Cape York Peninsula

Mainey,
You can get heaps of info from here http://capeyorkforums.com/forums A few of these guys live up that way.
Cheers Dave..

When are you going Mainey? We will be up there mid-June (weather permitting!)

Hi Maîneÿ,

The most disappointing thing about travelling up Cape was the amount of rubbish present on the south part of the OTL. Most of the camp sites were littered with cans, food wrapping, toilet paper and associated human waste. The north end of the OTL was much better, I highly recommend stopping at fruitbat falls and twin falls for an extended swim. I really enjoyed Nolans Brook as well, not for the river crossing but for swimming and the campsite there - we had it to ourselves.

We didn't do much fishing so not much info there. If you're interested there's a full trip report here.

Have fun and take your time, there's heaps to see!

Mainey,

Land base fishing is great......

3 places i have had excellent returns are....................

1. Seisa jetty.
2. Wenlock river near frenchmans track.
3. Annie creek north of lakefield.

Mainey - Start your trip from Cairns up the coast road to the Daintree. It the CREB Track is open go for it, its a great drive, if not the Coast road to Wujal Wujal.

Have a look at weary bay in Ayton and fish the mouth of the Daintree river for a while. Visit Cooktown and go out to the mouth of the Annan River for a night camp and fish. Go out to Archers Point and if not too windy catch a mackerel of the Old Wharf site, also you will find a place there out of the wind for a night camp. If the road is open go to Lakefield via the Battle Camp Road - There are a few nice places to camp along that road as well. Go up through Lakefield, there are some nice spots in there, Annie river is worth a fish. Come out at Musgrave & Head North. Iron Range and Chilli Beach are well worth the drive and come out via the Frenchman's track. A good water crossing on the Pascoe on this road. Then head North to do the OTT and on to Bamaga and the tip.

Have lots of fun & Cheers - We are heading accross the Simpson from either Malanda or Cooktown, depending which Home base we are at at the time :-) Late July (18th), so will miss you for a chat - I think - Contact me if you think we can meet - Cheers Tony

The land based fishing up there is amazing to say the least. I have never seen so much bait fish. Get yourself a good cast net and learn to throw it, get the one made out of fishing line not cotton. The cotton ones sink to slow. Off the wharf at Seisia we were getting big mackrell (up to 7 ft) queenies, sharks, and other stuff that just peeled line off. Best using trace as the mac/sharkss just bite you off. We used 80 pnd braid and still got busted off sometimes. When fishing the jetty put a live bait out under a float, the macs and queenies love them. Just have good gear and hang on, don't leave your rod unattended.
We got coral trout off the rocks at sommerset. Sharks off the beach at Punsand bay (on 100 pnd handline), After the 3rd shark my 400 pnd steel trace was stuffed. Barra and barracouta as well. Image Could Not Be Found
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These were caught about 20 feet off the beach, as far as I could throw the hand line with a big chunk of barracouta on it.
At weipa we fished late at night and got tarpon and sharks. Tarpon are crap to eat but awesome to catch as they fight like mad. we used silver lures on them. I had a 100 pnd hand line out and got something big enough to pull me across the jetty and then snap the line. I was having a ball.
Take the time at these places to get a feel for the fishing. It took me a couple of days to get the hang of it but once you learn the local tricks it is unreal.
We ate fresh fish on the fire most nights. We did talk to others who did not catch anything but not sure what they were doing.
You will have a ball

Weipa, avoid it and for gods sake don't do the mine tour.

Go to the croc tent and get the info on the five beaches run, it's brilliant.

Baz.

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