cape york

You can catch some awesome fish from the jetty at weipa and seisia. Mackeral, queenies, sharks, tarpon, and other stuff that you don't get in. We also fished from the beach at punsand bay. We got sharks and couta and another guy got Barra. If you are interested in a charter we went out with Cape York Custom Sportsfishing, they were unreal to fish with.

Josh

AnitaK,

I would like to say in advance that I fished Cape York a few weeks ago and caught very little so treat my answer accordingly.

I fished off the wharf at Seisia and not much was caught by any one. A few small barracouta and trevally. There were huge schools of sardines which were easily caught and used for live bait. I did hook up on something which took over 200 m of 30 lb line in the blink of an eye but I didn't land it although I did have 5 - 10 minutes of fun. Someone said the fish was tiring but both me and the fish knew who was really tiring.

I also fished at Weipa and caught a few bream and something weird which I threw back. I fished at the bridge. You drive down the left side of it when the tide is out and fish off a concrete platfrom away from the crocodiles. People did catch barra but they had to wade out into the water and I didn't want to do that. I could see a crocodile sunning itself on the beach.

Same result at Cooktown. The locals told me that the water was too cold and no one was catching much. It might be better by now.

Regards,
Bob

When at Weipa I like to fish off the beach at the point up from the jettys where the navigation light is - Gombung Point I think it's called. I go after 5 and fish till last light. Often get fish as the light fades. You can cast for bait in the gutters 200 metres from the caravan park. Grunter, bream, trevally, queenfish, even barra possible.

At Seisia you can line up with the tourists on the jetty, or go before first lightand fish into the dawn if you're an early riser (not me any more). Or do the last light trick again. It's sometimes hard to get a pozzie though. The jagged sardine are the go. I've always hooked them live between the eyes and float them out with the current which is usually strong. No sinkers or floats but decent nylon or plastic coated trace. Queenfish or trevally most likely. Choose your jetty end from the tide direction.

If adventurous for action with poppers go to Fly Point a couple of km on from Somerset. But beware the soft sand after many visitors have churned through. I had to be snatched out last month, never seen it so soft. Course the Rodeo is a bit close to the ground and I'd never had to lower tyre pressures before on this stretch, just charge through in 4th gear low range. Live and learn!
Get a mud map and advice from the Croc Shack at Lockerbie.
You could hook up with big trevally or queenfish and then have to deal with sharks as you reel in. Talk about adrenaline rush.

Of course it's always hard to go to new places and hope you arrive the week the fish are on the bite. Last time at Weipa the tides were low all day and the locals were saying the fish had gone off the bite since the last week. But sometimes you crack it lucky. If you don't have a go you won't know and it helps to pass the time.

At Seisa watch the locals do their thing off the jetty and then try the same , when the boy and I tried we got zip ,zilch ,nothing , then some local lads on their lunch break arrived , 1 and only 1 cast with a small bait net for bait fish , then handline cast to shore , slow retrieve , 70cm queenfish ,