flattiefisher27 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 G'day raiders, Recently moved into the careel bay area and am within walking distance of the careel bay marina. Been fishing it the last few days and all ive come up with is tiny bream, snapper and one big leatherjacket all around the pylons. Been using prawns and squid. Just wondering if anyone fishes the area much and what fish they have caught before and baits to use? Help would be much appreciated as im going to be fishing the area a lot over the next few years!! Thanks in advance raiders Cheers Jacob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublebarrel Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Hello mate, don't be put off if you haven't landed much, lots of good fish in careel bay at times. Stacks of good bream although theyre mainly on the other side (eastern side) where the moored boats give way to the shallows. But if you berley up on the last couple of hours of the rising tide with something fine that will carry up into the mangroves you might get them to come back out of there on the marina side looking for the source once the tide has turned. Ive caught some great bream at night just 40m or so from the marina in about 2m of water near the southern most moored boats. Hard to imagine the structures around the marina dont hold bream as well. Heard stories of big flatties straight off the marina. Squid too, always lots of ink stains on the pontoon section. I often use the public jetty there as a pick up / drop off spot for my guys when we're fishing in a comp (deep sea) and i often pick up a mooring and stay the night out amongst the moored boats if we're fishing again next day. Caught some great flathead there at night and a few jews as well. Another time i was tied up at the pontoon at 6am just after dawn, high tide, waiting for the guys, and i was throwing a squid jig around - next thing a metre long king looms up and mouths the jig. Stokes point north of the marina at the entrance to careel is a famous spot for kings. . Berley berley berley ..... you'll get fish in careel. Float a live yakka on a 6ft leader under a cork at night on a high tide. Pea size sinker hard up against the hook to slow him down and keep him down a bit. Unweighted ganged 4/0 longshank (just 2 hooks) into a whole pilchard for flatties, or cast around with soft plastics. Good luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flattiefisher27 Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 Hello mate, don't be put off if you haven't landed much, lots of good fish in careel bay at times. Stacks of good bream although theyre mainly on the other side (eastern side) where the moored boats give way to the shallows. But if you berley up on the last couple of hours of the rising tide with something fine that will carry up into the mangroves you might get them to come back out of there on the marina side looking for the source once the tide has turned. Ive caught some great bream at night just 40m or so from the marina in about 2m of water near the southern most moored boats. Hard to imagine the structures around the marina dont hold bream as well. Heard stories of big flatties straight off the marina. Squid too, always lots of ink stains on the pontoon section. I often use the public jetty there as a pick up / drop off spot for my guys when we're fishing in a comp (deep sea) and i often pick up a mooring and stay the night out amongst the moored boats if we're fishing again next day. Caught some great flathead there at night and a few jews as well. Another time i was tied up at the pontoon at 6am just after dawn, high tide, waiting for the guys, and i was throwing a squid jig around - next thing a metre long king looms up and mouths the jig. Stokes point north of the marina at the entrance to careel is a famous spot for kings. . Berley berley berley ..... you'll get fish in careel. Float a live yakka on a 6ft leader under a cork at night on a high tide. Pea size sinker hard up against the hook to slow him down and keep him down a bit. Unweighted ganged 4/0 longshank (just 2 hooks) into a whole pilchard for flatties, or cast around with soft plastics. Good luck. Thank you again for this great information!! will definately give these techniques a go soon!! thank you so much!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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