BARRA SEASON OPENS FRIDAY 1ST FEB AT 12 Midday. Good Tides will see keen Lure and Live Baiters fishing the Timbered Bends and Banks. Our picks are Crocodile and Alligator Creeks. A well-known fishing “Journo” seems to have outwitted a few Grunter in an undisclosed local spot South of Townsville. Mudcrabs are on the Flats….
EDIT: Due to flooding in SE Queensland this event has been postponed until Monday 4th Feb. Townsville Marine is holding a Humminbird 360 Information night on Wednesday 30 January – starting at 6.30pm. Tim Morgan from Humminbird will be our guest speaker on the night. Tim is looking forward to holding an informative evening to…
Yesterday I went for a run with Ward in his boat to fish the flats on Maggie Island. This was a new adventure for me, and I was keen to see how it was done. Ward is a purist fly fisher, and chasing Golden Trevalley on the flats is a bit of a favourite of his. We…
The forecast for Monday/Tuesday was for 5-10knot winds and smooth seas. So I thought Monday was going to be the day that we finally got the new boat beyond Maggie Island. But yet again, it just wan’t going to happen. A solid 10-15knots blowing from the North first thing! But it was beautiful between the…
Here are a couple of pics from the local Townsville ramps on the 4m king tide today. Wasn’t as big as I was expecting. Maybe the creeks were worse, but the town ramps were still usable on the top of the tide. Probably not so on the early low though?
Over the next few days Townsville will experience some very extreme King Tides. There are a few dangers associated with this tidal variance that some people may not be aware of. I would like the highlight a couple of things for those less experienced in the area. The following are the tide times and heights…
I have spent the last two afternoons flicking small soft plastics around the creeks for very little success. The afternoon outgoing tide was what I would consider ideal for the Haughton/Morriseys, but the fish had different ideas. Wednesday was the family trip. Down to Morriseys to give the boys a go flicking around the sticks….
• Quintrex 520 Renegade
Fished yesterday morning in the Haughton with Andrew Gleeson. It was supposed to be a quick run and back home by 11am. But a little fuel problem extended our day longer! Now when I say it was a ‘little’ fuel problem, I mean the problem was that I had too little fuel! We left early and…
My new boat is finally all finished and ready to show off! Its been a bit of a journey, but I think I now own the ultimate fishing weapon! Most of my readers would know that over the years I have slowly progressed more and more into lure fishing, and in particular luring the creeks for Barra…