We just completed an epic adventure into the Shoalwater bay area off Central QLD and covered a massive 670 km exploring this beautiful part of the coastline. We had some great weather that allowed us to head wide for a couple of days and do lots of searching where we found heaps of quality reds, …
We had a wicked trip off Double Island Point recently. With great conditions we headed wide with the idea of deep dropping majority of the day in areas that I hadn’t fished before. As I was travelling at 20 knots I ran over some good fish life in 180 mtrs and spun the boat around …
Hi fishos, last month I covered part 1 of my Swain Reefs trip on board Big Cat Reality Charters with Wilson Fishing. This month I cover part 2 which was filled with more epic fishing and great memories. With an action pack 4 days fishing that was to follow part 1, it would be impossible …
Recently I was invited by Wilson on a 10 day trip to the Swains Reefs on board Big Cat Reality Fishing Charters. This was a product testing exploratory trip into the middle and upper regions of the Swains where we would self-guide our way around 25 plus different reef systems. We had Mark Berg and …
After taking my boat on an adventure to the swains we had plans to come back to refuel at Yeppoon and then take both my 5m centre console and 7mtr Riptide 120km up the CQ coastline to the shoalwater bay region for our 2nd adventure of our holidays. Due to bad weather this didn’t happen …
After lots of planning and preparation we launched my 7mtr Riptide Platey with a single Suzuki outboard from keppel bay marina Yeppoon and headed 200 plus km (120 nm) to the swains reef. I had two other mates heading out in their big 30 & 40 foot cats as well so it was nice knowing …
Sometimes I love nothing more than spending some time fishing off my local Brisbane fishing grounds particularly when it comes to deep dropping. Normally it’s just a day trip but on this occasion I decided we would put in 2 full days over a weekend to make the most of it. On the first day …
The thought of driving 6 plus hours to your fishing destination for a weekend trip can put you off at times but when there’s 15 to 20 knot northerlies predicted at night then there’s no better place to go then the Bunker Group reefs as you can tuck in or behind the reefs at night …
Fishing the Northern Bunker Group Reefs 1770 – Reds, Trout and more Read More »
With a fantastic looking forecast recently i decided to head north of the wide bay bar up around the southern Gardner Banks region off Fraser Island. I like to head up to this area once a year if the weather allows and then fish my way south over a few days down off Double Island …
In part 1 of my article to Kenn Reef we experience some crazy dog tooth tuna action on lures and jigs from the smaller boats before bad weather saw us fishing from the mother ship for a day in a half which produced an array species. Day 4 we saw the conditions improve greatly and …
Part 2 – Kenn Reef – Doggie Central with Wilson Fishing onboard Big Cat Reality Charters Read More »
Sometimes in life you sit back and pinch yourself. I recently found myself doing just that when boarding big cat reality charters for an epic fishing expedition to the Kenn Reef in the Coral Sea. Kenn reef is located 520km NE of Bundaberg or 680km due east of Mackay close to the international waters boarder. …
Part 1 – Kenn Reef – Doggie Central with Wilson Fishing onboard Big Cat Reality Charters Read More »
When it comes to red emperor fishing we are extremely lucky that some of the best red fishing in the world can be experienced only a few hours north of Brisbane. Without a doubt the Fraser coast region consistently produces some of the biggest red emperor there is. Why is this so? Well that’s a …
Just got back from an epic Wilson/Venom Tour to Wreck Reef on board BigCat Reality Charters. For those who don’t know, Wreck Reef is located 450km from the QLD coastline in the Coral Sea. It’s a 36 hour steam out to wreck reef and we arrived early Sat morning with no wind and calm seas. …
Wreck Reef in the Coral Sea with Wilson Fishing on board Big Cat Reality Charters Read More »
With the year flying past, it’s easy to get frustrated with the lack of fishing trips due to work and family commitments not to mention the weather. Trying to make all the stars align can seem almost impossible at times but keeping a keen eye on the weather and doing what you need to do …
Found a new rock loaded with Red Emperor – Fraser Island May 2016 Read More »
If you’re anything like me, then I’m sure you would know that feeling of excitement before a fishing trip. You can’t sleep properly, you begin to watch the weather like a hawk and start to organise, prepare and plan over and over in your head to ensure you’re ready for action and success. The lead …
