School holidays are in full swing and according to the experts we are breaking all sorts of records with regards to visitor numbers to the Fraser Coast. The persistent northerly winds have eased off and for this family that means spending lots of time on the water fishing, swimming, exploring and having fun. Locations One…
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 Coast Water Temperature Drop – Change of Season
Cold mornings, foggy skies and Ugg boots, yep it is winter on the Fraser Coast. Well, if the truth be told, winter on the Fraser Coast only really lasts for a few days, usually around the end of June when night time temperatures drop well below 10 degrees. July then sees the air temperature slowly…
Fishing Challenge – Three Lures Only Allowed
Are you up for a fishing challenge? One of the ways I like to challenge myself while fishing, is to try and catch fish using lures which I have never used before. Not only do I deliberately use lures which I have never used before, but I try these lures in the most basic way…
Match the Hatch to Catch Your Fish
All the best fisho’s that I have had the pleasure of fishing alongside of, have one thing in common. That being, that they are all incredibly observant, at times freakishly in tune with what is happening within the environment around them. Excellent observation skills, extensive experience on the water and a thorough knowledge of the…
Fishing for King Threadfin Salmon in Hervey Bay
Like most anglers, I love the sound of a fishing reel’s drag screaming. As a fish makes a run for freedom, viciously shaking its head trying to dislodge the hook and using all its might. In what sometimes feels like an effort to pull we, the angler, into the water. King Threadfin Salmon, more commonly…
Staying at K’gari (Eurong) Beach Resort on Fraser Island
K’Gari Fraser Island, there is certainly something very special about the largest sand island in the world. Some people call it Fraser. Others stick to the indigenous Butchulla name for the island, being K’Gari. All I know, is that every time I step foot onto Fraser Island, I experience a complete feeling of relaxation. Time…
Going Fishing is Always a Learning Experience
The 2016 Gold Coast Flathead Classic has come and gone. The lessons I learnt from participating in such a well organised event will stay with me forever. Having never fished the event before I was relying upon all the lessons I had learnt from chasing flathead along the Fraser Coast. Along with any information I…
Fishing During A Hot Fraser Coast Summer
Hurray for summer!! Without a doubt one of the best times of year to fish the Fraser Coast is during the summer months. As water temperatures rise we start to see huge schools of longtail and mack tuna enter Fraser Coast waters. Summer whiting start to fire throughout the Great Sandy Strait, various reef species,…
Fishing for Flathead in Hervey Bay
The pristine waters of Hervey Bay offer a diverse range of fishing opportunities. Whether it is chasing baby black marlin or our famous golden trevally on the flats of Fraser Island. Long tail tuna in Platypus Bay or barramundi and threadfin salmon in the Great Sandy Strait. There is certainly something on offer at any…
Chasing the Drag Burners of the Sea
October through to December can prove to be a frustrating time for anglers on the Fraser Coast. Due to persistent northerly winds. The natural protection usually offered by the world heritage listed Fraser Island. To almost yearlong south easterly winds is mostly lost. As hot and humid air is pushed into the bay from the…