Qld Fishing

[anfo0o]

Hey all,

My first post- as all the questions ive needed ive found in previous history.

Im from sydney and fish on the georges river when ever i can, but im planning to go on holidays in QLD next week and thought id ask if anyone was from there or has fished there? Im going to the Gold Coast, "burley heads area" and was wondering if its good fishing or not? I think the name may suggest some good fish =) burley and all!

Im planning to fish off the beach, possibly hire a boat if theres a marina close by?.. Apparently theres been lots of bull sharks in the channel, any advice (catch or keep away from?)

Any advice would be appreciated..

Thanks guys

[macka17]

Hey all,

My first post- as all the questions ive needed ive found in previous history.

Im from sydney and fish on the georges river when ever i can, but im planning to go on holidays in QLD next week and thought id ask if anyone was from there or has fished there? Im going to the Gold Coast, "burley heads area" and was wondering if its good fishing or not? I think the name may suggest some good fish =) burley and all!

Im planning to fish off the beach, possibly hire a boat if theres a marina close by?.. Apparently theres been lots of bull sharks in the channel, any advice (catch or keep away from?)

Any advice would be appreciated..

Thanks guys

That's not Queensland. You're still a Southerner down there.

Q'Land starts at Bundy. and goes up....

[slinkymalinky]

What sort of fish are you after? I've got family on the gold coast so have fished there heaps and there are plenty of fish. The biggest problem in holiday periods tends to be the number of other fisho's and boats on the water.

Off the beaches there are plenty of good light gear fish... whiting, dart, etc that will keep you amused for hours.

Despite all the 'shark' talk about the canals and rivers, they're not really any more prevalent than in places like the harbour... you just tend to get them in unusual places and they're pretty aggressive in the murky water. Personally, I wouldn't swim in the rivers or canals (in deep water anyway) anywhere north of about Coffs Harbour.

A couple of summers ago an old guy got taken on the Gold Coast than only the summer before had been interviewed on TV after another attack giving the predictable "I've been swimming here for xx years an never had a problem" quote. If you had a way of predicting the wrong place, wrong time "equation" it would be ok, but since you can't you're taking a risk.

I've caught a couple of sharks in the canals.... always at night.... but that's the only time I've fished for them.

If you get access to a boat, try to get your hands on live herring or small pike and drift channels, rock walls, jetties, deep holes. Everything eats herring up there.... big bream along breakwalls, big lizards, Jewies.

The one thing I've really noticed in Southern Queensland is that the saying 'no run, no fun' seems more true than anywhere else I've fished. At slack tide things seem to go really quiet everywhere.... rivers, beaches, reefs. The more water movement the better as long as you fish the right spots.

Hope this helps... I'm sure there are residents that have much more expertise up there.

Cheers, Slinky

[tuffy]

Mate, Tallebudgerra Creek just south of Burleigh is a good and safe spot. Plenty of flatty's/bream/whiting etc.

Have seen monster lizards there while diving near the bridge - some time ago but the system should still be clean.

Tuffy

[anfo0o]

Thanks heaps guys. It sounds good, i cant wait!

Looks like ill be fishing off the beaches, and getting a boat if i can.. Fingers crossed!

Anth