queensland Fishing curtain

[Mul87]

Thinking of going for a fish at curtian on the weekend. Just wanting abit of advise on fishing the area. As I haven't fished it b4

Fish species

Rigs

Best weather conditions for the area.

Any help will be great

[ellicat]

Snapper, Kingfish and Batfish.

The current fairly roars through there, so best fished around a tide change or have some heavier sinkers/jigheads.

[cookie_7]

The 1st time I went, I landed 1 kingie 9kg 110cm and lost 2 in the one day. And have caught 50cm sweetlip, lots of reef fish.

My old man on the other hand has caught 1x 120cm kingie, 3 cobias, 10kg,12kg and 17kg. This is not all in 1 session though.

Heaps of tarwhine, bream, squires, sweeplips.

[cookie_7]

Also, it seems when the wind is blowing N/E that when we catch a good feed.

We float our lines.

[BreamHunter97]

Sound around till you find fish or good bait. We've had lots of luck by drifting not anchoring up. Have a good day though and goodluck mate.

Akram.

[Mul87]

Thanks guys for info hopefully get a feed there is weekend fingers crossed

[Bluevien]

I am a fan of drifting over curtain also but if it's the weekend you're planning to fish there my advise is to get there early. It's becomes a car park very quickly in half decent weather.

[benno573]

definitely agree with fishing 1 hr either side of a tide change. Keep your leads as light as possible. have a good sound around the area, if it is a carpark on top of the reef proper it is better to have a sound around wide of the reef and look for rubble patches, especially those holding bait. If there is a dive boat in the area forget it, move several hundred metres away. anywhere between curtain and the bulwer ledge can be worth a look if you find the bait combined with a bit of structure. just be careful not to anchor in the shipping channel itself.

I've found fresh flesh baits to work quite well if you can't get livies, pillies, squid and peeled green prawns are other options. Floatlining with placcies works quite well there too, need a fairly large jighead though.