Yeppoon Trip 28/02-2/03

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Hi all, 

I drove up to Yeppoon last Thursday for a quick visit. After arriving late Thursday arvo, my Dad and I decided to go for a fish at the Causeway later that night as there was a run through tide. It was still pretty crowded just before 10, but there weren't any fish getting caught. My Dad and I alternated the lures we were using for the next hour and a half but after no bites we decided to call it quits. 

The next morning I didn't go fishing, but in the afternoon I went out to Double Heads. Unfortunately, the wind was very strong and the water was a bit brown, so I didn't bother fishing. My Dad and I then went to Ross Creek, where we also caught nothing except a large stingray which my Dad hooked that put up a good fight. 

The next morning we decided to give the harbor a crack. We caught some livies and tried a couple of spots, and ended up on the rockwall at the mouth of the harbour. We didn't have much success here, but my Dad did hook up to a decent fish (probably a cod) which broke him off in some of the rocks. We were a bit more hopeful about this spot now so decided to try there the next day, because it was still very windy. 

The next morning we repeated the same thing, where this time my Dad caught an undersize cod. Things were still very quiet and windy though. We also flicked plenty of lures around but no hookups. The next morning we came back to this spot and I caught one bream, so it was also very quiet. A bit unsure what to do to try and get a bite, my Dad and I decided to have a flick with some lures around the harbour later that night, which resulted in nothing except a very long sleep in the next morning. We tried in the harbour again that arvo with some smaller plastics and soft vibes but no bites once again. 

Overall, although it was a quiet trip, it was still good to try some fishing up in Yeppoon. I'm going to Victoria today so won't be able to fish in the river that much this holidays unfortunately. 

Cheers, Hamish. 

[ellicat]

Bummer about the lack of action.

Today, we had plenty of action but snip offs and bust offs and pulled hooks were the order of the day. We managed several Bonito and a grassie and some grinners. Then the sea toads and sharks saw us pulling up stumps early and giving Green a go. Sharks here were swimming around the boat and we hooked a few before going in shallow to jig unsuccessfully for squid. So you didn't miss much while you were away.

Have fun in Melbourne. Going to the casino ? haha

[mangajack]

Next time you fish the harbour fish unweighted livies along the north eastern part of the marina....you will not get a bite on lures or anchored baits there   but unweighted livies work. Threadies and cod there usually.

Alternatively work the Rita DeMata headland if you can still get access to it. Threadies and barra.

I fished Corio Bay and the headlands there the most....some good fish on the headlands there....very hard to land though. The reefs go out a hundred metres from the waters edge in some spots. GT's spanish macks and barra there. Occasional cobia and coral trout have come ashore there.

[kmcrosby78]

On 3/4/2024 at 5:41 PM, ellicat said:Then the sea toads and sharks saw us pulling up stumps early and giving Green a go. Sharks here were swimming around the boat and we hooked a few before going in shallow to jig unsuccessfully for squid. 

The boys and I tried for squid at Green too on Wed morning for no luck (despite Spero making it look easy the day before … ). Had wind against tide so we’ll use that excuse …. .

Shame about the overall lack of success Hamish but always good to fish somewhere different. Taking a rod to Victoria?

[rayke1938]

Got your license?

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

On 3/4/2024 at 5:41 PM, ellicat said:

Bummer about the lack of action.

Today, we had plenty of action but snip offs and bust offs and pulled hooks were the order of the day. We managed several Bonito and a grassie and some grinners. Then the sea toads and sharks saw us pulling up stumps early and giving Green a go. Sharks here were swimming around the boat and we hooked a few before going in shallow to jig unsuccessfully for squid. So you didn't miss much while you were away.

Have fun in Melbourne. Going to the casino ? haha

Thanks Brian, sounds like a partly successful session in the bay. Melbourne was alright, I think the casino would’ve been more fun than all the shopping I had to do.

On 3/4/2024 at 7:45 PM, mangajack said:

Next time you fish the harbour fish unweighted livies along the north eastern part of the marina....you will not get a bite on lures or anchored baits there   but unweighted livies work. Threadies and cod there usually.

Alternatively work the Rita DeMata headland if you can still get access to it. Threadies and barra.

I fished Corio Bay and the headlands there the most....some good fish on the headlands there....very hard to land though. The reefs go out a hundred metres from the waters edge in some spots. GT's spanish macks and barra there. Occasional cobia and coral trout have come ashore there.

Thanks for the tips mangajack. My Dad and I were actually fishing there and the two fish we caught were with unweighted baits so it’s good to know some bigger fish can be caught.

Ill be up again in Winter but I think I’ll be limited to Double Heads unfortunately instead of Corio Bay because I Won’t have a car.

On 6/4/2024 at 9:31 AM, kmcrosby78 said:

The boys and I tried for squid at Green too on Wed morning for no luck (despite Spero making it look easy the day before … ). Had wind against tide so we’ll use that excuse …. .

Shame about the overall lack of success Hamish but always good to fish somewhere different. Taking a rod to Victoria?

Shame about the dud squid session KM, and yep I’ve packed a rod but so far no luck. Mainly just relaxing this trip though due to the cold weather haha.

1 hour ago, rayke1938 said:

Got your license?

Fishing license or drivers license? I’ll have my L’s in May so I’m pretty excited about that Ray.

[rayke1938]

Bit harder to get your license these days. On my 17th birthday I attended Miles police station and walked away with motorbike.car ,semi, bus and restricted blasting license no tests involved. Knew the copper from drinking at the pub where I boarded. Drinking age 21 then.