Advise for Moreton Island

[blairv]

Hey Guys

After a mad end of financial year I am heading over to Moreton for 5 days R and F at Tangalooma.

I plan to take the rods and want to know if anyone has any good tips on where to fish east or west coast.

Targeting anything really but would love some surf fish and something big off the rocks. Seeing it is family time might have to look for good spots on the west coast as well.

Thanks

Blair

[tacklebox]

We were there a couple of weeks ago.
/>http://australianfishing.com.au/forum/11-islands-and-moreton-bay-reports/270133-4-anglers-9-days-on-moreton

That should give you an idea of what's biting where. Good luck and be sure to write a report when you get back!

[rosstralia46]

we went to tangalooma wrecks for an excursion and we went fishing right were the ferry is but if you are looking towards the resort to the left i caught heaps of whiting on beach worms and peeled prawns and there was thousands of hardyheads around the jetty thing where you come in hope this helps

[blairv]

Yws saw that tacklbox - did you fish the north point rocks at all?

[katfish]

when driving on any beach, look out for birds in close. also look out for dark bait schools in close as well; flathead along the western beaches on anything, bait, or stalk them on lures. soft plastics work well. look for the sml reef in close at yellow patch. there is usually pike there. use anything crome, 20-60gms. mackerel eat pike :woohoo: east & west. gutters on the surf side. pipies or pillies on the beach, or sml chrome lures for dart, tailor, trevaly.

Moreton is awesome. enjoy

[kreel]

Hi Blair, the man to talk with would be Benno573 - he's been there much more than we have. I've attached a shot from Google maps to show you exactly where we were. We stayed at the camp grounds at Cape Moreton - it'll be freezing now, it was cold enough when we were there. Spot 3 was our first spot, but you will need to wear some solid shoes (not the crocs I wear pretty much 24/7 these days) to clamber over the rocks. The Ranger reckons there are good size Bream off those rocks - on the very south side where the rock hooks back to the west. We caught Trevally and bream.

Spot 2 was an easy walk from the camp-site and did well most of the day (tide and wind permitting) for Trevs and Tarwhine. Benno also caught as many Bonito as we could use at Sparrow's most mornings. Along the beach between 1 and 2 you'll see great gullies - good for flatties.

Spot 1 was the real winner for Tacklebox, she caught pan size Snapper on the 2 days she fished there on her yak. SPs were the go, I was over-run by rubbish fish when I fished the same spot with freshly caught Bonito strips.

We also fished the eastern beaches south of spot 3 on one day and caught Dart fairly easily on SPs.

Good luck on the trip Blair, I hope you catch a good feed while you're there and don't forget to write a report when you get back.

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[blairv]

Kreel

Thanks so much for the advise - now I have a great idea where to start.

Cheers

Blair

[FishOclock]

Blair,

Check out the attached link. ( I hope it comes through O.K )

Some really great short videos on where / When to fish. :cheer:

Dart in the surf / Big Moreton Bay bream / Spinning for tailor / Tangalooma flathead / Flicking for flathead.

Plus many other areas & fish types....

Enjoy the trip, send in a report & photos .....

www.coastwatch.com.au/Fishing/FishingVideo-631

Cheers

Dean.

[noname]

i would also be inclined to try the south passage bar as well, it's quite deep in close too, has white water meeting calm water

deep water rising to shallow water, fast flowing water, current lines, and eddies. everthting you need, just google the southern end of moreton, not gunna say where to go as part of the fun, good luck.

[Morgs01]

Hey mate, the jetty at Tangalooma is a superb spot for land based game, ie mackeral, longtail tuna, a variety of sharks and everything in between! Try and coincide your fishing with the dumping of the resort food scraps in the afternoon. Its great, the berley is provided and you get the fish! Try fresh corn kernels on a tiny limmerick pattern hook to tempt some of the biggest blackfish you will ever see!! Check around the pylons where the Tang flyer moors. Best time to fish is early morn or 3pm onwards. Good luck to you, ive always got fish there, but try not to use any lead, let it drift down slowly and you cant miss..

[straddiebrad]

mate if you fish near the wrecks at all try cooked prawn heads they love them.brad