tiotony

you can hire boats in Trinity inlet and Barron river but dunno about supplying gear. Suggest try Barron river tackle- they may hire out rods with their hire boats. Trinity inlet is better fishing though, around that time of year heaps of mackeral around the leads

Where did you fish in TI Azza? I've had some mad sessions on the wharves/ reefs/ trolling up there so know where you are coming from! Still havent beaten my PB black jew from up there to this day.

High is around 11:00 Azza, unfortunately I wont be here tomorrow as just found out I'm on a flight to Perth. Shame as the tides tomorrow night would be good down the inlet for fingermark. Don't think you have a fishy window there as I think there won't be enough water in the creek early morning, and It'll probably be too fresh in the arvo on the ebb with all the rain getting washed down. If you give it a crack its the creek just next to Westco Motors on Mulgrave road. Hope you get something as the strikes were thick and fast thismorning- I think they are gorging on fish washed down from the fresh, everything I landed was spewing up little fish and prawns.

drop us a PM when you get here fishingnut as I think I'll be in town then, hopefully the rain will break though so it won't be flooded out when you get here.

Yeah true jacks are pretty common, but plenty of bream around if you know where to look. Its Moody creek, which joins onto Chinaman creek that runs near the dump. How do you get to Chinaman creek near the dump by the way? Wouldnt mind trying there.

After a long stint offshore have come home to wet season in full swing. Used a break in the weather to head 10 minutes walk down the road to hit the high tide at a bridge crossing a small creek that runs through Cairns suburbs. Straight away saw prawns and little fish getting smashed up so put on a 2" gulp shrimp and cast up under the bridge. Got an instant strike on a very nice 50cm+ jack which I was fortunate to see before he busted my 8lb fireline on all the shopping trolleys and dead trees under the bridge. Rerigged and got an instant strike again on a GT about 40cm, followed in quick succession by 3 more. Then managed a jack about 40cm which I kept for lunch. A couple of casts later old bucketmouth (barra) about 65cm boofed my gulp as I was about to lift it out of the water. He powered off under the walkway before doing a jump and throwing the hook, which I wasn't upset about as I try to avoid the barra during closed season. By then it was slack water and the baitfish and prawns were getting a reprieve except from some archerfish, so headed home for lunch. It amazes me the quality and quantity of fish I can get in a suburban creek that's only about 4 feet deep at high tide, and it reminds me how lucky I am to live in Cairns! Plan to try tomorrows high tide drifting an unweighted live prawn on 20lb braid right under the bridge, to see if I can extract a 50cm+ jack.