Fishing Saltwater Creek is similar to Mossman River, it can fish really well at times and your highly likely to catch a fish. It holds small Barramundi, Mangrove Jack, Flathead, Trevally, Jungle Perch, Sootie Grunter and Queenfish.
It can be a great alternative and you will mostly likely be the only person fishing – which is great!
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Tuesday 16 Sep 2025
As we enter into March the full extent of the wet season is still yet to be determined. Do date it has been a moderate wet season with occasional huge dumpings of... Read more
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Adam scott
says:We are heading to cairns in 9 days for some land based fishing. Can u tell us if saltwater creek and the barron are fishing ok at the moment. Is it best to flick soft plastics and can they be fished with bait. Cheers