Weyba Creek

Hi there

Post holiday season I have been heading down to the creek a fair bit and had some success last Thursday the 4th Feb. I was using smallish soft plastics in and around the bridge pylons and along the edges of the rockwalls . All was quiet until I got a cast in right amongst the oyster encrusted rocks and started an erratic retrieve with lots of flicks of the rod tip . A sudden bump and I thought I'd snagged up but another flick and the lure moved before the rod tip slammed over and I was connected to something weighty and not very happy !! An initial u-turn to try to get back to his rocky lair and the leader rubbing against the oysters and I thought I may lose him , but I turned his head and got him out into clear water . A few runs and headshakes later I had a lovely 52cm estuary cod on the bank . I fished for another half hour but with no luck . Anyhow one decent fish for a quick trip down the creek . He tasted lovely .

Cheers my dears

Hi there very quiet on the fishing front as I have had a week or so in Bali which was nice , did manage a day on the Headlands but caught nothing even tried soaking a pillie in the wash but not one hit . The mackerel and tuna are all over the bay now so I will try to get some more time down there soon . Will be booking a trip out with one of the charter and will let you know how that goes . Enjoy the rest of the holidays and see you soon Des ! Yes you Broadbery.

Cheers

Noosa Headland

Hi there

On Thursday fished on the main beach breakwater and in the river . The breakwater didn't look promising as the sand moving machines were really stirring up the sediment and making the water very discoloured . Saw no signs of the bait schools or mackerel, so fished lightly weighted cut pilchards and got into some nice Bream aroundabout 23/25 cm's.

Moved on to the river and fished the first couple of hours of the run out tide. Caught more Bream using the same tactics down the rockwall at the river mouth carpark.

Went out to the National Park on Friday and didn't see much action until I moved from Hells Gate round to the Fairy Pools where there were 4/5 schools of fish working the bait offshore, but way out of casting range. The bust ups continued for around an hour until 11.3o ish . put plenty of casts into the bait closer to shore but only managed one decent Tailor around 5ocms.

Also managed to lose my last Quaterback lure anyone know where you can get these?

Hi there,

Did the usual trek Thursday afternoon. Out on the breakwater saw a few feeding fish but they were few and far between , and way out of range . Seems to have really quietened down just at the moment.They are also shifting the sand around down on the main beach so maybe that's affected the fishing ?

Moved over into Woods Bay and was greeted by some nice surface action down by the Hastings Street end. Got off around 4/5 casts to the edges of the boil but didn't even register 1 hit let alone a hook up . The school went down when a guy drove his boat right into them and didn't resurface while I was around.

Picked up a few Moses Perch around the snags but was right on top of the tide with little or no run so fishing was pretty slow. Saw a nice little turtle feeding along the rockwall , he was getting right into the overhanging rocks and staying in there searching for food .

Cheers

Hi there

Fished off the main beach breakwater and on to the river mouth using slugs and soft plastic shads . Nothing around at all ,no bust ups and no schools seen. Tried the soft plastic hopping along the bottom in the hope of a Flattie but no luck there either . Fished the high tide from around 3.30pm til 5 ish. This day only rated as a 40 in the almanac. South easterly wind to around 15 knots and a waxing gibbus. 26c

Cheers

Hi there did the usual circuit on Monday, from around 9.30am on the main beach breakwater .

Very difficult casting into the strong headwind so only stayed for around 1\2 hour before heading into Woods Bay. Tide was rising but no activity on the surface , fished Gulp soft plastics for an hour or so without a hit then went to the Spit and fished the snags with free lined Whitebait. Got into some nice sized Bream around the 25/30cm range and landed 3 with 2 bust offs on the light 3kg leader. Quite a frustrating session with lots of lost jigs and hooks mainly to the snags .

Lots of people on the rockwall towards the mouth so gave most of it a miss but fished the car park section for 1/2 hour with 3 Bream to around 23/25 cm . Moved back to the main beach breakwater and was greeted by stiff winds but saw a few bust ups so stayed to make a few casts. Unfortunately the schools remained out of my range . I did see a big ray,[ I want to say Manta ? But not sure,] jump clean out the water about half way out to the shark nets. It was HUGE. There are also a few turtles cruising the breakwater.

So all up a few nice Bream but nothing else .

Cheers my dears

Hi there been awhile ,

Fishing picked up last week with the new moon . Went on the main beach breakwater on Wednesday and took a couple of decent Tailor on a 30g halco twisty casting behind the breakers just back from where all the sand and sediment that was churned up. Continued on to Woods Bay but nothing around so went up the Spit and fished the snags at the very end . Castings unweighted Whitebait right into the fallen timber resulted in 2 good Bream and 1 Flattie. Moved along the rest of the snags but no luck.

Friday headed to the breakwater again and on low tide with little swell and light wind, could see the mackerel feeding on the surface hooked 1 good sized around 90/100cm and played him into the foot of the breakwater but he was still a bit too green and managed to throw the hooks as a breaker crashed on to him . Bugger . Stayed on for about 2 hours and landed one around 60cms and brought him home to cook . When cleaned he had been eating masses of prawns . This ties in with the big schools I've noticed in the bay at the moment .

All the best

Cheers

Paul