I know exactly we’re that particular creek is, from the first scene and then when you got to the causeway, was a dead give away. My dads country but grew up and went diving there all the time. Always was guaranteed a feed of sooty Grunter (black bream) and JP’s. Great spot! 😎👍🏾
Love it !Definitely need to get buck up there and chase em again, have caught heaps around cairns when visiting family and always wanted to hit that sweet water south, going to hit up above the barron falls next. Keep up the good work man much appreciated !
Nice video man, actually checked out that creek a few years back, im a gordy boy but get some good jps up in goldsbrough valley area before you get to national park.
Look carefully around cairns.. They are prolific in some areas.. Passing those smaller creeks do hold big surprises !! I fish Sth of Cairns & to Mena Creek region .. the bridges are exceptional ! 😎🇦🇺🇦🇺🤘👍👏👏
Got a taste of JP fishing while I was working in cairns a few months ago and I can not wait to go back and do it again, great fishing and great fun ! Where was this ?? Harvey’s creek ? Mulgrave river ??
Liam Fitzpatrick trout fishing is more about where you are and stalking etc. I would say it’s similar to what you were doing here but in colder water and not for fish that are as awesome. I still enjoy it though.
Man, it doesn’t get any much than Jungle Perch on foot in my opinion. Such an insane looking fish! & those Khaki Grunter looked like stacks of fun too. Are they a seperate species than Sooties, or just a local name or something?
Some creeks you do. Probably most you should but I know a few of these systems and have fished them a few times. When you really high up your good it’s just when it’s low lying with big slow moving pools I get really cautious.
This started as a general comment, but turned into a novel. I blame Jack Daniels. Hopefully there is something of use in here for all who read it. I used to fish for JP's when i was a young bloke... I'm talking over 35 years ago. I'm no expert but I did fish for them consistently for about 5 years of my teenage life and I did learn a few things. Here are a list of the rules that I followed. 1. The first cast is the most important. If you screw it up, there's a good chance you'll miss the best fish in the spot, or at worst, spook everything. Casting accuracy is king! 2. JP's are ambush predators. They'll thump anything falling out of a tree (see point 5) or being washed downstream. The higher you get up the creeks and into rainforest, the more likely you are to encounter fast flowing water and rapids. Look for deeper pools with tree overhangs, or eddys to the side of flowing rapids. Think like a fish trying to conserve energy and ambush everything and you will do well. 3. If you haven't caught anything after 4 casts at a good spot, you won't catch a JP. They spook real easy. Sure, they'll keep following, but no way will they strike. (It was not uncommon for us to walk and fish over 5km in a single session, one or two fish per pond. Always catch and release I might add.) 4. Always walk upstream. You have a much lower chance of spooking the fish. 5. Try to stay hidden. The water is astonishingly clear and the JP's appear to have phenomenal eyesight. We found that 50% of the fish would hit on the lure literally as soon as it hit the water. If you had an elevated clear view of the cast and the fish, you could see the buggers following it to the landing spot! 6. We exclusively used shallow diving lures. Little rapalas and nilsmasters were best. Nothing that went further than a foot deep. (This was before soft plastics and jigs became mainstream. I've never used them on JP's so can't really comment on their effectiveness.) Deep divers were only good for sooty grunter. 7. (This one might have helped you Liam!) We found that the fish always attack from underneath and hit the middle of the lure. 90% of fish we hooked would latch on to the middle hook on the underside of the lure. I can't help but think that maybe your jigs with upturned hooks were missing strikes because of this. (We often removed the rear hook as this would be the one that damaged the fish the most - hooks in the eye, that sort of thing.) 8. We tried barbless hooks and gave it up after a week. We found we lost at least 50% more. 9. And lastly, light line with no leader worked best for us. Not saying it's the best, but that was what worked best for us way back in the dark ages. 6lb mono we found to be perfect (no braid back then), 8lb was overkill, 4lb, was ok but resulted in a few lost fish, 1kg resulted in too many break offs so we gave that away. JP's don't have much fight compared to a lot of fish (I thought my first bass was a murray cod!) and we would rarely (if ever) lose a fish due to them running for cover. The only time we really got into trouble is if we hooked a freshwater mangrove jack. Now that was full on! Like I said, this is just what worked for us. No doubt there are many other anglers with more experience than me who can give you advice that is more in tune with current fishing tech, and probably have more time fishing for JP than I did. Nevertheless, I hope some of this advice can help. Happy fishing!
