Ningi Creek Fishing Report No 11

Hi Everyone, last report before I am up to date, attached pics from a couple of trips late October, first one is of my Grandson with his second ever Jew, caught his first one 10 minutes before landing the fish in the pic, unfortunately both well under size and both returned to water to grow some more, every thing we caught on the day was unders so no fresh fish for tea that night, second pic is of a trip I did on my own when I caught plenty of grunter but only 4 were legal, fish in pics ranged from 33cm to 37cm and tasted good in egg & breadcrumbs, all fish on both trips caught on prawns.

Planning a trip up Elimbah this weekend to fish the neap tides for whiting, till next report hope you all catch some.

Ron

Top stuff Ron :bigthumb:

Good report again Ron. Looking forward to an up to date now.

Another great report , going to get my behind I to action in the morning and do a solo trip up the passage somewhere

Not going to SA this week?

Top report Ron, keep them coming.

Onya Ron, lots of those spiky bloody grunter about lately.
Where in elimbah do you usually fish for whiting?

Good Stuff Ron.

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Originally Posted by gunna

Not going to SA this week?

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20th or there about s I think pete See you at the ramp at donnybrook at 6 am if u like

[QUOTE=mangajack;181489]Onya Ron, lots of those spiky bloody grunter about lately.
Where in elimbah do you usually fish for whiting?[/QUOTE
Morning Tony
During the neap tides you won't have any worries getting into Elimbah at low tide, I will slip up to the first green beacon upstream of the little boat ramp, and drift with the run in tide past the house and up to the slipway, I will keep doing that for a while, if i have no luck with that, I will anchor up on the rock wall corner upstream of the slipway and try my luck there, if all else fails I will run back down the creek hour before high tide and drift across the weed banks at the mouth of the creek, if I draw a blank there I will go home wash the boat and have a few beers.

I find yabbies work best up the creek and worms best at the mouth on the weed banks.

Hope you catch a few

Ron

A man with a plan!

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Originally Posted by Ducksta

A man with a plan!

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You always need a plan Ducksta hey, a man without a plan just drifts through life like an unwaited yabbie on a run in tide with short shank up his bum!:D

My best whiting have been from almost directly in front of the little ramp in Elimbah Creek.
Fish in the 35 to 40cm bracket but quite a lot of water between them.
Upstream south of the islands is quite productive for average fish for me.
In the slip and moorings stretch I tend to get little action.
Upstream at the next set of houses always produces some good fish if it is salty enough.

great stuff Ron. Those grunter cook up tops. Did the young fella catch the jewies on yabbies also ?

Hi Tony
Appreciate the info mate, I generally don't fish the creeks for whiting during summer only chase them up the creeks between April and August, however a friend of mine is catching a few at the moment in Elimbah and mostly good quality, might try and catch up with you one morning up Ningi for a chat if you have the time
Ron

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Originally Posted by mangajack

My best whiting have been from almost directly in front of the little ramp in Elimbah Creek.
Fish in the 35 to 40cm bracket but quite a lot of water between them.
Upstream south of the islands is quite productive for average fish for me.
In the slip and moorings stretch I tend to get little action.
Upstream at the next set of houses always produces some good fish if it is salty enough.

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Hi Dean
They certainly do cook up well, I prefer them in egg and breadcrumbs deep fried with a home grown salad and of course chips :32_002:, young bloke caught both jewies on prawns, I got cleaned up the same morning by a much bigger fish, wasn't able to turn him and he slipped into the oyster lease about 50 meters down from where we were fishing, sometimes happen when you're targeting whiting or grunter with 3 kilo and a larger then average schoolie takes your bait
Thanks for your response
Ron

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Originally Posted by kingcray

great stuff Ron. Those grunter cook up tops. Did the young fella catch the jewies on yabbies also ?

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Another stirling performance Ron. My PB Jewie is about 20cm, so the young fella is streets ahead of me already. Keep 'em coming.