mitchie18092 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 G'day Raiders. After a bit of advice... Heading up to Noosa first weekend of March for a few days and while most of the time will be spent with family and friends, was hoping to get out for at least a couple of sessions... Probably only going to take two rods up with me - one light set up for plastics and unweighted baits; the other for throwing poppers/stick baits and maybe some live bait. Was hoping to get pointed in the right direction as to where to fish, and what go expect. Target species will be soapies/flatties/trevs/bream in the river, and hopefully some big pelagics off the rocks. Any tips/tricks/advice of any sort would be much appreciated! Too many times I've gone on holiday expecting the world fishing wise, only to be severely let down due to lack of local knowledge and assuming a little too much. Cheers! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 The best tip I can give you is to visit a local specialist tackle store as soon as you get there and hit them up for some advice. I don’t think there are too many Queenslanders here on Fishraider. I spent almost a year at Noosa (Sunshine Beach) back in 1984 and mainly fished the beaches from Sunshine to Alexandria Bay (watch out, it’s a nude beach) and the rocks in between for bream, tailor and dart (didn’t target jew). Noosa Beach would also be worth a go and also the breakwall at the river entrance. In the river itself, bream, flathead, whiting and tailor would be available, plus trevally (possibly golden trevally) and you might get a stray queenfish or even a barra. There are bass in the upper reaches. I used to fish Noosa Sound a bit but there wasn’t as much houses there then, so landbased access was easier. (I could have bought a waterfront block of land in the Sound back then for $40,000! Coulda, shoulda!). You can work your way from main beach around the rocks through the national park, to Hell’s Gate and the Devil’s Cauldron etc. for the usual rock species. Also a chance of a coral trout. I can’t see why pelagics off the rocks wouldn’t be a chance at that time of year. Another thing to consider is to find a local charter (research at home first) and book a trip for early in your visit. They’ll give you some pointers, too. Good luck! I love the Noosa area! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mullatt Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 1 hour ago, mitchie18092 said: G'day Raiders. After a bit of advice... Heading up to Noosa first weekend of March for a few days and while most of the time will be spent with family and friends, was hoping to get out for at least a couple of sessions... Probably only going to take two rods up with me - one light set up for plastics and unweighted baits; the other for throwing poppers/stick baits and maybe some live bait. Was hoping to get pointed in the right direction as to where to fish, and what go expect. Target species will be soapies/flatties/trevs/bream in the river, and hopefully some big pelagics off the rocks. Any tips/tricks/advice of any sort would be much appreciated! Too many times I've gone on holiday expecting the world fishing wise, only to be severely let down due to lack of local knowledge and assuming a little too much. Cheers! M. Check your PM's mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Flatty Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 (edited) I was there in September last year. We stayed at a waterfront apartment on a canal in Noosa. Off the little wharf there it was pretty much a legal or almost-legal bream (not much bigger than legal though...<= 30cm) a chuck, using unweighted pilchard cubes. The canal is not wide at that point - you could cast across it. Across the canal from that there is a park which you could feasibly fish the same way from the other side (PM to come). This was breakfast from one of my early morning sessions (caught many more than that, just I only had three people to feed ): For some reason I really struggled to land anything on lures. It was one of those situations where you knew the fish were there, but they were only responding to bait. That's not to say that they wouldn't work there, but they didn't for me. With the plastics I got some bream, flatties and trevs at the first bridge out of Noosa Parade. Make sure you take a break from fishing every now and again to have a look around. It's a heavenly place! Edited January 14, 2019 by Little_Flatty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddyT Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Ive fished up there a fair bit and lived not far away for a few years and being a LBG fanatic at the time spent a lot of time on the rocks (when coming from the NSW mid north coast scene Noosa seemed the logical place to go looking for pelagics off the rocks)- now im not saying that pelagics dont occur their but its a tough scene to get wired. I reckon i spent over 30 days out at Hells Gate and the Fairy pools over about 4 years- I caught spotty macks, mack tuna and a lot of trevally of various kinds- including some rare ones like a bluefin trevally. I saw ONE pod of longtails in that time and never caught a spannie off those rocks. I also caught a few small kings and one amberjack off the rocks. The place seemed to have life if there was current belting along the rocks but none if it was still. the other issue that i constantly faced was after 6am everymorning - out came the sea kayakers, jet skiers and boats (if the bar was safe to cross) and up there they had no regrad for someone trying to get a livie out under a balloon or spin- they drove right past me- constantly. Having said all that- its a nice place- long walk out though. The estuary is a good option for light tackle stuff- but be prepared to be out before first light for the small pelagices (mini GT's, queenies, tailor etc)- small stickbaits are good for that- try the Sound, Munna Point Bridge, the breakwall- all will have fish from first light till sunup. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchie18092 Posted January 15, 2019 Author Share Posted January 15, 2019 Appreciate all the responses guys! Really means a lot. Paddy - were you generally fishing bait, or spinning surface lures off the rocks? Are the platforms safe (generally speaking, of course)? Most definitely planning on doing first light sessions for the most part - and maybe target some flathead / whiting if i get a chance during the day at all. Best, M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddyT Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Livies hard to come by, couple of times put out little queenies, platforms are granite, need rubber to grip them but both Fairy pools and Hells Gate are pretty Ok- but then again i have no insight into your experience and ability. I ended up mainly throwing metals and poppers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 If you want livies, you are allowed to use cast nets in Queensland. Should be able to pick up some mullet or hardy heads pretty easy. But if you’re only going for a few days, it might not be worth the hassle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddyT Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 19 minutes ago, Berleyguts said: If you want livies, you are allowed to use cast nets in Queensland. Should be able to pick up some mullet or hardy heads pretty easy. But if you’re only going for a few days, it might not be worth the hassle. Baz, true in the river, never took my castnet to the rocks but inside Fairy pools i sometimes caught gar- actually sometimes is an exageration- I saw them there a few times and caught a few once!!!As i said the rocks were hard work- long walk in , lots of nitwits in boats etc., sporadic fishing, i am sure someone has it wired but i never did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchie18092 Posted January 15, 2019 Author Share Posted January 15, 2019 Paddy - am relatively comfortable, and in the very least knowledgeable enough to know when and when not to go out. Will read the conditions for a little while and obviously see what the tides doing before i make any rash decisions. Probably a dumb question - are squid easy to come across up that way? Under the assumption a big ol' juicy squid head cast out would be an attractive proposition to most fish cruising past the rocks... M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddyT Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Should get something, i really only chased pelagics at that time in my life , so never really baitfished there.I do beleive that jewies can be caught off the rocks , Fairy pools was mentioned to me a few times, as I said the rocks are fairly safe to fish from but pretty steep and slippery, have good grippy rubber soles (i mainly used Teva type sandels). Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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