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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.

un setting at the mouth of Wathumba Creek on Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia.

Wathumba Creek – Overnight Camping & Fishing Trip

Posted on 20/04/201917/02/2023

The western side of Fraser Island holds many treasures. Especially for boaties with one of my favourite places to visit being Wathumba Creek. With miles of pristine white sandy beaches running north and south. Crystal clear water and an abundance of marine life and fishing options, it truly is paradise. In fact, when friends or…

Luke Fitzpatrick with a brute of a giant trevally caught in close at Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia.

Surface Strike Addiction While Fishing Hervey Bay

Posted on 20/04/201917/02/2023

Okay, I admit it. I am completely addicted to surface fishing. It is without doubt, visually exciting. The feeling of anticipation that one feels, as the tension builds. When you can see fish following your lure. Striking at your lure, but not quite hooking up and then finally that take!! A massive explosion of white…

Luke with a nice landbased flathead caught in Hervey Bay

Essential Information for Land Based Fishing in Hervey Bay

Posted on 17/04/201909/02/2024

Hervey Bay located on the Fraser Coast, Queensland, Australia is well known internationally for its fishing. Many anglers are drawn towards the fishing opportunities which exist within the Great Sandy Strait, Platypus Bay & further north near the Break Sea Spit. All of which, require a boat to access. Perhaps less well known are the…

Fishing the protected waters of Coongul Creek on Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia.

Important Coongul Creek Day Trip and Camping Information

Posted on 17/04/201917/02/2023

Whether for a day trip or overnight camping. Coongul Creek, is another of our favourite destinations on the western side of Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia. Only 9 nautical miles (16.5 kilometres) from the Urangan marina. Makes Coongul Creek ideal for a family day trip and offers all the wonders of the harder to reach locations…

Threadfin Salmon taken using a 3 inch curl tail grub in chartreuse colour

A Beginners Guide for Using Soft Plastic Fishing Lures

Posted on 17/04/201909/02/2024

It is a very humbling experience receiving messages through social media. Even the occasional phone call, from people wanting to learn more about lure fishing. Often, these messages arrive from people who have been busy researching what tackle they need to purchase. Or, which technique to use & they have become confused and/or overwhelmed prior…

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