GregOug

Hi Leejin
If you read some old reports, I have heard lots of good stuff coming from there. Jewfish, threadfin, bream, flathead, cod, whiting, sharks and rays. I haven't fished there myself but I'd assume prawns/worms for bream, whiting, flathead and livies for jew, sharks, rays and big flatties. 
Cheers Hamish 🙂 

There's only a need to post your question once. I have removed the other two threads. Remember this is a forum, not Facebook, and it can take a while for members to respond. 🙂
Yabbies are a great bait for flathead.
Pillies  are good for Kingies but I'm not too sure that the Seaway is a great spot to target them.

Hi Poacher..
With my limited fishing around the Gold Coast, there are some spots I have had some luck.
I've caught whiting at the spit, I reckon you could get bream and flatties there too. I used sand worm, but I suppose pillies a some small gang hooks with a light sinker/running sinker rig would work well. Prawns would also go to, and if you have a spot to pump yabbies, they should probably work well for everything.
The Sand Pumping Jetty is an option, and while I've never heard a report that hasn't said "this place is full of people taking undersized fish and is PACKED!", I've heard tailor, bream, kingfish, flathead, whiting and cod coming from it. It seems pillies or live bait are the go there. Though, a kingfish would be pretty rare.
The Seaway rock wall is a good spot too, check this video Team Madmullet Productions (madmullet) has done on Gold Coast fishing basic for some more tips. They get a range of species on bait, slugs and plastics. 
By the way
Thanks ellicat, I was wondering why it was spammed in the newest posts section 😉 
Hope this helped,
Cheers Hamish 

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Got a response from SEQ water re their website. Just goes to show getting in touch pays off rather just having a spray on social media, Now all I have to do is find out all about how to download an app. Cheers Ray
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Hi IlanC
I have never fished at Toowong before but I can give you a hand. The baits you are going to want to use for shark are the following-
Mullet, herring, eel (pike and freshwater), bony bream, garfish and and other oily fish you can catch. Catch mullet, herring and bony bream in your cast net. There is no substitute good fresh bait that hasn't been treated badly. If you can avoid the frozen servo station stuff that would be ideal. Some locations where you catch this bait are normally sandy beaches or if you throw a cast net anywhere in the river near lights/jetties you've got a good chance of them and prawns too (I'll get to them later). That's what you're looking for, I'm sure if Toowong isn't snaggy you'd get some too. Pike eels will be caught while shark fishing, if you need some bait they probably would make a heap if you got a decent sized one. Freshwater eels can be caught on any meat or fish in dams, creeks and ponds. Make sure fishing is allowed though, especially if it is a park. You'd probably have a chance of tilapia, bass and eel-tailed catfish in most too.
For threadfin, that is a different matter. Live baits are key. These also give a good chance of a shark, and here are your best chances. Live banana prawns work a treat though you will also get a lot of catfish if fishing in the Brisbane River. River shrimp work but have the same problem too. You will catch these in an opera house trap or in a cast net. Live bony bream, herring, mullet, winter whiting, garfish and frog-mouth pilchards all can be caught in a cast net. They are very picker resistant and last a long time, especially mullet and bony bream. Frog mouth pilchards are nothing like the ones you see in the servo and they will catch fish. They die very quickly though. As christophagus said, pilchards will not last for long and have very low resistance to pickers (baby bream or toadfish). Try to avoid them for sharks if you can. If you must use a servo bait, which can still very well produce fish, fillet or buy mullet or oily fish. To overcome the service station issue, find good fish at the fish market. Woolies Australian Green Prawns can produce threadfin, and by finding fish market fish you can ensure it is at least going to be a bit more fresh. 🙂  To see if they are fresh, you can look at the eye. If it is grey, they are old.
The rigs for threadfin and sharks are quite similar, and can be the same. I use a size 6 ball sinker, but I'd use a size 4-8 ball sinker depending on the run. I have 100lb mono leader tied to my 30lb braid mainline, via an albright or shocker knot. While it does slightly hinder your cast, it pays when a fish takes you around structure riddled with sharps. Not only will you save the fish, but you will be able to make sure you can get your tackle back in 95% of times. The hooks you could use are 5-8/o circle hooks, which are ideal for live baits, strip baits and large prawns. Pin prawns through the tail, mullet and winter whiting through the lip, herring, bony bream, garfish and frog mouth pilchards just up diagonally from the eye. Most fish hit there prey head on, so you will get a better hook up rate. You can pin prawns once or twice through the tail. The trace I use is 80lb shock resistant mono, tied from a decent sized barrel swivel.
Some other locations that aren't Towoong are:
West End parks
UQ area
Storey Bridge Area
Colmslie Jetty (though very over fished and you'd be lucky to catch something other than people taking undersized fish)
Kangaroo Point Area
These are just some spots you can fish every now and then, and as far as I'm concerned you can get all this bait at these locations. Use these rigs and I hope you get onto some good fish.
Here are some good youtube channels to check out too - 
Team Fat Flathead
Team Madmullet Productions
A couple of these people are members on this site, madmullet and doss are there names.
I hope this helps, if there are any more questions I can answer I'll try.
Cheers Hamish 🙂 
 
 

Thanks Drop Bear

Thanks Drop Bear

Wish I could join up but I no-one wants to pay 😉 
Cheers Hamish

Welcome aboard Greg.
I look forward to catching up with you. 
It takes OzFish a little time to send through the new member's details but when I get your email I will get you in the loop.
 

