queensland fishing Cairns suburbs

[tiotony]

After a long stint offshore have come home to wet season in full swing. Used a break in the weather to head 10 minutes walk down the road to hit the high tide at a bridge crossing a small creek that runs through Cairns suburbs. Straight away saw prawns and little fish getting smashed up so put on a 2" gulp shrimp and cast up under the bridge.

Got an instant strike on a very nice 50cm+ jack which I was fortunate to see before he busted my 8lb fireline on all the shopping trolleys and dead trees under the bridge. Rerigged and got an instant strike again on a GT about 40cm, followed in quick succession by 3 more.

Then managed a jack about 40cm which I kept for lunch.

A couple of casts later old bucketmouth (barra) about 65cm boofed my gulp as I was about to lift it out of the water. He powered off under the walkway before doing a jump and throwing the hook, which I wasn't upset about as I try to avoid the barra during closed season.

By then it was slack water and the baitfish and prawns were getting a reprieve except from some archerfish, so headed home for lunch. It amazes me the quality and quantity of fish I can get in a suburban creek that's only about 4 feet deep at high tide, and it reminds me how lucky I am to live in Cairns! Plan to try tomorrows high tide drifting an unweighted live prawn on 20lb braid right under the bridge, to see if I can extract a 50cm+ jack.

[ryanyoung]

Once again a good read mate, always love hearing about the Cairns fishing.

Cheers,

Ryan.

[Schmuck]

Very cool urban fishery! Thanks for the report

[max pwr]

I used to live in Hannam St and I'm pretty sure I've pulled jacks out of the same creek as in your pictures but never seen any barra there. I really miss the fishing in cairns, catch jacks up there like bream in brisbane. I used to walk along the trainline next to the dump and fish the estuaries, seen crocs and hooked a few barra in there but never landed a barra in my life.

[tiotony]

Yeah true jacks are pretty common, but plenty of bream around if you know where to look.

Its Moody creek, which joins onto Chinaman creek that runs near the dump. How do you get to Chinaman creek near the dump by the way? Wouldnt mind trying there.

[fishingnut]

Nice work! Will be up there in 2 weeks for 4 days I'm sure I can squeez a trip in some where

[tiotony]

drop us a PM when you get here fishingnut as I think I'll be in town then, hopefully the rain will break though so it won't be flooded out when you get here.

[AZZA]

Hi Tony, what time is high tide tomorrow as I am in town at the moment. I am busy this arvo and shooting out to Ravenshoe in the morning and back to Cairns for a 3:30 meeting. I will get a chance to have a fish thursday arvo and maybe early fri morning

[tiotony]

High is around 11:00 Azza, unfortunately I wont be here tomorrow as just found out I'm on a flight to Perth. Shame as the tides tomorrow night would be good down the inlet for fingermark. Don't think you have a fishy window there as I think there won't be enough water in the creek early morning, and It'll probably be too fresh in the arvo on the ebb with all the rain getting washed down. If you give it a crack its the creek just next to Westco Motors on Mulgrave road. Hope you get something as the strikes were thick and fast thismorning- I think they are gorging on fish washed down from the fresh, everything I landed was spewing up little fish and prawns.

[AZZA]

Thanks Tony, oh well if I dont get a shot this week I will be back next week. Although after the fishing I got into in the Straits last week I am pretty pumped with fishing at the moment and it would be hard to take if I didnt land any

[tiotony]

Where did you fish in TI Azza? I've had some mad sessions on the wharves/ reefs/ trolling up there so know where you are coming from! Still havent beaten my PB black jew from up there to this day.

[eg_vtec]

thats some nice fish caught in one session. good read mate.

[AZZA]

I will bump the report up

[fishingfon]

Nice report, shame about the jack

[Angus]

Awesome!

Its like Schultz but better

Angus

[max pwr]

Hey Tiotony, just park on or near Kate st, then walk along the train track, i don't think youre really supposed to be on the train track but :whistle:

[mick fillet]

thats awsome. you fellas got it real good up there aye

[adambris]

thats pretty cool!!

[straddiebrad]

i will be up there for a wedding in june or july is there a hire boat place up there,i would not mind doing a bit of trolling in the rivers up there,and do the supply fishing gear?

[tiotony]

you can hire boats in Trinity inlet and Barron river but dunno about supplying gear. Suggest try Barron river tackle- they may hire out rods with their hire boats. Trinity inlet is better fishing though, around that time of year heaps of mackeral around the leads

[ggg]

Hey mate. What kind of leader do you run in these little creeks? I usually use a 0.53mm 40lb when I fish landbased but that seems way too much here.