Despite a bit of rain and steamy weather, it’s looking good for a decent upcoming week of angling.
On the beach the sand has packed down well aiding travel however as quickly as mudlow rocks at Rainbow Beach last week recovered allowing a few cars to get through mother nature decided to intervene and make the rocks impassable again.
Your only option at time of writing if heading to DI or Teewah to fish is via the Freshwater road track.
The tracks not in terrible condition at the moment however ive worked out over the years it’s “roughness” is directly relative to the speed at which you travel it.
Cruise through and enjoy the scenery and its a enjoyable drive, blaze through in a hurry and every bone in your body will hurt by the time you get to the other end.
A great tip is lower your tyre pressure at the start of the track instead of at the beach end, it will make a big difference to your vehicle’s ride quality.
Beach travel on Fraser from all reports is good at present however the sand at Indian Head bypass track is still causing havoc for many.
The relatively long stretch and slight upwards angle combined with the fine, hot, ultra soft sand that is continually being turned over by passing 4×4’s can quickly drain the momentum of a vehicle.
To overcome this keep your vehicle in high range, revs high and travel through with good momentum.
If you do get stuck just remember… Half the fun is getting there.
While on the beach, there’s plenty of good tailor still being landed.
Whiting have been thick on Teewah for those with live worms and light gear working the low tide shallow drains also.
It’s worth noting that there has been a massive amount of pipi’s present on teewah for sometime now, years actually and it comes as no surprise there have seen some good snub nosed dart landed as by catch by those using pipi’s as whiting bait.
In the straights, Barra is now off the menu with the annual spawning closure kicking off on Friday 1 November.
If you do land a barra during this time, release it with minimal handling and disturbance at the side of the boat.
There is a special, ever growing barramundi fishery around this region and its great to see numbers continually build.
Mangrove jack are certainly on the prowl now and reports of some great flathead caught on the troll around the drains feeding into the mouth of Alligator creek.
Offshore, some great pearl perch, snapper, trag jew, trout and reds have all made the Gardiner fisheries fillet bench over the week.
Double Island point Fishing charters managed a great haul of bar cod, flame snapper and pearlies form the deepwater off Rainbow Beach which they kindly donated to the local fishing club’s (Rainbow Beach Amateur Anglers) christmas party efforts.
On that note, if you didn’t already know Gardiner Fisheries provides the only public fishing cleaning facilities in Gympie region free of charge.
The well lit, undercover facility is open 24/7 for use with plenty of room for multiple crews to process their days catch.
If you would like to take advantage of the facility it can be found at Gardiner Fisheries, corner of Carlo & Karoonda Rd’s, Rainbow beach, just up the road from the Carlo Point boat ramp.
