queensland Brisbane River - Pinkenba Rockwall

[MulletMusketeer]

Thursday

I only had time for a short fishing excursion today. I checked the tide and saw we had a pretty high high-tide at around 9.00 am at the mouth of the Brisbane River. I could not start fishing until about 9.30 am so I decided to walk out, along the Pinkenba rock wall in search of some Flathead.

You can get access to the rock wall down a small track that runs down to the river side, behind the Queensland Cement Plant, which is next to the Pinkenba boat ramp. I have caught Flathead, Bream and Tailor all along this wall. When the high tide is over 2 metres, as it was today, I like to walk along the wall until the water is flowing over the top of the broken down sections. The tide forms small drains and channels as it runs out and usually, this is where the fish are lurking.

I walked for about 35 mins until I could walk no further. I then turned around to walk back along the wall, casting out on either side and working my lure back along the bottom beside the wall. The tide was now running out strongly. Unfortunately the big tide had made the water a bit murky. I have always found the more natural coloured lures work well in the Brisbane River so I started fishing with the GULP 3†Minnow soft plastic on a 1/6th 1 jighead. I lost a few jigheads to the oyster covered rocks on the river side of the wall and watched a few tiny Bream follow it in - but after an hour I had nothing to show for my efforts.

I turned my attention to the lagoon side of the rock wall. The lagoon sits between the wall and the BP Refinery Tank Farm. It is less than two metres deep, even on a high tide but it has plenty of weed beds that attract the Flathead. I found a break in the wall where the water was running into the lagoon. I cast in a semi-circle, into the eddy that had formed a few metres behind the opening. I felt a few small hits then hooked a 10cm Whiting. I carried on and after a few more casts the lure was slammed by a Flathead, just at the base of the rock wall. I landed him - took a picture and sent him on his way. He was just over 40cm but there is more than enough Flathead in the fridge at present. I carried on in the same spot, peppering the area with casts and after about 5 more I had another Flathead around the same size. I also released him.

I gradually moved back along the rock wall casting as I went but despite changing colours and even trying a blade lure, I did not get another touch from the fish. I arrived back at the car at about noon.

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[rosstralia46]

nice work mate looks like a top spot ever throwm a bait of it

[Scope]

Nice report mullet, very informative

[Angus]

Cheers mate.

I have been tempted to make that walk a few times. Think I will now

Angus

[bay_basher]

You wouldnt want to slip over on them rocks.....could be carnage. Caught a 70cm jewy fishing close to that rock wall about 2 months ago.

[51MPL]

awsome work mate!

[dazzas4x4]

very informative good report well done

[keensolofisho]

beautiful pictures, thanks

[Shirvo]

Great report thanks, where is the cement plant cant find an address.

cheers

[Thirstyman]

nice report.

i cant figure out how you got to that wall on foot though. the only way i could think of getting there would be to cross the bridge at the boat ramp that has all the cameras all over it. am i missing something?

[riz]

fished it tuesday 2 hours after the high, my mate got his first 2 flatties on plastics 55 and 60 both released, they seem to be just chillin right at the bottom of the wall, seen 1 dead threadfin that still looked fresh washed up and battered on the wall, went thier yesterday fished the start of the incoming from the low for nothing only a few hits, but i saw another dead threadfin that was washed up on the wall as well as a catty? do you recon they get trapped in the rocks at high or maybe even the current has done this to them?

[Fishguts]

where is this rock wall? never even seen it b4 and ive fished pinkenba heaps

[jeff f]

threadfin dont release well when caught in deep water, they suffer barrotrauma and quite often die after release if it is not done properly with a release weight.

sadly it is quite common to see them floating dead in the river.

people kill catfish just because they are catfish and there are still idiots out there who think threadfin are some sort of catfish because of thier shape and the threads

[werewolf]

and from their whiskers no doubt

[Davo_Dinkum]

we saw a big dead catfish there last sunday .

would have been around 50 cm ,floating inside the wall.

[thriller]

The rock wall is next to the pinkemba boat ramp on the brisbane river.

To get there as you approach the boat ramp entrance you take the left turn and follow that rd

only say 300m. there is an over grown track next to the cement factory.

If anyone has access to a crane or bobcat etc, can they please move the concrete block that has been placed inconveniently right in the middle of the track!

I don't like leaving my car there, Just seems dodgy..

Nice post BTW..

[grant h]

nice report. sounds like a good little session.

[webbfunk]

I tried that walk last year but was put off due to the grass being 4 foot high in some places and summer, so was a bit worried about sneaking up on some snakes.

Anyone ever ventured into the lagoon part in a kayak?

[MulletMusketeer]

You can drive down the left turn before you get to the boat ramp and then walk round the back of the plant to the river side.