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…
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.
Fraser Island Family Boating Adventure Weekend – Part 2
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…
Fraser Island Family Adventure Weekend – Part 1
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 & Moon Point on Fraser Island
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…
Testing Our New Minn Kota Ulterra Electric Motor While Catching Dinner
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…
Catching Fish Using Pencil Floats and Memories from Tumby Bay
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…
Jigging Hervey Bay’s Shallow Reef
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…
Kids Fishing Graduation – Junior to Middle School
Just a quick warning!! This is a proud dad blog. Over the last few years we have written, photographed and captured video of our two young boys learning to fish and boat. We have shared what we have learnt during this time. In the hope that it will help other families to enjoy fishing and…
Trolling For Flathead
Trolling for fish is certainly nothing new, but personally, I have always found trolling for fish, dead set boring. I am not talking about high speed trolling offshore for species such as mackerel. I am talking about trolling around the estuary, in creeks, along the edges of shallow sandbars and ledges. Staring for hours at…
Everyone Needs An All-Rounder Fishing Rig
Having worked at the local Compleat Angler store in Maryborough, and yes that is how you spell it. I noticed that alongside the many regular, hardcore anglers gearing up for long sessions on the water. There are also, many first time or very much casual anglers walking into the store. Nervously staring at what seems…