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15 hours ago, Bood said:

So i fly in/out of brissi every week and often look at creeks that run from the gateway up towards the Airport. I believe u cant fish close to the airport but just wondering if its worth dropping in and goong for a poke…

has anyone ever had any good luck??

Im the same. Flying over there makes me wanna put a pot in every creek haha. 

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22 hours ago, ellicat said:

Schulz canal is a popular spot for flatties and little bull sharks (in summer). 10 years ago there used to be regular reports from members fishing there. -

https://www.australianfishing.com.au/search/?q=schulz&quick=1

 

Hi Bood

I've read lots of those reports. Best ones are from an old member called @Jordan, he caught jacks and cod and flatties, etc.

I don't know if it would be fishing as good as that now. Always worth a try.

Cheers Hamish

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Here's an old story about a spot there I used to fish (No Longer Accessible). I was living at Banyo at the time, it was about 1995-1996 and I fished Shults canal a bit, got a few legal fish and some crabs at times, but after viewing some ariel pics of the airport I noticed a pond, not far off the canal which is connected to the salt by a tiny tidal creek (blue) only on king tides, and with some fresh inflow on the western end when rainy. We accessed it by parking the boat on the bank in Shultz and walking up the old dirt road (red), at first I just wanted to see if it was salt (it was brackish), and if so toss a crab pot in. However, there was not only massive crabs in it, which could be seen just walking around in the shallows, but it was full of BIG FISH which had never seen a hook before and not at all shy, I mainly caught Bream some up to about 1.5kg, and whiting of epic proportions, mostly all caught on small bass lures and on ultra light lines (95% were released). We named this pond Jurassic-Pond and started to visit there more over several weeks, however the airport authorities got on to it, and us and soon shut it down and issued warnings and threatened fines. Still have not beaten my PB Bream and Whiting from there, very fond memories of Jurassic Pond.

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On 26/05/2021 at 1:20 PM, GregN70 said:

We named this pond Jurassic-Pond

 

On 26/05/2021 at 4:00 PM, GregN70 said:

Nah, it certainly was a thing back then. Word also got out, and a few others got in there too. Some did the wrong thing and exploited it, one i believe even took out the biggest Bream award at more than one Straddie Classic Fishing Comp

Yep I have fished it back in the day but it was done by the time I got there. I had also heard the Straddie Classic story. 🙂

Nice to hear from someone that has done well out of it. 

I have done well from other Jurassic ponds since then but they are out of bounds so wont talk about it on a forum. 

Thanks for a great read. 

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