queensland Sunken Wall venture - Wed 11/02/09

[raven]

Last week of freedom before starting the new job on Monday. Been reading up on Sunken Wall and I'm keen to have a bash at it. Plan is to hit it about by 9.30am before the high but if I can get out of dropping the kids off I'll be there earlier! Bait wise thinking I'll give the whitebait a run and hopefully some livies as well if I can catch them on the bait rig. Open to further suggestions though on what ppl would suggest as preferred bait for the area.

Hopefully the rain will hold off a bit but I'll be going either which way.

If anyone's got the day off as well it would be great to have some company.

Cheers

[uglyfish]

im thinking of heading out mate...il drop some pots on the way i think...wont worry bout the rain but if it blows up like they say im not going,gets bloody rough

[raven]

Bugger... is it meant to be pretty blowy tomorrow? If it is, is there anywhere else that I should head instead?

[uglyfish]

10 to 15 in the morning mate but increasing to 15 to 20 in the arfo,im going see you there?what ramp you putting in at raven?

[raven]

Yeah I reckon I'll still have a crack at it. Love to be putting a boat in mate but unfortunately I'm a landbased soul . Will be rocking up at the Pinkenba ramp (Kirra Street?) and just wander up past the cement co place I reckon.

[raven]

Well... rocked up at the ramp and had a look up past the cement co place. I'm guessing its best to try and access this area at a lower tide? or do you attack it from a different direction? All I saw was a temporary fence right up against the wall and various trees, rocks etc blocking my way. With two rods, bait bucket, esky and tackle I was a little overloaded for a rock climbing adventure... Is there a trick to it - interested to find out from ppl that have been there lately.

Anyway, gave up and went to Scarborough jetty. Heaps of little piranhas but nothing else apart from one undersized Tailor.

Any advice on how best to approach the sunken wall (apart from using a boat) much appreciated.

Cheers

[jeff f]

one rod a small back pack whith a box of lures or a few

packets of plastics is the normal method

you need a boat or a sherpa

[RatKing]

Hey Raven

If ur landbased nextime incoming tide infront of break fast ck use a castnet to get livies and throw them in to the river!

Cheers Simon

[Do$tylz]

yeah dude... just man up and do it

If the tide is high, you'll have to go through and under the trees. There's a very unwalked ghetto track you can sorta follow. Very PITA if you have heaps of stuff to carry.

If the tide is low its easy as to just walk the beach and jump up at the beginning of the wall.

I tend to find that high tide is best though for fishing and I seem to do the best along that rock wall with the temp fencing behind it. Its quick snaggy below so either keep your lures high, or be prepared to lose a few.