mangrove jack

[Jack2]

hey guys.

I went jack fishing the last two nights in the Noosa river with no luck i tried live baits and lures around rockbars and fallen timber.

any help to increase my catch rate would be great.

[jeff f]

what part of the river were you fishing

[Jack2]

i fished up between the two lakes and also tried harbour town

[Shorty]

and are you fishing from a boat or on land...???

[Jack2]

boat

[Shorty]

Nice!

If you go up past the Munna Point bridge you will see the river turns to the right and then shortly to the left, I've had a LOT of luck in this area with good sized jacks in and around all the fallen timber just in this stretch of the river with lures and livies. Also a bit further up is another bridge, hit it as well... especially if you have some nice live mullet and prawns... but be very quiet on your approach...

In Woods Bays, the area where the rock wall is holds some really good sized jacks and cod - hit there of an afternoon and hang on...!!

There's lots of good areas up there to hit - it just takes patience! Also, check out www.fishingnoosa.com.au - they have weekly updates and reports on what is being caught where and call in to Davo's - the guys there are usually only too happy to help put customers onto fish...

Hope this helps ya and post up a report! I'm heading up that way either this weekend or next and will be hitting Woods Bays for some trevs on poppers... should be a great afternoon session..

Shorty

[Jack2]

thanks mate.

yeah i read the reports everyweek.

my mate has been catching queenies ove a meter around the seccond green marker in the first lake (give that a go).

when you go under the munna point bridge you go right then follow it up past the little sand banks to the left and try the snags right up around to the left opisite the sandbanks

or do you mean just under the bridge to the right in them snags?

thanks

[Jack2]

Also what lures do you like for the jacks

[Shorty]

Go under the bridge and keep going straight ahead, don't turn right - the river will bend that way further up. You will see the river bends to the right and then to the left - right where it bends back to the left is the corner I used to sit on and hit every time I had a good number of livies... I used to have so much fun there!! Lots of really good cover and fishy looking snags. I used to use Mann stretch 10+ lures there as well... some of them are probably still stuck on snags on that corner!! Bloody jacks!!

I've also caught jacks right under the Munna Point bridge as well - and I've seen a young kid pull a ripper out of there - so they are around!! You will also get trevs and tarpon around there too - so watch for surface activity and don't be frightened to throw an unweighted live prawn at any surface activity you see - there are some big fish in that area and they love prawns!!

Awesome - and thank you for that tip. I'm yet to catch a queenie there but I know they are around so I'll make sure to keep my eyes out for them - nothing like seeing a queenie jump after smashing your popper!!

Good luck!

Shorty

[Dazzamcgee]

Keep doing what your doing but change locations for each session untill ya find'em. Also make sure your fishing the runout tides.

[Jack2]

i have caught good jacks but compared to the number of hours i have put in i would like to increase my catch rate.

what lures should i use on rockbars..prawnstars?

thanks for all the help guys.

anymore would be awesome!

[Dazzamcgee]

Jack2 wrote:

what lures should i use on rockbars..prawnstars?

I like to use around the rocks, Berkley flicker shads and Rapala xraps....

Any lure thats red orange or gold in colour will work.

[Jack2]

alright. sure to give it all a go

thanks

[Dazzamcgee]

One other thing Jack2 when looking for jacks start at the top of the tide and fish areas were the water is draining ie feeder creeks, mud banks draining suddenly to deep water and the base of retainer rock walls as these areas draining drain out all the tasty treats for Jacks. Fish right throughout the falling tide taking notes of what areas start to "drain" at what height of the tide. Some area may not be fishable till late in the tide and the jacks will start to fire up as the last of the water drains out.

Just throwing it out there!

[Jack2]

thanks mate.. really big help. should i flick plastics or stick with hard bodies in the little drains

[Leighton]

find out what bait is in the area. No good throwing a 100mm lure when the Jacks are eating small bait fish and Prawns

[Dazzamcgee]

Jack2 wrote:

thanks mate.. really big help. should i flick plastics or stick with hard bodies in the little drains

I like throwing hardbodies 70mm - 150mm reguardless of the size live bait they are feeding on.

A well placed cast and retrieve will bring them undone!

[noname]

some good points there fellas, as i too am after my first jack, points taken although i will prob not fish up that way. thanks for sharing some or your tactics, locations with others, this is what the site should be all about hey.

[Old Scaley]

I remember fishing the Burrum River for jacks about 6 years ago. Threw everything at em, live baits, fresh prawns, hard bodied lures (never heard of SPs then). Nothing. My youngest son was on the boat with me and his older brother. He was only about 11 years old then and so was baited up with yabbies catching an occasional bream. Then he tells me that he has got a big one on the line. "Sure son, looks like a snag to me".

Anyway we kept fishing while he was playing his snag on 6lb mono, light bream rod, ordinary spinning reel and his yabbie. You guessed it, about 5 minutes later, up comes a 45cm jack. To add insult to injury, it had about 10 hooks with leaders of up to 50lbs hanging out of its mouth. Still get reminded of that day every time we are fishing together.