Spot on mate. Sorry but UA-cam has this marked as spam and I only just figured out how to fix the problem. All your information is correct. They biggest tip from me is stealth. Don’t get in the water and sneak up super slow and quite.
I know exactly we’re that particular creek is, from the first scene and then when you got to the causeway, was a dead give away. My dads country but grew up and went diving there all the time. Always was guaranteed a feed of sooty Grunter (black bream) and JP’s. Great spot! 😎👍🏾
Yeah not a bad bit of water mate.
I like the double tap taipan testing technique. Mad location. JP is on my bucket list.
Andy Thompson Yep spot one mate. Sure fire way to guarantee ones safety 🎣 🐍 🤣
Your best vid yet mate. Cracking spot. Love the beetle spins
Michael Gough Cheers mate that means a lot to me. I appreciate the support 👊🏻
Brilliant environment.
That water clarity is insane.
Grunters and JPs are sweet looking.👌
Fishermans office Dude it’s a must fish part of the world.
@@LiamFitzpatrick gotta be done man.
I'm as good as sold here 🎣👀🙌
Love it !Definitely need to get buck up there and chase em again, have caught heaps around cairns when visiting family and always wanted to hit that sweet water south, going to hit up above the barron falls next. Keep up the good work man much appreciated !
bocheef Thanks for watching mate 🍻
Well done champion. Always enjoy your vids. Keep them coming Liam. :-).
Coast Tripz Thanks for watching mate. I appreciate it.
i am going to go and cheak that out today
Good luck mate.
i love JP fishing caught my first one the other day and far out their clever dogs
Way smarter than a bass mate 😉
Thanks for videos
Thanks for watching mate.
Going back to Cairns in 2020 can’t wait will def pack a rod this trip after watching this 🎣😍👍🏼
Indigo Fox 72 Definitely pack a rod or two mate.
Nice video man, actually checked out that creek a few years back, im a gordy boy but get some good jps up in goldsbrough valley area before you get to national park.
I fished all the creeks south of Cairns to around. This was one of my favourites mate.
Look carefully around cairns..
They are prolific in some areas..
Passing those smaller creeks do
hold big surprises !!
I fish Sth of Cairns & to Mena Creek
region .. the bridges are exceptional !
😎🇦🇺🇦🇺🤘👍👏👏
Yeah mate, such a cool part of the world.
Great vid, very jealous from SE Qld.
Rog Atk Na from Cairns mate.
That’s awesome! I wish we had jp’s down in vic lol looks like I gotta jump on a plane 🤣
Mark Whitford That’s all I did then grabbed a hire car. Bam 💥
Liam Fitzpatrick keen to do it again? Lol
Always keen to fish mate.
Got a taste of JP fishing while I was working in cairns a few months ago and I can not wait to go back and do it again, great fishing and great fun ! Where was this ?? Harvey’s creek ? Mulgrave river ??
Byron Cowell Couple creeks further south mate. I’ve fished all the creeks south of Cairns and they all have fish.
Top video bud. You going any further north fishing while your up there
Lee Grainger I wish was a quick trip up there. Had one day to sneak some fishing in mate.
We’re about is this in cairns man
South of Babinda mate.
in Bartle Frere
josephine creek
Sick vid man, really nice edit you got there. I’m from cairns this looks like a mint little walk, you got an approx of how far south it is.
Geoff Selvey Bout an hours or so mate. It’s past the Boulders.
Love ur vids and u can just call those black bream just sooties
Theaussiefisherman 2.0 Na they aren’t though.
Awesome place. Still gotta get after the JP’s some day
Murray Crabb Fishing Yeah I need to get one of them vermin trout one day too.
Liam Fitzpatrick trout fishing is more about where you are and stalking etc.
I would say it’s similar to what you were doing here but in colder water and not for fish that are as awesome.
I still enjoy it though.
Don’t get me wrong I do want to catch a trout one day. Probably be one of them big granite belt buggers from northern NSW.
Liam Fitzpatrick mrs and I are going to do NZ and chase some real trout at some stage.
Murray Crabb Fishing Take some of them live baits with ya 😉
Man, it doesn’t get any much than Jungle Perch on foot in my opinion. Such an insane looking fish!
& those Khaki Grunter looked like stacks of fun too. Are they a seperate species than Sooties, or just a local name or something?
Dystopic Seperate to sooty grunter mate. Some systems have them some have sooty grunter. It’s a mix up there.
Hi Liam. I am not after your spots as JP fishing is hard. Do you reckon Behana Creek is a good place to start?
I’ve caught em there before mate.
