Welcome to the Spring Creek Torquay Fishing Guide. Spring Creek in Torquay is a small estuary system that runs from Torquay Beach. This is a nice place for families, with several jetties scattered along the creek running through the caravan park, the Sands golf course, and Torquay football oval. It can produce large numbers of Bream and other species such as Luderick, Salmon and Mullet. The beach is nearby, offering ample parking and BBQ areas, along with basic playgrounds. It can be a challenging place to fish with lots of washed-up weed.
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Things to do at Torquay Spring Creek
This is an excellent spot for fishing with kids, as there are parks and BBQs opposite the Caravan Park, and a short walk to JanJuc Beach. Torquay is a lovely, vibrant town that welcomes thousands of holidaymakers each year. With excellent surf at Bells Beach and Jan Juc main beach. There is also a good selection of surf shops at the Surf City Plaza, as well as cafes, mini-golf, a golf course, parks, scenic walks, rock formations, and plenty of accommodation options for visitors. You may also stop at Tiger Moth Adventure World for a helicopter flight. Jan Juc surf beach is an excellent location for surfing and fishing. It’s a nice spot to bring the kids to play in the sand and in the shallows, but be warned, there are large waves and a strong rip, so you must keep a close eye on them. You can see live Jan Juc camera here. There is ample parking between the golf course and Jan Juc main beach entrance, just before the roundabout.
Fishing at Spring Creek, Torquay
At Spring Creek, you can target
- Bream
- Mullet
- Luderick
- Australian Salmon ( Bay Trout )
Spring Creek is a small, narrow system that runs directly from the Bass Strait. There are scattered jetties along Surf Beach Drive and also opposite the golf course and football oval. You can also fish at the entrance over the narrow bridge. Here you can catch bream, mullet, luderick, and salmon. We have had the most success here suspending small live baits from a float, such as maggots, yabbies and scrub worms. You can also use small strips of raw chicken and pilchard. When bait fishing here its a good idea to berley an isolated area to bring the fish in. This is also a great location to cast soft plastics and shallow dive hard-body lures. Click here to see our full guide for bait fishing for Bream.
Most of the fish caught here are on the smaller size, so you can fish very light. If you’re bait fishing, an ultra-light nibble tip rod is a great idea. Baits suspended from a float or small sinker or unweighted when bait fishing works great. You will most likely be using a rod suited for bream fishing. We would suggest a light 7-foot rod 1-3 or 2-4 kilo capacity, coupled with a 2000 size reel. Spool the reel with 6 or 4-pound braid finished with a rod length of 4-pound or 6-pound fluorocarbon leader. There are plenty of ultra-light and affordable bream rods and reels on the market.
The choice of bream lures is almost endless. We created a detailed video on the best bream lures and how to use them. We also recommend reading our guide on the best lures to catch bream.
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Recommended baits Spring Creek Torquay
At this location, we highly recommend the baits suggested below. At Spring Creek, baits are best presented suspended from a float or a light running sinker rig. You can also opt for a paternoster rig or a dropper rig. The rig and sinker choice will depend on your target species and conditions, such as wind and tidal strength.
- yabbies
- Scrub worms
- sandworms
- maggots
- mussels
- pilchards
- prawns
Recommended lures and Spring Creek Torquay
- Blades such as Ecogear VX35 and ZX35, TT Swithprawn, StrikePro cyber vibe
- Shallow and mid-diving Cranks such as Jackall Chubby, Cranka Crank, Double Clutches, Spike 44
- Zman Slim Swimz
- Zman grubZ
- Cranka crab
- Mussel Vibes
- Clone Prawn
- Berkley powerbait grub
- Squidge wrigglers
- Daiwa Double Clutch
- EcoGear SX40
- OSP bent minnows
Targeting Bream at Spring Creek Torquay
This is a great location to target bream with lures and soft plastics. The options available are almost endless, so make sure you read our guide on the best lures to catch bream. Recommended options include crab imitations, shallow diving cranks, paddle tail soft plastics, curl tail soft plastics, minnow imitations, vibes, and blades. Also, try your luck with surface lures, which is an exciting form of fishing with light gear. Bream is all about finesse fishing, so you will need an ultralight spin outfit. We recommend a 7-foot rod in a 1-3 or 2-4 kilo class, paired with a 1000, 2000 or 2500 reel spooled with 2-6-pound braid and equivalent leader. There are so many amazing bream outfits on the market and budgets vary greatly depending on your skill level and spending habits.
Bream reside within structures such as jetty pylons and stumps. Enticing them away from the structure onto your lure will take some time to master. Remember to work your lures and plastics slowly and mix up the retrieval techniques. If you are targeting bream with bait, we highly recommend using sandworms, maggots, scrub worms, mussels, yabbies, and chicken. A 2-4 kilo class rod paired with a 2500 size reel would be a great option spooled with 6-pound line. We would encourage you to read our detailed guide on Bait fishing for Bream.
Targeting Mullet at Spring Creek Torquay
This is a great location to target a bread-and-butter species that schools up in big numbers. They are fun to catch on light spinning gear, and a great fish species to introduce beginners to fishing. Mullet respond well to berley, so use berley in an isolated area with a mix of bread, tuna oil, and chook pellets. Good baits include bread, dough, live maggots, pilchard, and prawn. Remember that Mullet have a small mouth, so be sure to cut these baits into small pieces. You can also use soft plastics, such as small minnow and grub-style soft plastics, with a slow, constant retrieve. Scents such as S-Factor or Procure certainly help. Most mullet is relatively small; therefore, a 7-foot rod in a 1-3 or 2-4 kilo class, paired with a 1000, 2000 or 2500 reel spooled with 2-6-pound braid and equivalent leader.
Watch a video showing how to catch mullet with soft plastics
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