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Tuna Fishing Time

Posted on 20/02/202115/02/2023

It is time to chase tuna !! Finding a small gap in the wind, I snuck out for a few hours for a tuna fishing session. Believe it or not, I did not see one single shark and had an absolute blast catching mid sized mackerel tuna before the wind started to pick up again….

flathead with crabs

Flathead With Crabs

Posted on 20/02/202115/02/2023

Catching flathead and crabs !! In this video I head out for a couple of hours to enjoy a early morning flathead fish, in the hope of catching dinner. And then, spend far too long landing a giant mud crab using my landing net. Don’t forget to subscribe to our Facebook page to enter our subscriber only giveaways !! And, of…

Donut Saving Mackerel

Donut Saving Mackerel

Posted on 20/02/202115/02/2023

It has been a long time between solo fishing trips. In this short video I finally manage to head north into Platypus Bay for an early morning jigging session. Sharks ruin the session fairly quick. But, luckily I manage to find dinner on the way home. After I clean the boat. Gen gives us a…

The entrance to Wathumba Creek

Wathumba Creek

Posted on 20/02/202115/02/2023

Wathumba Creek located on the north western side of Fraser Island is a bucket list destination for many boaters and fishers visiting Hervey Bay. Located approximately 50km N/NE of Hervey Bay. Wathumba creek offers gorgeous scenery and isolation from crowds. Perhaps the most prized feature of Wathumba creek is that it also offers a protected…

golden trevally caught on a jig in hervey bay off fraser island

Get Jigging to Get the Bite

Posted on 20/02/202116/02/2023

Fishing with jigs is nothing new, the technique has been around for many years. Thanks to a multitude of YouTube and FaceBook videos in recent years, the technique has become extremely popular. Where To Start You have probably watched a few of these videos. Crystal clear 4k footage set to some perfectly timed background music….

SS Palmer Deep Creek great sandy strait hervey bay fraser island

Exploring Deep Creek & Sheridan Flat in the Great Sandy Strait

Posted on 25/01/202116/02/2023

Join us onboard as we explore Deep Creek and Sheridan Flat. Launching the Fusion 19 from the Urangan boat harbour in Hervey Bay and head south into the Great Sandy Strait situated on the Fraser Coast. We explore Deep Creek by paddle board and kayak, visit the remains of SS Palmer and then cook up…

flathead fishing fraser island hervey bay

Quick Friday Flathead Fishing Session in Hervey Bay

Posted on 30/09/202016/02/2023

With only a few hours available to head out fishing I played it safe and went for a flathead flick. Come along for the ride as I talk through some tackle prep. Locations to fish and do battle with a health 66cm Fraser Coast flathead. I apologise up front re audio and some of the…

Fishing Hervey Bay Jigging for Diamond Trevally Boating Exploring gps marks

A New PB 105cm Diamond Trevally

Posted on 18/09/202016/02/2023

Join me as I break my PB for a Diamond Trevally with a 105cm rough cut diamond joining me for an arm stretching good time. Plus, we talk jigging, catch a few queenfish and finish off our fishing session with a nice little golden trevally !! Don’t forget to subscribe to our Facebook page to enter our subscriber only giveaways !!…

Wathumba Creek Fraser Island anchored up on the fusion 19

The Good Times Will Return

Posted on 11/09/202016/02/2023

If you turn on the TV now, it is hard not to notice, all the doom and gloom messaging about covid-19. Scroll through social media and it appears that anglers and boaties everywhere are arguing amongst themselves about the right to fish. The right to boat versus the stay at home messaging. It is an…

catching longtoms & whiting on poppers along the beaches of fraser island and hervey bay

Whiting on Poppers & Exploring Dundonga Creek on Fraser Island

Posted on 17/07/202016/02/2023

We are off on another Fraser Island adventure. This time we go fishing for whiting using small poppers. After landing some nice sized whiting the kids help to pump some yabbies. While mum and dad are busy cooking lunch the kids have fun catching whiting and bream along the beach. After our lunch time cookup,…

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