The 24th Toyota Fraser Island fishing expo was huge success with the 1500 entries filled and well over 300 boats making the journey. The weather gods put on some fantastic weather before and during the comp, which saw many burn up loads of fuel and bait while the opportunity was available. This year we stayed …
With the weather good and some spare time up my sleeve I loaded the boat and headed for 1770. This was the first time we had fished out from 1770 so it was really looking like a lot of time would be needed to sound around and get a good feel of the place. I’m …
1770 Big Red Emperor and my first red on a plastic that went 13.5kg Read More »
This article would be one that I hope readers find useful and actually understand with confidence to put some simple ideas to practice in hope of improving your fishing dramatically. Often you hear fisherman say they went to a location and the fishing was extremely poor and there is no fish left in the ocean. …
For this article I thought I would give a few ideas to help you plan ahead and make the most of your fishing trips. Firstly the most important part of fishing is to have a goal or a plan. By this I mean you have a certain species in mind to fish for or an …
The wind had backed off to 10-15 knots so we made a call late friday afternoon to go for a run in foxy’s 7m Dominator Cat. We left Mooloolaba in the middle of the night with Foxy’s Dad Milton and Swano on board with the idea of an exploratory run from the northern Barwon banks …
Offshore Barwon Banks, Hards & Double Island Point 2007 Read More »
What was originally going to be a week away with the family soon become two weeks after I was offered the use of the campsite and boat of the boys I drove the boat for during one of the Fraser Island fishing competitions. I headed up one week earlier then planed to fish offshore with …
This time of year there is good numbers of snapper around in close and this is usually the target species for us but when you have extremely light winds and flat seas it’s hard to pass up a chance of heading wider and chasing the beautiful Red Emperor. With the boat loaded with plenty of …
Double Island Point Monster 18.1kg Red Emperor Aug 05 Read More »
The weather has been patchy of late and the bayside of DI Point has been a real pain to launch and retrieve the boat over the past few months with very little protection due to massive amounts of sand being washed away through out the corner of the bayside making the launch/retrieve only possible near …
Red Emperor a plenty wide of Double Island Point June 05 Read More »
Well we haven’t seen too many weekends that fall into those small windows of good weather of late. The weekends that have been close to fishable were a little rough and only allowed us to fish the close in grounds, which this time of year isn’t a bad idea with the pelagic fish usually becoming …
Double Island Point close in reefs fire April 2005 Read More »
Most fishermen would have fished or at least heard of fish attracting devices (FADS) and how well these man made contraptions attract fish so it’s no surprise that floating debris has the same effect or if not better as they travel in the currents over large distances. I would have to say it’s more common …
In this article I thought I would share my experiences of Double Island Point and how I began fishing this fantastic area. It all began when Dad and his mates started fishing from the rocks at DI Point 1974 where they would catch Jewfish, Bream, Trevally, Tailor and the odd Snapper. Back then there were …
Camping/fishing Double Island Point in the 1980’s Read More »
If you like targeting big fish and don’t mind pain then you can’t go past bottom dwelling speedsters such as Amberjack, Samson, Cobia and Yellowtail kingfish. Although this may not be everyone’s cup of tea, for some it’s what fishing is all about and this is purely sport and a challenge to beat such a …
Like many people I find the ocean to be a place full of unpredictable events and mysteries. The unknown of what’s under the surface waiting to be discovered is exciting. It is no secret that mankind knows very little about the ocean and it’s inhabitants although there are a lot of scientists and researchers doing …
Learn more about the species you target to better your results. Read More »
It was just another fishing trip off the Wide Bay Bar with 10-15 knots of ENE wind blowing and reasonably calm seas. After getting into some nice fish on close in grounds the good conditions got the better of us and we headed wide to go look at an area that I have had some …
The Story of the powercat we found 18 months after going missing from Moreton Island Read More »
