queensland Fishing spots and advice for Cabbage Tree point

[Baldman]

Hi, I'm taking by Brother and my Boss fishing Wendesday morning and was thinking of putting my boat in at cabbage Tree point. has anyone got any advice and spots for Fishing that area? What bait should we use. We will be targeting the normal species for that area, bream, flathead etc.

Thanks

[doss]

Hey mate, went down there last weekend nailed a few flattys on the zmans, watched a bloke get a 97cm on a half pilly, up near Baxters jetty where the rocks start, should get a few let us know how you go, Cheers Doss

[Old Scaley]

Watch the tide and the sandbanks. Plenty of shallow water around that area but good channels as well - just got make sure you know where they are. Try up against any of the million mangrove banks for flatty, bream or jew. I think there is a pretty good map on Nugget's site or you could pick one up at the Gem on the way there. Good luck,

Steve.

[tugger]

I like cobby cobby passage out near slipping sands it has a good yabbie bank at the mouth to pump plenty of yabbies and i fish all through there while the tide is running then move up into the hole at the 3 way junction for the turn of the tide it is one of the deepest for the whole of the pin area and is linded with rock bottom

good luck

[DeckHead]

Get some fresh yabbies and head up to kalinga banks or the north side of jacobs wells channel there is a blind channel in there that it perfect for flatty and bream. You can also try weed bank near tipplers always have luck at those 3 spots good luck

[Baldman]

Thanks for the tips guys. What would be the best bait to use for these areas? I was thinking Pilchards and/or squid. Any advice would be appreciated.

[DeckHead]

Thanks for the tips guys. What would be the best bait to use for these areas? I was thinking Pilchards and/or squid. Any advice would be appreciated.

Don't think you could go wrong with prawns and yabbies. Cleaning fish a few times i've noticed the flatties and bream seem to love prawns but the whiting love fresh yabbies

[tugger]

You cant go wrong with pilchards, yabbies and slabs of mullet or tailor for around there

[beckenry]

Prawns and pillies would be gun baits. The area where the river meets bay is the best. Good luck man.

[Rondog63]

Fished the cabbage tree point area yesterday and between 4 of us we kept 13 bream, 4 Flathead, and a sole and all bream were around 32 to 37 cm and the flatties around 35/36 cm and any bream under 30 cm were released 

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

12 minutes ago, Rondog63 said:

Fished the cabbage tree point area yesterday and between 4 of us we kept 13 bream, 4 Flathead, and a sole and all bream were around 32 to 37 cm and the flatties around 35/36 cm and any bream under 30 cm were released 

Hey Rondog63

Sounds like a nice little session you've had there, good job on all the fish. Welcome to the forum, as well.

Just a friendly reminder, dusky flathead in Queensland (which I assume are the ones you're catching) have a minimum legal size limit of 40cm and a maximum size limit of 75cm. If you kept some under that, it means that you are breaking the law and you risk a hefty fine from fisheries. 

Cheers Hamish  

[kmcrosby78]

1 hour ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Hey Rondog63

Sounds like a nice little session you've had there, good job on all the fish. Welcome to the forum, as well.

Just a friendly reminder, dusky flathead in Queensland (which I assume are the ones you're catching) have a minimum legal size limit of 40cm and a maximum size limit of 75cm. If you kept some under that, it means that you are breaking the law and you risk a hefty fine from fisheries. 

Cheers Hamish  

Hopefully they were bar-tailed flatties (the tail fin is black, white and from memory a tiny bit of yellow) which have a minimum size of 30cm.

[kmcrosby78]

Good quality bream by the way @Rondog63 - on bait I'm assuming?

[ellicat]

Welcome to the forum.

Good bag of bream. Worth keeping at that size.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

9 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Hopefully they were bar-tailed flatties (the tail fin is black, white and from memory a tiny bit of yellow) which have a minimum size of 30cm.

Hey kmcrosby78

Yes, I hope so too. I better look at the fish ID on the department of fisheries site, so I don't misidentify. 

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

Welcome to the forum.

Good bag of bream. Worth keeping at that size.

Hi ellicat

Yes, I agree - A fish around 35cm (a bit bigger or smaller) gets so much more meat off it than a one around 25cm. 

Cheers Hamish  

[Drop Bear]

Nice to see an old thread pop up like this one. 

[Drop Bear]

Oh and I have eaten and enjoyed lots of bream under 30cm... That probably won't surprise too many in here haha.