queensland Nudgee Creek

[Ismail82]

Hi guys,

Never fished nudgee creek before but am keen to go and have a flick. Just a couple of questions.

1. Where should I park the car in the area to best acess the creek?

2. Is it thick mangroves or easily walked along the bank? I Need to know as am keen to take my two nephews 7 and 9 years old. Both keen fishos who really want to get stuck in but being younng I prefer if it was easy walking. They have been asking me for the last month to take them fishing again and i promised this weekend i will.

3. What outfits to take. ie size braid and leaders. Will be using raiders/stradics.

all info would be very helpful.

thanks fellas

[Cowfish13]

What type of fish will you be intending to catch?

Welcome to the site as well:)

[kevinchen19870316]

i can't really explain where to park but one advice here: bring mossy repellents. i had over 30 bites a trip even in the midday.

use shallow runners when the tide's moving and you might hook up anything from bream to cod

[Clawhammer]

Nudgee Ck can be pretty hit/miss (like most places)

People have been fishing there forever so even though the mangroves look thick there's always a track...can get a little unpleasant after a high tide though.

As it's close to the ocean, pretty much everything's on the cards, on my best stint down there last year when the thunderstorms started brewing I caught bream, flathead, threadfin, an eagleray!! and I now always keep a rig ready for the everpresent bullsharks!...all within spitting distance of the ramp!

It can get a little 'roudy on a weekend night when the Jap Brigade turn up in their 'Ricers' to race sound systems...Ohh and the jetski lice can be alittle bothersome....I am tempted to bring one in to a weigh-in and hang 'em upside down on a scale-hook...cleaned and gutted of 'course!

other than that she's a beaut spot!

[pinkey]

Interesting to know that the odd threadfin might live in there? or just pass through? how big was the one you caught clawhammer?

[Clawhammer]

pinkey wrote:

Interesting to know that the odd threadfin might live in there? or just pass through? how big was the one you caught clawhammer?

about 18inches!?...fat and healthy too..err that fish that is!

[Dan23]

Clawhammer wrote:

Nudgee Ck can be pretty hit/miss (like most places)

People have been fishing there forever so even though the mangroves look thick there's always a track...can get a little unpleasant after a high tide though.

As it's close to the ocean, pretty much everything's on the cards, on my best stint down there last year when the thunderstorms started brewing I caught bream, flathead, threadfin, an eagleray!! and I now always keep a rig ready for the everpresent bullsharks!...all within spitting distance of the ramp!

It can get a little 'roudy on a weekend night when the Jap Brigade turn up in their 'Ricers' to race sound systems...Ohh and the jetski lice can be alittle bothersome....I am tempted to bring one in to a weigh-in and hang 'em upside down on a scale-hook...cleaned and gutted of 'course!

other than that she's a beaut spot!

Just wondering if you're talking about Nudgee Creek aka the creek with the boardwalk that goes out to the mouth or are you talking about the area just south of there with the main boatramp called nudgee beach that feeds Schultz canal? It's very confusing trying to work out the names of all the spots. If there's threadies in Nudgee creek that'd be awesome!!

I've fished there a few times. I agree, high tide is very difficult to fish. I reckon the best time to go there would be half to low then back up to half. I've targeted bream there and never mangaged one. All I've caught is flathead, moses perch and Cod with only 2 being legal.

Also to get to the boarwalk you just drive up Nudgee road and follow it all the way to the end, follow it around to the left and keep going till you get to a water treatment plant and some car parks. Then just follow the boardwalk and it will lead you out to the mouth.

[chonna]

what sort of setups do you guys usually use here?

i had a crack the other day with a new shakespeare baitcaster i got from bcf. i was using an sx40 lure on the incoming tide but had no luck.

is it better to use live baits there? or do the sx40 lures go alright?

[Clawhammer]

"Just wondering if you're talking about Nudgee Creek aka the creek with the boardwalk that goes out to the mouth or are you talking about the area just south of there with the main boatramp called nudgee beach that feeds Schultz canal? "

Arrh...my mistake, I apologize...I was talking about Shultz Canal. I've only ever walked the boardwalk on Nudgee Creek...You're right, the mangroves look pretty thick. I've walked to the mouth of Nugee Creek from Nudgee Beach Park...just jump down from the sea wall and walk out on the sand flats...there are plenty of gutters for flathead. I generally just flick a spinner as I'm walking along but I've never taken a legal sized one off there yet...and it can be a little unpleasant with all the wind.

Don't get me wrong though Shultz Canal isn't a haven for fish...I've spent at least 3 good long sessions on great tides and never retrieved a single fish!

[Cowfish13]

We get heaps of fish at Shultz:)

I want a Jack or a Thready soon though

[Dan23]

chonna wrote:

what sort of setups do you guys usually use here?

i had a crack the other day with a new shakespeare baitcaster i got from bcf. i was using an sx40 lure on the incoming tide but had no luck.

is it better to use live baits there? or do the sx40 lures go alright?

Another SX40 baitcaster guy:laugh: You and Kevin will get along well.

Where were you fishing? at nudgee creek an Sx40 goes alright I've caught a few cod on them. If you're after flatties I'd go some 3" platstics on a 1/8 jighead.

[kevinchen19870316]

nah, dan, i cannot cast SX40 even with my new set up

[chonna]

lol i picked one up because i was looking to get myself some lures as ive always fished with live bait and wanted to challenge myself to catching fish on a lure, and they seemed to be the one everyone talked about

yet to catch my first fish on a lure though......

any pointers?

[Clawhammer]

Try a popper! You can see what it's doing and how it responds to your rod movements (not the line retrieval speed)

Poppers' show you how get action out of a lure...and I swear, that first day you actually SEE the fish roll over on top of your lure,... you'll be the one who'll be hooked:cheer:

[Cowfish13]

Popper's are cool and easy to use, but IMO, the SX40 will catch fish more consistently. Try using a leader of 8lb Flurocarbon or less, and retreive it with a very, very slow steady wind. I catch a lot of fish doing that.

[kevinchen19870316]

i agree with cowfish. at this time of the year, just use light tackle( as light as possible, use 2lb all through if ur not afraid to loose too many lures TO FISH) and fish SX40 or SX48 super slow. u will catch a fish sooner or later.

as for popper, when u see some boils on the surface, just cast a popper there.

[chonna]

wats a popper??

excuse my ignorance!!

[Clawhammer]

[img size=200]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/3c2d_2.jpg Generally, any lure that "pops" along the surface (do a quick google search)

I used to make 'em by cutting off the ends off broom handles and sticking a few eyelets in 'em...they come in all shapes these days...I reckon "bubble-pops" work a charm!

[Feral]

Its a floating lure, generally with a flat or hollow face where the line ties on. The idea is you cast it, bring it in with short jerks as it sits on top of the water, making nice little splashes and pops as it comes.

Good for smooth water.