queensland Council chambers

[heidii]

Council chambers off Bundall Rd on the gold coast? Any good for mangrove jack fishing? Any tips?

[planetfonz]

there will be jacks right thru that area heidi .. along the rock walls facing chevron island is always good .. also trevally on the back rocks facing isle of capri ..

but get yourself around to the rocks along monaco st/bundall road in sorrento .. thats m jack central

[noname]

fish under the monaco st bridge, fish heavy and lock up ya drag , use livies if ya can

rob

[kriso]

went to draculas not long ago for a christmas party and the water behind there had a fair bit of surface action.

[planetfonz]

kriso wrote:

went to draculas not long ago for a christmas party and the water behind there had a fair bit of surface action.

one of my all time favourite canal spots there kriso - tremendous amount of bait .. we've gotten jacks (by we i mean i watched my mate catch several here - bastards), trevs, monster bream and unknowns doin us in under the pac fair bridge .. even big squid ... i wrote a fair bit about this in my post on the sharing thread!!!!

[kriso]

yeah i thought that was one of your spots, the smokers balcony out back looks over it, was watching the action till it was too dark. the mrs wasnt happy as i left her sitting inside on her own and missed the first 20 mins of the show lol

[heidii]

There is 4 bridges along Monaco st, any of them do?

[planetfonz]

bundall bridge at sorrento

[heidii]

thanks for the tips guys! Hopefully I may have a photo or two to put up this weekend! *fingers crossed*

I am fishing from 1:00am in the morning till sunrise... The only problem i have found with fishing so late/early is all the bums around the place...scary

[planetfonz]

heidii wrote:

thanks for the tips guys! Hopefully I may have a photo or two to put up this weekend! *fingers crossed*

I am fishing from 1:00am in the morning till sunrise... The only problem i have found with fishing so late/early is all the bums around the place...scary

yeah u are on a bit of a scum thoroughfare back from surfers to the slums ...

at that time of morning have some metal lures ready for the trevally who like to show up before sunrise ... they used to bust up all night thru the first bridge from the GC hwy on monaco st which is little tallebudgera creek.. so they'de be up bundall road way as well! good luck dude

[kriso]

yeah mate should becarefull hey i dont want to come across sexist or anything but you should have someone with you hey.

[heidii]

kriso wrote:

yeah mate should becarefull hey i dont want to come across sexist or anything but you should have someone with you hey.

Yeh I got my partner with me, I'd be too scared by myself! Most times we dont stay out to late cos we have come close to being attacked at night by people!..will have to keep a knife with us now

[planetfonz]

during one session at the back of dracula's we had some yobs hurl rocks at us from the casino garden .. thats the closest we've come .. a chase down with pvc rod holders did the trick after a frantic paddle to shore ... most time the pissheads just want to have a fish

[noname]

got me there heidi, i only went with friends, they only fish for jacks, i can tell you,it's only about 50 mtrs to the nerang river and the other side of the bridge is a corner that goes right, and from memory there should be a big white boat on the nerang river side and across from that are units that i would fish from the balcony,1 of those places i know how to get to, but hard to tell where it is, however i do know there is a beach about 500 mtrs on the nerang from where the bridge is.here we go.it's the first bridge west from the gold coast highway, my ref says m14, remember the bend......

cheers rob.

anytime ya need a navigator just oi me lol

good luck ay

[kriso]

heidii wrote:

kriso wrote:

yeah mate should becarefull hey i dont want to come across sexist or anything but you should have someone with you hey.

Yeh I got my partner with me, I'd be too scared by myself! Most times we dont stay out to late cos we have come close to being attacked at night by people!..will have to keep a knife with us now

carefull pullin a knife hey as it can turn to shit quite quickly. its better to move on and prevent gettin stuck in the shit then hanging round trying to fight it out. a quick call to the cops normaly gets things moving quickly specially if you mention your a woman being harrased by a group of males.

[heidii]

Update on Council Chambers:

Went there saturday morning from 1:30am - 5:30am - Didnt land anything but got busted off 4 times by some big fish!...am using 20lb braid and 40lb leader.

Was quite a good spot, no one around at all and was quite lit up!

Spoke to a guy at Tackel world in southport about maybe getting heavyer leader but he advised not to as it will put the fish off, he said not to even bother trying to fish at council chambers because there are too many rocks to get broken off at, esp landbased.

Sunday morning....went out on the boat this time!..from 12:00am - 7:00am went back to council chambers and got NO bites what-so-ever. Decided to then fish at the sea way around 6:00am. Only got one little flounder

....*sigh*..i will keep trying for jacks :blush:

[tacklebox]

wow you're keen starting at 1:30am and 12am!

[faulked]

the early worm catches the fish hey:)

[heidii]

faulked wrote:

the early worm catches the fish hey:)

...suposedly....:blush:

[Jammy11]

On 23/01/2009 at 2:26 PM, noname said:

fish under the monaco st bridge, fish heavy and lock up ya drag , use livies if ya can

 

rob

Hey mate  what times do you fish that bridge with livies as the current rages through that spot. And do you use a light sinker

[ellicat]

43 minutes ago, Jammy11 said:

Hey mate  what times do you fish that bridge with livies as the current rages through that spot. And do you use a light sinker

If that's the case try fishing it around the turn of the tide, be that a high or low. If you can match that up with dusk or dawn all the better.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

2 hours ago, Jammy11 said:

Hey mate  what times do you fish that bridge with livies as the current rages through that spot. And do you use a light sinker

Hey Jammy

Just letting you know the original post was made 12 years ago, so i don't think you'll get a response.

Ellicat is 100% right. In any area where there's high tide try and fish around the tide change window.

Cheers Hamish

[Drop Bear]

Are you land based? 

If you were in a boat you could anchor up, put a hook through the nose of the livie. A small sinker will get it off the surface... as long as the current isn't crazy. 

If lure fishing it shouldn't be a problem. 

you could also look at fishing the neep tides where there is less water flow.