Got a love the stack to start the vid 😂
Nathan Campbell Was a good start to the day 🤣
Hey what lure you using. The top water one
Ecogear PX55 mats.
Cheers mate love ya content
Thanks for watching.
Which creeek is that might go there on weekends
Down babinda mate.
How do you find these spots mate
Goolgle Earth and boots on the ground mate.
You were in bartal freer
This is correct mate. I lived in Cairns for bit and loved fishing those creeks south of there.
What part of cairns is that in
styra Down past Babinda mate.
Do you need to be vigilant about crocs in these parts mate?
Some creeks you do. Probably most you should but I know a few of these systems and have fished them a few times. When you really high up your good it’s just when it’s low lying with big slow moving pools I get really cautious.
Would u know what creek u are in
Waves_ili QLD One of the ones south of Cairns mate. They all have fish in em. All of em.
Thanks mate👌
Time for your own TV show bro....
Na I’d prefer to do what I do on the Tube mate.
Fair call bud keep up the good work...Got my first over 50cm flatty today on a soft plastic.
Got tips from all your vids m8 cheers..
That’s awesome mate. Well done.
Where is this
Theaussiefisherman 2.0 South of Cairns mate. Bloody gorgeous part of the world.
What creek?
It was one south of Cairns mate.
Hey bloke sick video, I live in Cairns what stream were you in ?
Ian Billingham One south got the falls on it mate 🤫
Where’s this
Theaussiefisherman 2.0 Just south of Cairns mate.
This started as a general comment, but turned into a novel. I blame Jack Daniels. Hopefully there is something of use in here for all who read it.
I used to fish for JP's when i was a young bloke... I'm talking over 35 years ago. I'm no expert but I did fish for them consistently for about 5 years of my teenage life and I did learn a few things. Here are a list of the rules that I followed.
1. The first cast is the most important. If you screw it up, there's a good chance you'll miss the best fish in the spot, or at worst, spook everything. Casting accuracy is king!
2. JP's are ambush predators. They'll thump anything falling out of a tree (see point 5) or being washed downstream. The higher you get up the creeks and into rainforest, the more likely you are to encounter fast flowing water and rapids. Look for deeper pools with tree overhangs, or eddys to the side of flowing rapids. Think like a fish trying to conserve energy and ambush everything and you will do well.
3. If you haven't caught anything after 4 casts at a good spot, you won't catch a JP. They spook real easy. Sure, they'll keep following, but no way will they strike. (It was not uncommon for us to walk and fish over 5km in a single session, one or two fish per pond. Always catch and release I might add.)
4. Always walk upstream. You have a much lower chance of spooking the fish.
5. Try to stay hidden. The water is astonishingly clear and the JP's appear to have phenomenal eyesight. We found that 50% of the fish would hit on the lure literally as soon as it hit the water. If you had an elevated clear view of the cast and the fish, you could see the buggers following it to the landing spot!
6. We exclusively used shallow diving lures. Little rapalas and nilsmasters were best. Nothing that went further than a foot deep. (This was before soft plastics and jigs became mainstream. I've never used them on JP's so can't really comment on their effectiveness.) Deep divers were only good for sooty grunter.
7. (This one might have helped you Liam!) We found that the fish always attack from underneath and hit the middle of the lure. 90% of fish we hooked would latch on to the middle hook on the underside of the lure. I can't help but think that maybe your jigs with upturned hooks were missing strikes because of this. (We often removed the rear hook as this would be the one that damaged the fish the most - hooks in the eye, that sort of thing.)
8. We tried barbless hooks and gave it up after a week. We found we lost at least 50% more.
9. And lastly, light line with no leader worked best for us. Not saying it's the best, but that was what worked best for us way back in the dark ages. 6lb mono we found to be perfect (no braid back then), 8lb was overkill, 4lb, was ok but resulted in a few lost fish, 1kg resulted in too many break offs so we gave that away. JP's don't have much fight compared to a lot of fish (I thought my first bass was a murray cod!) and we would rarely (if ever) lose a fish due to them running for cover. The only time we really got into trouble is if we hooked a freshwater mangrove jack. Now that was full on!
Like I said, this is just what worked for us. No doubt there are many other anglers with more experience than me who can give you advice that is more in tune with current fishing tech, and probably have more time fishing for JP than I did. Nevertheless, I hope some of this advice can help.
Happy fishing!
Spot on mate. Sorry but UA-cam has this marked as spam and I only just figured out how to fix the problem. All your information is correct. They biggest tip from me is stealth. Don’t get in the water and sneak up super slow and quite.