them and get so many in one cast that half were dead by the time we got them all out which sucked.

[jeffo]

ohh yeah!! been there!
i fished the noosa rover quite a bit last summer for jacks (only got one). and the biggest silver biddys i could find were the gun bait. love fishing up there of a night time (once all the jet ski clowns are gone). caught some big lizards, plenty of tailor and trevally and a few other bits and peices.
will start heading up there again when the water temp bumps up a fraction more and those steamy summer days return. ROLL ON SUMMER

[mjc85]

Mind telling me where you got the jack ? PM if you want. I've been fishing the noosa river for 6 years now and Jacks are another one on the 'uncaught' list. I have tried trolling for jacks but not bait fishing, i am sure i have been hit by jacks several times, its like hooking up to a steam train but never actually hooked one properly.

I have only ever really seen small fingerling jacks in person and i did once see one up close when my friend hooked one in the upper reaches of the river but it snapped him clean right next to the boat.

[jeffo]

cant give you my exact spots... but there are plenty of spots to live bait for jacks in the noosa river. any of the rock walls on the corners up the river near the barge,and the jettys and bridges down in noosa sound. anchor up of a night time (not on the slack tides) and be patient. i reckon i woulda got 5 hits on average most nights... but they all seam to come at once when the fish move through. so sound around in the day time and find the holes and what not then fish one spot each night. but give it a solid few hours in each spot.