I just joined OzFish too and got the same goodies

G'day cid...
Welcome to the forum. I agree, the weather right now hasn't been ideal. I went out today and didn't do to well either. Good job on the trevally and moses perch though, how'd they fight?
Fishing in the rain, in my opinion is most effective around river mouths or surf beaches. So if you go there, I believe you will do better. A bit of logic behind this, the freshwater will wash them out around the mouth, and they will be hanging away from the dirty water and in the cleaner stuff.
Cheers Hamish 🙂 

I believe Enoggera Resevoir is a no go zone.
Search "NPD" (short for North Pine Dam) and you will find heaps of reports. Actually if you look at the Freshwater Forum you will see many reports of the dams in and around Brisbane.

Welcome Wild Harvest.

According to Ern Grant, he thinks it is just a damaged claw that has regrown the same as when they regrow a lost claw. So I don't think it would affect the flesh/taste.
Certainly have to be a bit more careful.

Hi all
I know this probably won't be that interesting, but here's Brisbane River Session #6 🙂 
So, I woke up and it was raining. I looked around for my Dad, but he had left to set up the Scout Sausage Sizzle we are having at Bunnings today. I slept back in for about another 20 minutes, then got up. I didn't find a raincoat, so I just went in my normal shirt. There was a bit of heavy rain at the start but after about 45 minutes the sun came out.
While it was raining, in about 10 minutes of arrival, I took my first catfish on a piece of prawn. My second rod went off but I didn't get to it because I was dealing with the first one lol. I rebaited, this time with a shrimp, and in about 20-30 minutes, I was on again. After about ten seconds though, I knew it wasn't another catty. It was taking line, felt very heavy and not coming up. In the fight, about 40 seconds though, he rasped/bit through my 12lb mono leader *anger, disappointment, annoyed*. I felt the line while re-rigging, which is where I found out he rasped through it, which makes me think it was one of these three-
-Threadfin Salmon
-Pike
-Freshwater Eel
Whatever it was, it's got a hook in his mouth so if I re-catch him, I'll know who he is (hopefully it doesn't rust or get spat 😉) For the rest of the day, I had one more run, but didn't connect. It didn't feel big anyways. I did notice some interesting things though. Normally when I'm fishing for sharks (which was the primary target species) I've been fishing the run out. This time, it was rising all morning and one of the highest tides I've ever seen. While I was watching the lines, I did see a big jump/bust up on the other side of the river, it was silver, so either a shark, salmon or big catty. While I had my line in the channel made in between the jetty and bank as well, I saw a catfish do a big boof on the mangrove too, it gave me a fright but at least I knew they were there. After that, I fished for about another half hour, but I left when my Dad came down and when it started to heat up.
Here are the statistics too:
Statistics of Trip
Fish caught: Catfish x 1, big bust off
Baits used: Prawns, Shrimp, Mullet
Tide: Rising, .1 low, 4:00AM, 2.6m high, 10:40AM
Moon Phase: Over 50% but not quite full
Tackle: 14lb braid mainline, 12lb mono leader, 20lb fluorocarbon leader, 30lb braid mainline, 80lb mono leader, 80lb Halco wire trace 40-50cm
Weather: 26c, 83% humidity, rain, cloudy
Bait Caught: - 
Overall Success: Target species were not caught, but it was still nice to get out for a fish 🙂 
I hope you enjoyed the report, sorry there are no photos but I caught nothing worthy 😉 
Cheers Hamish

Welcome to the AFO forum.
I've had follows but never hooked up to a whiting on the surface. Good luck with it. :)

Hi
just signed up.
Enjoy both salt and fresh fishing.
latest thing i love is whiting on poppers.
hope to contribute to the forum.
regards
Wild Harvest 
 

Probably a good time to remind everyone to be extra careful when boating at the moment due to all the floating debris that will no doubt be everywhere

Just attaching a link to a short article about the Moreton Bay flush out after all the rain.
https://www.bnbfishing.com.au/forecast-moreton-bay-fishing-in-coming-weeks/?mc_cid=2a60dd8627&mc_eid=47674f88e7
cheers
Greg

Probably not. Not enough brains.

Probably not. Not enough brains.

Probably a good time to remind everyone to be extra careful when boating at the moment due to all the floating debris that will no doubt be everywhere

Probably a good time to remind everyone to be extra careful when boating at the moment due to all the floating debris that will no doubt be everywhere

Thanks @GregOug. Will be trying to get the pots in next week after this good flush.