passage creeks

[nadders]

just wondering if anyone has noticed any shortcomings with beacon 2 beacon charts around the passage creeks, i.e are teh depths and obstructions accurate

if not, got any hot tips for hazards and groundings around coochin, bells and the others?

cheers

Dan

[fishingnut]

yes coochin is very shallow! take it real easy in there

[tomca]

There can be timber fallen across channels and all sorts of other surprises around those creeks. I just go steady and keep a lookout as I go. Bells can be hit and miss most of the time.

[nadders]

might even be worth trimming the motor mostly up and relying on electric power ay?

im pretty paranoid about hitting stuff, stainless prop so its alot more than a few broken blades i'm risking

[fishingnut]

at coochin up stream from the ramp it gets pretty shallow, like you said motor up and lekky the rest of the way up would be ya best bet, you chasing jacks?

[nadders]

have heard of good whiting and flatties on offer, offering them free esky holidays

[rayke1938]

nadders wrote:

offering them free esky holidays

Hope they cant refuse offer sounds too good to resist.

Cheers

Ray

[sehrguht]

Theres big flathead in the passage itself too.

Flicking parallel to the bank of the small mangrove islands in around 1-3m accounted for some on soft plastics.

[MulletMusketeer]

I don't know where the satellite pics come from in beacon to beacon but I suspect they are fairly old. The trouble is that the mud, sand and weed beds move around those creeks almost with every wind change so what was a great fishing spot a few months ago may have disappeared by now. The good news is that the water is crystal clear up there at present so you should be able to see the bottom before you hit it!

[apoklyps60]

nadders wrote:

just wondering if anyone has noticed any shortcomings with beacon 2 beacon charts around the passage creeks, i.e are teh depths and obstructions accurate

if not, got any hot tips for hazards and groundings around coochin, bells and the others?

cheers

Dan

dan get a kayak. :laugh: dont have to worry bout hazards. just dont dangle ur feet over the sides(seal look alike)

[Travis]

those creesk change like the seasons, for every edition of beacon 2 beacon the creeks have changed 4 times :laugh:

[nadders]

lol yeah vin i have a kayak, kinda differen thought cant take a mate along and cant do like 5 hr casting sessions comfortable

[apoklyps60]

i fished my fish n dive for 9 hours. first 6 hours was for a tournament and i had my son in the front paddling his 50kilo frame along. then the last 3 was just kick back fishin. if you have an anchor trolley you can face upstream or downstream. does it rip through there?

vin

[Tiny Tin]

hay dan if ya get stuck up there and decide to go into the passage itself give me a call and i'll put you onto a spot that's good for grassy sweetlip. mainly undersized but you do get a few keepers. good spot for a few flatties and whiting nearby..it's not far from where i told ya about the big lizards and jacks but i have fished this spot..there's a ledge in the same area where ya get a few mixed fish and a muddy if ya lucky.

[apoklyps60]

damn i wish i could fish estuaries like you guys.

[Travis]

Tiny Tin wrote:

hay dan if ya get stuck up there and decide to go into the passage itself give me a call and i'll put you onto a spot that's good for grassy sweetlip. mainly undersized but you do get a few keepers. good spot for a few flatties and whiting nearby..it's not far from where i told ya about the big lizards and jacks but i have fished this spot..there's a ledge in the same area where ya get a few mixed fish and a muddy if ya lucky.

you know the mark out from pac harbour??

[Tiny Tin]

not the ripples..it's a spot a fair way north of there..to my knowledge no one fishes it for sweetlip..i stopped to try for some whiting one day and hit a steady stream of grassies..even took me daughter there and she got ito em too. good area if one isn't working the other will be get good grunter there too. good whiting bank just inside the pacific harbour where it meets the passage 100m on the right as you travel in. there used to be a bend a bit further up that was great for cod and muddies..gone now..channel to the proposed marina. shit i might move back there lol

[nadders]

i will keep that in mind thanks john.

[fergie]

i can say for sure that you wont get up bell's creek if it's near low tide, unless you have a lite boat that you can drag along the sand bank. coochin is ok depending on where you launch boat. the mouth of coochin creek is shallow and rocky in places at low tide.

cheers.