Mangrove Jack or Flathead

[MichaelJ]

just wondering if there are any good mangrove jack producing places in cabbage tree deep water bend or somewhere close to that for the land based fisherman?

Post edited by: whatnow, at: 2007/07/31 20:46

[STU]

There is a good lake at cabbage tree that has heaps of jacks but mainly produces in the warmer months live poddy mullet for bait just about garantee a jack every trip I have only caught small ones there but have watched my mate real in one over 60

[STU]

caught last summer, going back this summer to nail a bigger one have also seen plenty of bream, flatty,cod in there as well, all good sizes they come in through the drain that feeds it so it is slightly tidal but now all the fish are trapped in there and there is plenty of mullet and prawns in there to let them get heaps bigger [img size=499]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/000_0261_AFO.jpg

[johnsonMAN]

A Lake? Cabbage Tree Creek Im not sure.

I live 10mins drive from their and im unsure of any lake. I think u mean Cabbage point.

[STU]

hey I did not say creek yeh it is cabbage tree point I'm talking about So dont know if this helps Whatnow?

[MichaelJ]

wheres cabbage tree point?

[STU]

down towards jumpinpin it's where we are going this saturday for the flatty hunt.Not far from the mouth of the logan river

Post edited by: STU, at: 2007/07/30 18:28

[johnsonMAN]

Ahh not exactly sure but near Jumpin Pin or Jacobs Well i think between brissy and Southport

[MichaelJ]

could anyone teel me some good landbased flathead fishing round the same places;)

[Cowfish13]

Dunno about the same place, but like you saw, Shultz is a great, comfortably accessed spot with lots of Flatties

[MichaelJ]

so places are relatively easy to get to and what lures would be best?

[morty]

gday mate for flatties landbased i would recommend nudgee beach, shultz canal, pine river out the mouth around hornibrook bridge wading the flats. best plastics are anything from the berkely 3-5 inch gulp range and the squidgy wrigglers etc. hardbodies rio prawns are good.

for jacks landbased its another story. good spots close by are as rare as hens teeth and people are unlikely to give out spots which theyve worked hard for. a little further drive and all bridges on the sunshine coast and gold coast all hold jacks through summer, work the tides out and you work the jacks out. if the jacks are feeding theyll eat anything. best baits are big flesh baits, mullet fillet. lures that work are the good tight actioned hard bodies that can dive deep. cheers mate [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/57cmjack__Small___Custom_.jpg

Post edited by: morty, at: 2007/07/31 20:47

[MichaelJ]

thanks for helpin me guys

[Tim a]

I don't fish for flatties much anymore but trolling up and down nudgee creek in a kayak is a sure way to get some. Decent sized HB's or even spinnerbaits(got my PB on a spinnerbait) work. Just as an example the sx48 and 60's are good starters aswell as some of the halco scorpians and lasers. Polterigists would work but they may get snagged a bit.

Thanks