queensland Mooloolaba

[Nathan Scott]

Hi all,

I am in Mooloolaba for a week at the moment. Wondering if there is some good land based fishing to be had? I generally like throwing a few plastics around. Flew up here without a rod so if it is worthwhile i will find one somewhere and get into it for a few days. 

Any help appreciated.

Thanks.

Nathan

[ellicat]

Head up to Maroochydore and fish the river there. You can walk a couple of K's flicking for flatties. If you want to put a worm on you should get onto the whiting.

[kmcrosby78]

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

You can walk a couple of K's flicking for flatties.

Is that right Brian ..........  Does @benno573 pick you up at the other end .....

[ellicat]

He pulls me along in a cart, occasionally stopping at shops to buy me ice creams.
Truth be told, that's what I used to do many moons ago when I lived up that way.

[natang]

The mouth of the river fishes good to in behind the caravan park at Maroochydore. Mooloolaba used to be good off the rock wall in the seaway there. Plenty of places.

[Angus]

Around the trawlers on the north side of river is always good for bream.

[benno573]

On 27/07/2017 at 9:19 PM, ellicat said:

He pulls me along in a cart, occasionally stopping at shops to buy me ice creams.
Truth be told, that's what I used to do many moons ago when I lived up that way.

I do not. I make you buy the ice creams.

[Drop Bear]

On 7/27/2017 at 7:34 PM, Nathan Scott said:

I generally like throwing a few plastics around.

Yep fun as. Hope you get into them.

[Flanker978]

Old post guys, but I’m in Mooloolaba for a couple of weeks. Is the Maroochy river still the go. Where are the best spots for targeting flattys with soft plastics?

[ellicat]

Yep, the Maroochy would still be the spot to go. You can also cross the foot bridge to Chambers Island.

[Flanker978]

Thanks ellicat. 

Any tips on lures to use?

[ellicat]

Zman Pink curly tail grubs

[Drop Bear]

21 hours ago, ellicat said:

Zman Pink curly tail grubs

I though you only threw Crazy Crabs? 

[ellicat]

11 minutes ago, Drop Bear said:

I though you only threw Crazy Crabs? 

I only use the crabs at the rock wall. Trying to match the hatch. ;)

 

[Flanker978]

Can you catch anything at the rock wall?

 

[ellicat]

AT Mooloolaba ? Yes. A member posted a catch of 5 good size bream in half hour just last week. Keep an eye out for Brown snakes in this weather.

[Flanker978]

Awesome. Thanks 

[benno573]

Good off the rock wall on the eastern side around dusk.  you will get bream, tailor, trevally, flathead and whiting and occasionally mac tuna, school mackeral and bonito come in close to the wall as well.  generally fish with half pilchards, peeled prawns or mullet fillet. not the easiest place to throw plastics around, definitely worth having a flick with a metal lure for a pelagic though.

 

As far as flathead go, as @ellicat said the maroochy river generally works better than the mooloolah, there are a heap of sand flats on the outside of chambers island that you can wade towards the bottom of the tide.  target any of the drop offs/edges where current is running off the banks into deeper water in the last of the outgoing tide.  I like the Z-man 3.5" minnow-z (paddle tail), i find opening night is a great colour when the water is clear.  if the water is murky electric chicken is a good colour.  usually use 1/4oz jighead, will drop to 1/6oz as the tide slackens.  also mworth a look around an area called the sandbags near the mouth.