Mouth of the South

fff1964 · Post by **fff1964** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:14 am

Planning a trip to the mouth of the south next weekend

Any tisp trciks obsticlas mooring spots fuel guestimations tec.

Any advice appreciated

Thanks

cuddlescooper · Post by **cuddlescooper** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:47 am

90km to the mouth. run the river on an in coming tide if its your first time. 5hrs difference in tide at bridge, 2.5 hours at the mouth. Watch your sounder in the section called the "round the world" about 20 minutes down from the boat ramp. Its two huge round bowls (open areas) It has huge sand bars that come out of know where in the middle of them but at the same time you cant just follow the banks either. Dangerous reef at the mouth between field island and barron Island. Have a look at a chart plotter or nav chart.

fff1964 · Post by **fff1964** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 11:28 am

ROGER THAT!!!!!!!!!! thanks

barnzy · Post by **barnzy** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 2:23 am

Caught some big jewies in between the 2 islands out the front, great ground, be carefull on low tide through that area, it can be 30m deep and jump up to 1-2 meters instantly. I found it a bit hit and miss at times as well.

fff1964 · Post by **fff1964** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 5:47 am

Cheers barnzy
I'm really chasing some barra though, all catch and release stuff.
Thought i would head down to the mouth and work my way back up.

Cheers

nomad · Post by **nomad** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 8:47 am

cuddlescooper wrote:90km to the mouth. run the river on an in coming tide if its your first time. 5hrs difference in tide at bridge, 2.5 hours at the mouth. Watch your sounder in the section called the "round the world" about 20 minutes down from the boat ramp. Its two huge round bowls (open areas) It has huge sand bars that come out of know where in the middle of them but at the same time you cant just follow the banks either. Dangerous reef at the mouth between field island and barron Island. Have a look at a chart plotter or nav chart.

Spot on Peter. So many people run with the tide to save fuel but when they get bogged, they are there for the duration of the tide run.

fff1964 · Post by **fff1964** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 9:14 am

Will be heading down on an incommimng tide.........good info thanks

palaran · Post by **palaran** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:41 pm

good luck mate

fff1964 · Post by **fff1964** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 5:52 am

Yeah mate will needit lot of area to look at.

...........gotta start somewhere though.

balou · Post by **balou** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 6:37 pm

That river scares the cr.p out of me hence I stick to the blue water. I always tee up someone who knows the river well to follow down and back. One of the best rivers for big barra in my opinion.

RNR · Post by **RNR** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:37 pm

to be honest you really want to be fishing neaps /building tides mate ( water clarity) long way and cost for u not to be giving you the best chances

fff1964 · Post by **fff1964** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 7:12 am

Ok thanks guys might wait for a better oppertunity and head else where till tides suit.

Thanks alot may have saved me a wasted trip...............cheers

fishfanatic · Post by **fishfanatic** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:43 pm

nomad wrote:
cuddlescooper wrote:90km to the mouth. run the river on an in coming tide if its your first time. 5hrs difference in tide at bridge, 2.5 hours at the mouth. Watch your sounder in the section called the "round the world" about 20 minutes down from the boat ramp. Its two huge round bowls (open areas) It has huge sand bars that come out of know where in the middle of them but at the same time you cant just follow the banks either. Dangerous reef at the mouth between field island and barron Island. Have a look at a chart plotter or nav chart.

Spot on Peter. So many people run with the tide to save fuel but when they get bogged, they are there for the duration of the tide run.

I dunno been down to the mouth five times so far..always run with the first outgoing tide. Unless you're moving at a snails pace you will outrun the outgoing tide eventually and come to an area where the tide is still coming in..never been stuck with my boat (touch wood

) except with my crazy mate Crackers in his boat lol..hugging the banks until we found the sandbar...nearly had my arm pulled out of my socket when we came to a very fast stop from 60 kmh.....

North Australian FISH FINDER TM forums

Mouth of the South

Mouth of the South

Re: Mouth of the South

Re: Mouth of the South

Re: Mouth of the South

Re: Mouth of the South

Re: Mouth of the South

Re: Mouth of the South

Re: Mouth of the South

Re: Mouth of the South

Re: Mouth of the South

Re: Mouth of the South

Re: Mouth of the South

Re: Mouth of the South