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Category: Fishing

Our website is designed to provide you with enough information to start your own fishing adventure in and around Hervey Bay. On K’gari – Fraser Island and across the wider Fraser Coast region.

On our website you will find video links to our YouTube channel. In these videos we show case the fishing options available throughout the region. Plus offer loads of tips and tricks to help you successfully land a feed of fish. Plus our website contains an extensive library of posts in which we go into the finer detail of fishing. Offer loads of tips on techniques, lures, knots, terminal tackle, rods and reels.

We receive dozens of fishing Hervey Bay related messages per week from new & returning visitors to the Fraser Coast. Mostly through our social channels. Asking for advice about what species of fish are currently being caught, places to fish including gps & reef marks. Techniques to use & recommended lures & tackle. Even questions about where to launch a boat, boat ramp facilities & what the weather is doing. Also questions about where to be careful on the water & which local tackle stores to visit.

All of this is covered on our website in multiple formats for you to choose which is best for yourself to consume. Plus we have done all of this with two growing boys and as a family so there are loads of tips for fishing with kids.

It is not all boat based, there is also plenty of content on land based fishing options around Hervey Bay.

jigging fishing for trevally queenfish mackerel in hervey bay and fraser island

Jigging for Trevally Queenfish & Mackerel in Platypus Bay

Posted on 13/07/202016/02/2023

A solo fishing mission which sees me catching trevally, queenfish and mackerel all while jigging reef patches. In this video I head deep into Platypus Bay off of Fraser Island. Fishing reef patches in 20 metres of water with jigs. I catch trevally, mackerel and some fat queenfish before the bite shuts down and I…

fishing for longtail tuna using a gorilla lure in hervey bay fraser island

Fishing For Longtail Tuna With A Gorilla

Posted on 10/07/202016/02/2023

Yes, the title of this post might have you confused ?? But, in this video we head out fishing the Hervey Bay local waters specifically targeting Longtail Tuna with Gorilla lures. Not only do we find the longtail, but we also contend with sharks, tail wraps and listen to some dodgy disco music….. What more…

fishing for Grunter and Flathead along the beaches of Fraser Island

Grunter & Flathead on the Flats of Fraser Island

Posted on 09/07/202016/02/2023

In this video we manage to catch a few grunter and flathead along the flats of Fraser Island. During a weekend family boating adventure. It certainly was another busy weekend. Packing up the family and boating across to Fraser Island. With the intent to relax and cast a few lures around. While I am busy…

Jigging for Coral Trout in hervey bay and fraser island

Fishing With Jigs for Coral Trout

Posted on 08/07/202016/02/2023

This is a short video explaining some of the techniques I use when fishing with jigs for coral trout. Including other species across some of the inshore reefs located here on the Fraser Coast, Queensland, Australia. Don’t forget to subscribe to our Facebook page to enter our subscriber only giveaways !! And, of course subscribe to our YouTube channel for loads more fishing, boating & exploring videos featuring Hervey…

boat at anchor with kayak and paddle board deployed for the family to play on while exploring fraser island

Fraser Island Family Boating Adventure Weekend – Part 2

Posted on 07/07/202016/02/2023

Here is Episode TWO of our epic Fraser Island Family Fishing, Boating & Exploring Adventure Weekend. In episode 2 we head over to Moon Point and Coongul Creek on Fraser Island for a day trip. As per usual we partake in some paddle boarding, snorkelling, kayaking, fishing and exploring. Don’t forget to subscribe to our Facebook page to enter…

Family Boating Adventures to fraser island near hervey bay

Fraser Island Family Adventure Weekend – Part 1

Posted on 07/07/202016/02/2023

After an extended period off of the water. We finally managed to spend a weekend fishing, boating and exploring two of our favourite locations on Fraser Island. In this first video we head over to near Kingfisher Bay Resort to enjoy some relaxing family time. There is plenty of paddle boarding, snorkelling, kayaking, fishing and…

Exploring Puthoo Creek and Moon Point on Fraser Island

Exploring Puthoo Creek & Moon Point on Fraser Island

Posted on 07/07/202016/02/2023

Exploring Puthoo Creek & Moon Point on Fraser Island, Australia. In this video we pack the boat & grab the kids for a busy day exploring along Fraser Island. Puthoo Creek holds some interesting history tied to the earlier logging operations conducted on Fraser Island. You certainly need to time your journey into Puthoo Creek…

minn kota ulterra testing

Testing Our New Minn Kota Ulterra Electric Motor While Catching Dinner

Posted on 07/07/202016/02/2023

In this short video we head into the Great Sandy Strait between Fraser Island and the mainland to test our new Minn Kota Ulterra electric motor. A few people have asked why we decided to purchase the Ulterra model. The short answer is. That I have a bad lower back and a dicky knee. The…

boys fishing off the tumby bay jetty in south australia

Catching Fish Using Pencil Floats and Memories from Tumby Bay

Posted on 03/01/202016/02/2023

Over the Christmas 2019 period my family and I visited my parents who reside at Tumby Bay in South Australia. The distance from Hervey Bay, where we live, to Tumby Bay is significant. Some 2,300 kilometers by road. Or a whole days flying, spread across 3 flights and lots of waiting in airport lounges. Booking.com…

A nice catch of nannygai caught in hervey bay

Jigging Hervey Bay’s Shallow Reef

Posted on 12/12/201905/04/2023

Over the last year I have spent quite a bit of time fishing with jigs over shallow reefs on the Fraser Coast. When I mention shallow inshore reefs. I am referring to locations which are not too far away from the Urangan Boat Harbor. Locations which, if you pay attention to your sounder, you will…

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