queensland Drop Bears Trip To Moreton This Weekend

[Drop Bear]

I am heading to Moreton on Friday back Sunday. It will mostly be a social trip that I go on each year with a bunch of South African Australians. 

Lots of Beers and laughs. I am the camp cook for our little group so packing the camp oven for a bit of fun. 

I hope to get into a few Tailor at high tide in the holes and perhaps get some whiting in the gutters at low tide. 

Wish me luck. 

Report to come about this time next week. 

[ellicat]

Sounds like a good trip to come. Good luck.

[Drop Bear]

7 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Sounds like a good trip to come. Good luck.

Thanks. I am looking forward to it. 

[kmcrosby78]

Good luck Robbie - nice time of the year for it  

[benno573]

nice one mate.  looking to get over there myself for a full week of r & r in the next coupla months but it may end up being fraser instead.  heaps of tailor off the northern beach this time last year, any gutter right on dusk, i got all mine on slugs and plastics, guys camped near us were all baitos and they got some bigger ones but way less numbers. 

 

take some volcom red curry paste, a can of coconut milk and an onion - fresh tailor makes the BEST fish curry and takes all of 15 minutes to put together.

[ellicat]

1 hour ago, benno573 said:

may end up being fraser instead.

You'll be disappointed, with all the bogans, compared to Moreton.

 

[benno573]

16 hours ago, ellicat said:

You'll be disappointed, with all the bogans, compared to Moreton.

 

i know... but someone else is pushing for fraser... and i am pushing back HARD for those very reasons.  

[Drop Bear]

On 15/07/2019 at 11:49 AM, kmcrosby78 said:

Good luck Robbie - nice time of the year for it  

Yep the weather looks good too. 

 

[Drop Bear]

On 15/07/2019 at 2:02 PM, benno573 said:

nice one mate.  looking to get over there myself for a full week of r & r in the next coupla months but it may end up being fraser instead.  heaps of tailor off the northern beach this time last year, any gutter right on dusk, i got all mine on slugs and plastics, guys camped near us were all baitos and they got some bigger ones but way less numbers. 

 

take some volcom red curry paste, a can of coconut milk and an onion - fresh tailor makes the BEST fish curry and takes all of 15 minutes to put together.

Pro tips mate. Thanks. I was there this time last year too and we got as many as we needed. I hope they want to play this year too. 

[Drop Bear]

On 15/07/2019 at 4:00 PM, ellicat said:

You'll be disappointed, with all the bogans, compared to Moreton.

 

True Dat

[Drop Bear]

8 hours ago, benno573 said:

i know... but someone else is pushing for fraser... and i am pushing back HARD for those very reasons.  

And the buses and the dingos and the drive and the lack of fish. 

[tugger]

Good luck Robbie 

[Drop Bear]

7 hours ago, tugger said:

Good luck Robbie 

Thanks Tugger, I have decided to take it easy and just take some spinning gear and slugs. If that doesn't work so be it. 

It is only 2 nights so I don't want to drag out too much fishing gear. I might have to chuck in some hooks and sinkers just in case we get time to catch a stack of worms and want to try for a Mulloway. 

[Poddymullet]

Hey guys ... silly question but where do you camp on Moreton? You have to camp in one of the designated camp areas right? 

[ellicat]

1 hour ago, Poddymullet said:

Hey guys ... silly question but where do you camp on Moreton? You have to camp in one of the designated camp areas right? 

Yes. There are camps in behind the dunes south of Middle Road or you can camp up North at the camping area near the lighthouse...Northpoint or something like that. Has cold showers and toilets.

[Drop Bear]

On 18/07/2019 at 8:44 PM, Poddymullet said:

Hey guys ... silly question but where do you camp on Moreton? You have to camp in one of the designated camp areas right? 

There are stacks of options but yes you need to camp in designated areas. It is a fantastic place to camp. 

We stayed on the main beach not far north of the middle track. There are options up and down the east beach, just below the Light house, at Yellow Patch, between Cowan Cowan and Bulwah, near the Tangalooma wrecks and other places. They are all pretty nice with unique things to each of them. 

[Drop Bear]

We had a great trip but naughty bear did more drinking than he did fishing. 

We did throw lures for Tailor but they were not there. 

Man there are some whales now. They were everywhere you looked. 

Such a fantastic island. I don't think we appreciate how amazing it is and is so close to BNE.

Shame the Tailor didn't want to play but still a fantastic trip. 

[Poddymullet]

15 hours ago, Drop Bear said:

There are stacks of options but yes you need to camp in designated areas. It is a fantastic place to camp. 

We stayed on the main beach not far north of the middle track. There are options up and down the east beach, just below the Light house, at Yellow Patch, between Cowan Cowan and Bulwah, near the Tangalooma wrecks and other places. They are all pretty nice with unique things to each of them. 

Thanks mate. I'd really like to do the boat camping thing. Take the boys over (8 and 12)...and camp but have the boat close by. I guess the alternative is to just anchor up at Bulwer or close by the wrecks. 

[Drop Bear]

5 hours ago, Poddymullet said:

Thanks mate. I'd really like to do the boat camping thing. Take the boys over (8 and 12)...and camp but have the boat close by. I guess the alternative is to just anchor up at Bulwer or close by the wrecks. 

The camp sites from Bulwer to Cowan Cowan are fantastic for that sort of thing. You can fish the beach or the drop off just out or go offshore from there. Loads of options. They are pretty quiet out of school holidays. Few creeks around too for fresh water, not for drinking but good to wash the salt off. 

[hedge05]

Hay poddymullet, 

I've  taken the boat over and camped heaps of times. South of Tangas is where I normally camp .

Its quiet and not to many people camp down that end good for kids . There are no facilities at all so you would need to take water etc. 

Just past Cowan heading north  there's a few good spots as well one has a fresh water creek right beside. 

These camps are right on the beach to keep an eye on the boat. 

Hope this helps mate 

[kmcrosby78]

@hedge05 does the tide go very far out? Do you use a pulley system to retrieve the boat or just swim out to it? Would love to do this sometime  

[Drop Bear]

@kmcrosby78 it doesn't north of Cowan but the further south you go the more there is sandbanks. 

I am really interested to hear @hedge05 saying the southern areas. I had no idea. Thanks for the heads up mate. You learn something every day.

[hedge05]

On 24/07/2019 at 9:43 AM, Drop Bear said:

@kmcrosby78 it doesn't north of Cowan but the further south you go the more there is sandbanks. 

I am really interested to hear @hedge05 saying the southern areas. I had no idea. Thanks for the heads up mate. You learn something every day.

 

On 23/07/2019 at 7:46 PM, kmcrosby78 said:

@hedge05 does the tide go very far out? Do you use a pulley system to retrieve the boat or just swim out to it? Would love to do this sometime  

Tide goes out a fair way.. I usually just anchor up and keep moving the boat as the tide goes out.. Or if the tides suit I just let the boat go high and dry and wait for the tide in the morning..  

By the way good Flathead fishing down the southern end on the out going tide.. 

[benno573]

Can also stay at the wrecks campground too - but it’s generally pretty busy around there of course. See a lot of boats just chilling out on the sand down the south end of the island on the lower tides, in some spots there is over 100m of sandbank on low tide. Great place for flattie fishing though!