Thread: Fishing on Cape York....what do I need ??

Nice chair cold beer oh and a rod to

no matter how inviting.........stay out of the water
too many things in the northern waters that will kill you

You will need a bait jig and a hand line a big one. Go to the warf and watch how the locals do it and enjoy

When fishing up there do it either in a boat,up a tree or behind a big tree.There are plenty of big lizards around.As a rule of thumb don't go to the same spot more then once as they stalk you.
The safest spot is the wharf at Seisha,where you can catch your bait.There is a resident groper there and the locals catch him every so often to take the hooks out of his mouth and then release him.It's nothing to see Tiger sharks and the odd croc swim past from that wharf.
Have fun it's really a unique part of Australia.

Murray,
As i write this i am cooking up a few mud crabs. Been chasing em week, 20 nice bucks so far. Last of our frames are soaking now so will bring the pots in on tommorrow tide, hopefully with a few more crab.

Have look in the "fishing shack" section, i wrote a few pointers in a thread a while back. Feel free to
look me up when you get up this way. Happy to help you put a feed on the fire!

Steve

Watch out for Cigateura (think that's how it's spelt), check with locals on which fish are most riskiest (if that's a word), some mates of mine when I was at Gove were real crook for a long time, beware, Regards Frank.

Are you coming up the coast road?. If so make sure you let me know what dates you are going to be up there as a member from Cairns and myself will be up that way around that time. If I am home when you come through feel free to drop in and stay a night if you want and I can show you some Gulf rigs and lures etc otherwise may run into you up there.

Originally Posted by Bearman

Are you coming up the coast road?. If so make sure you let me know what dates you are going to be up there as a member from Cairns and myself will be up that way around that time. If I am home when you come through feel free to drop in and stay a night if you want and I can show you some Gulf rigs and lures etc otherwise may run into you up there.

G'day Brian,
Thanks for the offer, but we'll be travelling up via the inland route through Charleville, Winton etc. We meet in Cairns on June 29th and head north from there on July 2nd.

Cheers, Murray