Cockle Banks

[Doughnuts]

Hi All, just after some knowledge if anyone is willing to share. I am chasing a feed of squid on Friday. I know they are about in the southern part of the bay, but I am time restricted so I was thinking about staying on the Northside. Having never fished the cockle banks is it worth trying this time of year for squid, or will I be wasting my time.? Thanks in advance.!

[mangajack]

I am interested to hear you do do catch some there....

I have heard of occasional squid there in summer if the weedbeds are not damaged by fresh water from floods.

[ellicat]

Where are the Cockle Banks ? I can never see them on the charts. Somewhere off Bribie...

[Doughnuts]

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

Where are the Cockle Banks ? I can never see them on the charts. Somewhere off Bribie...

I've never actually been there. So i got 2 options. Option 1... I do have a few old gps points if I can be bothered turning the sounder on. Or option 2...  when leaving from scarbie, pretty much head towards bribie find a red beacon and look for the other boats. I like the challenge of option 2 haha

[mangajack]

This is roughly the centre of the Cockle Beds S27 08.145 E153 09.036

It is roughly 1km east to west and 600m north to south....

[ellicat]

Aha. I've been looking east of Bribie, not Beachmere.

Thanks for that.

[GregOug]

2 hours ago, ellicat said:

Where are the Cockle Banks ? I can never see them on the charts. Somewhere off Bribie...

They are actually shown on my Garmin maps?

[Huxstang]

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNZg3pijBjwQGyGZCu5K5t_C9VillVOhVsjALmyOfIHF9KCGXZ-LCN_adCwq4BjJw/photo/AF1QipOzecOZWGj3v2Ydb2zmH1e4x-OfI-DdaqJ8cnXn?key=Mm1JY0RtVXZ5Z0JCc1MySV9ZTDR4Y0hjQThJaFpR

 

Dad and I used to always get a pile of diver whiting on the cockle banks.

If anyone wants more specific marks just ask and I will grab them off the garmin navionics maps.

[ellicat]

Thanks guys. It's no doubt on my chart plotter too, but I was looking in the wrong places.

 

Sorry to hijack your thread, @Doughnuts. Good luck, Friday.

[Doughnuts]

Hijack away, the more chatting the better.! I actually run a garmin sounder but I have lent the head unit to a mate and I'm to lazy to go get it back. I will use the mark that mangajack shared on my phone to put me in the general area and see what I can find from there. Not sure if I will chuck a whitting rod in yet, a may drag a worm behind just in case there are any whitting about.

[Doughnuts]

Update, Plenty of whitting about today, everywhere we tried we caught them. Nothing photo worthy but a bit of fun, all released as I have enough fillets in the freezer. As for the squid... well I think my name says it all. Only seen one, and couldn't get it to eat. Which is strange, normally if I can see them I can catch them, but not today. Was only on the water for about 3 hours.