Nudgee to Sandgate
| Date: | 8th October 2006 |
| Time: | 07:00am - 11:00am |
| Tide: | High at 10:09am |
| Launch site: | Cabbage Tree Creek (Shorncliffe) |
| Water temperature: | n/a |
| Lures/baits used: | Soft plastics, hard bodies, metal spoons, bait (we tried everything!) |
| Report: | Hit the water just after 7am, and headed to the channel markers near the mouth of Cabbage Tree Creek with the plan of working my way back in with the tide before heading up Nundah Creek. |
| I had a Carolina-rigged Gulp Sandworm trailing out the back while I was casting an Atomic Paddletail. No interest in the Atomic, but the Gulp was getting a few nudges so I backed the drag-off so the fish could play with it long enough to find the end with the hook! | |
| I thought a shad style plastic might have more Flattie appeal so switched to a 2" pink shad. A couple of casts, a bit of a bump, and back it comes with a few neat semi-circular pieces missing. On with a new one, first cast and back it comes sans paddletail. I'd forgotten Toadies just love these pink shads. | |
| On with a grub-tail. By this stage I was opposite where I'd launched and a cast along a drop-off resulted in a 35cm Flattie. A few more casts and a 20cm version came aboard briefly. Headed across the sandflats to the mangroves and finally the Gulp goes off and 15cm of Whiting heads back to the depths. Just inside the mouth of Nundah Creek, the Gulp gets another similar sized Whiting. | |
| For the next kilometre or so the only action was a Toady taken on the Gulp. Time for a change so switched the other rod to a YoZuri Snap Shad and slowly trolled back, still dragging the Gulp. I discovered another benefit of weedless Carolina rigs when I paddled too close and got my line caught in the mangroves - just keep paddling and the rig will slide through the branches before dropping back into the water. | |
| Shortly after that the HB went off to another small Whiting. | |
| Back near where I got the first Whiting, the HB went off again, this time to another Toady. As I was about to release it, a 22cm Whiting took the Gulp that was still trailing behind. | |
| No fish for dinner tonight, but I know a spot that has a few elbow-slapper Whiting, and now I think I know how I'm going to get them! | |
| Submitted by: | Tony |
| Date: | 4th August 2003 |
| Time: | 08:15am - 11:45am |
| Tide: | Low at 7:54am |
| Launch site: | Cabbage Tree Creek (Shorncliffe) |
| Water temperature: | 15°C |
| Lures/baits used: | Soft plastics, hard bodies, metal spoons, bait (we tried everything!) |
| Report: | Met Ross at the ramp at the end of Yundah Street. We had just started paddling towards the creek mouth when we saw a pod of dolphins near the channel markers and working towards us. Figuring that this meant there wouldn't be any fish in a biting mood inside the creek mouth we headed straight out to the channel markers in Moreton Bay. With no action around this area we trolled across to the Shorncliffe pier. |
| I switched to casting soft plastics under the pier while Ross tried a handline and bait to see if there were any whiting about. Neither of us scored although I had a bump that felt like a small bream but failed to hook up. | |
| I heard a splash which I thought was probably a cormorant until I turned around to see a tuna smashing into some bait fish. As I paddled over to tell Ross I saw more tuna leaping near the channel markers in front of the creek mouth. We paddled over and cast and trolled around the area but they always stayed just out of casting range. Don't know what would have happened on 4lb Fireline and 6lb Magnathin leader if I had hooked one! | |
| When the tuna disappeared we paddled back up Cabbage Tree Creek and into Nundah Creek for a cast around the snags to no avail. | |
| Submitted by: | Tony |
| Date: | 9th May 2003 |
| Time: | 04:00pm |
| Tide: | High at 3:15pm |
| Launch site: | Nundah Creek canoe ramp |
| Water temperature: | na |
| Lures/baits used: | Soft plastics |
| Report: | Boy did I get some bites.............mozzy and sandfly that is. As for the fish a big zero, not even a hit or follow. I saw one bream moving around a snag but couldn't get near it for the timber. It is snag rich environment and should hold scores of fish. The only thing I saw an abundance of was toad fish. Now I know why I don't go there very often. |
| Submitted by: | Gavin |
| Date: | 22nd September 2002 |
| Time: | 07:00am - 10:00am |
| Tide: | High at 9:53am |
| Launch site: | Boondall Wetlands (Nudgee Beach) |
| Water temperature: | na |
| Lures/baits used: | Soft plastics |
| Report: | Fished Nudgee Creek around to the mouth. Picked up a small (correction - very small) flathead from the sand flats near the mouth. No other action. |
| A word of advice: If you go there take some insect repellent! | |
| Submitted by: | Tony |