Norman Creek Mouth

[Smiderman]

Hi all

Has anyone fished the mouth of the norman creek with any sucess?

I did a bit of fishing off the western bank about 12 months back and caught the obligatory bream cod and a small blue salmon nothing photo worthy though.

Casting further into the bris river though generally resulted in a snag it seems as though there is a rock ledge there or something?

[jeff f]

huge deep ledge just out from the mouth of the creek drops to 50' plus

[Smiderman]

Im thinking then during jewie season it deserves a look during the run out at night

[jeff f]

that good thinking

[uglyfish]

one would think there should be good cod and jack there as well??

[jakhunta]

wow i didnt no that you could catch blue salmon in bris. thats awsome. has anyone else caught one in the river?

[uglyfish]

jakhunta wrote:

wow i didnt no that you could catch blue salmon in bris. thats awsome. has anyone else caught one in the river?

never heard of blueys being caught here,but threadies are here mate anythings possible i guess..wouldnt be as plentyfull as up home if they were here..

[Sparksie]

jeff f wrote:

huge deep ledge just out from the mouth of the creek drops to 50' plus

Would you get a few squire along there as well in winter?

[tnewman01]

Where is Norman creek?

i have tried to look for it on google earth but cant seem to find it anywere.

[ellicat]

The mouth is just downstream from Mowbray Park at East Brisbane. Across the river from Merthyr Park.

If you come off the Story Bridge heading to the southside and veer around to the left onto Shafston Avenue then when the road takes a fairly tight left bend a couple of KMs along. About 200 metres along you go over a bridge (that you may not notice) that's Norman Crk

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Mowbray+Park,+East+Brisbane&ie=UTF8&ll=-27.477969,153.045623&spn=0.006539,0.010654&z=17&iwloc=A

[chandler130]

fished it last thursday with live mullet kept gettin totally smashed by wat im pretty sure was bull sharks.i got all excited thought maybe jew cos only had bream gear and couldn't put up much defence but the guy at mossops was pretty sure it was bull sharks.

[Angus]

A member of this site has caught Jew there before. About your 80c models. But there are bound to be more.

Angus

[Ash]

I find the Mouth o' Norman a good place for regular bream fishing, you can get some stonkers just off the drop. Ive caught my one and only jew from there, and got smashed twice there after as well. Fishing from the mouth, down to the bridge seems most effective bream (thats also where my jewie was caught and where ive been nailed). At the mouth, around the centre of the mouth itself theres some serious snags so watch out there. No rocks, look(depthsounder) more like old concrete blocks and possibly steel cable coming out(like under the gateway bridge).

I must admit i havent had as much success there since theyve done up the park and built the retaining wall. Esp in the creek before the bridge, they have changed the depth etc with debri.

[Smiderman]

uglyfish wrote:

jakhunta wrote:

wow i didnt no that you could catch blue salmon in bris. thats awsome. has anyone else caught one in the river?

never heard of blueys being caught here,but threadies are here mate anythings possible i guess..wouldnt be as plentyfull as up home if they were here..

Trust me it was definately a little bluey

[Smiderman]

Ash wrote:

I find the Mouth o' Norman a good place for regular bream fishing, you can get some stonkers just off the drop. Ive caught my one and only jew from there, and got smashed twice there after as well. Fishing from the mouth, down to the bridge seems most effective bream (thats also where my jewie was caught and where ive been nailed). At the mouth, around the centre of the mouth itself theres some serious snags so watch out there. No rocks, look(depthsounder) more like old concrete blocks and possibly steel cable coming out(like under the gateway bridge).

I must admit i havent had as much success there since theyve done up the park and built the retaining wall. Esp in the creek before the bridge, they have changed the depth etc with debri.

thats a pisser it really looks like it has potential

[Ash]

It did have, and the work at the park and rock edge stopped a while ago, maybe a year and i last went there not too long after they stopped. Now could be a different story. The drop off should still be good for bullies etc come summer, and im sure the bream etc would have come back by now. Worth a shot anyway

[Smiderman]

threadybuster wrote:

Smiderman wrote:

uglyfish wrote:

jakhunta wrote:

wow i didnt no that you could catch blue salmon in bris. thats awsome. has anyone else caught one in the river?

never heard of blueys being caught here,but threadies are here mate anythings possible i guess..wouldnt be as plentyfull as up home if they were here..

Trust me it was definately a little bluey

it would of been a baby threadfin, they look alot like blues at that size.

Ok I'm happy with that it was only about a foot long I stand corrected

[Ash]

Funny thing is a few years ago we were saying to people that those small threadies are most likely just big catties!:laugh:

If the threadie has come south, and in such big numbers, why not the blue? From what ive read they live in the same areas and waterways dont they.

Just wish the bloody barra would hurry up!:silly:

[kriso]

mmmmm this place sounds like it could hold the goods! might have to investigate one night.

[username_taken]

It's pretty easy to hit with the kayaks too, there's a kayak ramp in the creek.

[kriso]

username_taken wrote:

It's pretty easy to hit with the kayaks too, there's a kayak ramp in the creek.

im now yakless paul sold mine on the weekend! :laugh:

[namyau]

Ash wrote:

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Just wish the bloody barra would hurry up!:silly:

hopefully not long soon wasnt there a barra catch up near caloundra a couple of weeks ago

[kriso]

i could be wrong but i think theres been a couple over time caught on the north coast. i think a little further up though.

[ellicat]

namyau wrote:

Ash wrote:

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Just wish the bloody barra would hurry up!:silly:

hopefully not long soon wasnt there a barra catch up near caloundra a couple of weeks ago

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