cairns poor results [Archive] - World Sea Fishing Forums

mike miller

18-01-2009, 15:02

Jjust returned from cairns/palm cove. Fishing very dissapointing.Cairns estuary a waste of time and money. we tried three ddep water areas over 4 hours and best fish was a 2lb finger. there after a few barbel then nothing for 3 hours. the pier at palm cove was also unproductive even with moon and tide at best. local comment was too much rain and too many bait fish. general advice was go to outer reef, if you can afford it . I think the outer Islands at fiji are a better bet. off to cape town now. mike miller

rocket

19-01-2009, 00:38

Jjust returned from cairns/palm cove. Fishing very dissapointing.Cairns estuary a waste of time and money. we tried three ddep water areas over 4 hours and best fish was a 2lb finger. there after a few barbel then nothing for 3 hours. the pier at palm cove was also unproductive even with moon and tide at best. local comment was too much rain and too many bait fish. general advice was go to outer reef, if you can afford it . I think the outer Islands at fiji are a better bet. off to cape town now. mike miller
Dont bother shore fishing around here atm with all the fresh water from the monsoons we are having.

Omsk

19-01-2009, 01:18

Jjust returned from cairns/palm cove. Fishing very dissapointing.Cairns estuary a waste of time and money. we tried three ddep water areas over 4 hours and best fish was a 2lb finger. there after a few barbel then nothing for 3 hours. the pier at palm cove was also unproductive even with moon and tide at best. local comment was too much rain and too many bait fish. general advice was go to outer reef, if you can afford it . I think the outer Islands at fiji are a better bet. off to cape town now. mike miller

Oh well Mike... As they say, "A poor days fishing beats a good day at work every time eh...."

PanamaJack

19-01-2009, 13:13

... general advice was go to outer reef, if you can afford it .

'fraid so Mike. This released Black, called '950' which is the skipper's code for might just be a 'grander', was taken in late October.

Roller

26-01-2009, 18:03

I lived in Oz whilst the fishing could be great, it could also be cr@p........