When I see a forecast of 5-10 knots I must admit get excited like a kid on Christmas day and I’m sure many of you know the feeling before a trip. What’s even better is when the weather is actually what the BOM has predicted and a recent trip out from the wide bay bar …
With the amazing Black Marlin season continuing off the SE Queensland coastline this gives me a great opportunity to take many fishos out who haven’t caught these spectacular fish and enjoy a great day of light tackle black marlin fishing. This trip I had BushnBeach magazine editor Ben Collins and good mate Mike Viner on …
Stradbroke Island Light Tackle Marlin Fun Jan 2013 Read More »
Living in Brisbane and fishing areas up along the coastline such as Double Island Point, Fraser Island Bundaberg and 1770 takes a fair amount of effort and requires a minimum of at least two days to complete a trip. All my trips in these areas require overnighters in sometimes less then favourable conditions so you …
Stradbroke Island Black Marlin & Wahoo – My Partners First -Dec 2012 Read More »
With plans in mind of making a future DVD for the Breaksea/top end of Fraser region I decided when the weather allows I would head up and get the ball rolling asap. Well recently that finally happened and we departed from Hervey Bay and had a beautiful run up the inside of Fraser Island with …
Breaksea Black Marlin Madness & 17kg Red – Nov 2012 Read More »
With the Toyota Fraser Island fishing comp no longer running the Rainbow Beach Family Fishing Classic has fast become its replacement. It attracts a huge number of fishermen who fish from the beach and boats and most importantly aims at giving a great family environment so the kids can enjoy it also. Although I have …
For many years I had been wanting to compete in the Bundaberg Family fishing classic but finding the time had been an issue in the past so this year we committed ourselves to do it with no excuses. The weather leading up to the classic was fantastic but was predicted to get ugly Saturday lunch …
It was late afternoon and we were arrived at our first fishing spot NE of the wide bar bay with the sun going down over the horizon and a big bright moon quickly rising to the east. Generally I find the fishing pretty quiet during the day light hours on or around the full moon …
As we put the boat in the water at the Tin Can Bay boat ramp I couldn’t help but be disappointed as the tree’s buckled over with a strong SE wind blowing. The weather prediction was for 10-15 knots of SE wind but observations were showing 20-25 knots at Double Island Point so I knew …
Double Island Point fires in close 14kg Nannygai along with snapper and goldband Read More »
I was lucky enough to be able to accept an invitation from Greg to fish with him for reds in and around Double Island Point and offshore of Fraser Island. The crew for this trip was going to be Greg, his old man Terry, Rob (Macca) McNamara and myself. I’ve been on fishing trips with …
Offshore Fraser and Double Island Point with Greg Lamprecht Jan 2012- by Eddie Jebreen Read More »
some of the less qaulity pics below were snap shots taken off the cam recorder which reduces resolution and clarity. We headed out the wide bay bar with flat sea’s and stopped about 20km out to try jig some bait and to float some baits down on isolated reefs surrounding the area. This accounted for …
After some great success fishing the top end of Fraser Island and the Breaksea Spit over the past year or so I couldn’t help but feel the urge to hit the area again when the weather allowed. Due to the large distances required to fish these areas you really need exceptional weather to get there …
Breaksea Spit & Northern Fraser Island offshore action Oct 2011 Read More »
I like nothing more then taking a couple weeks off work every year to enjoy a hardcore fishing holiday. Each year we tend to try a different location and this has led to some great experiences in areas around Lucinda NQ, Stanage bay, 1770 and Fraser Island. This year we opted for another location and …
Part 1 – Offshore Kurrimine Beach North QLD Aug 2011 Read More »
This article I will continue on with part 2 of our Kurrimine Beach NQ trip adventures and share some more memorable experiences. I finished off last month’s article with a great overnight trip wide of Kurrimine beach that saw us catch just about every tropical reef species known to man. After heading in and cleaning …
Part 2 – Offshore Kurrimine Beach North QLD Aug 2011 Read More »
After six and a half hours drive north of Brisbane we arrived at 1770 and slipped the boat in to the water ready for a couple days fishing. We headed in the direction of Fitzroy reef with fantastic conditions and the weather forecast for the next two days was for it to get even better. …
Offshore 1770 Fitzroy, Sykes & Broomfield reef May 2011 Read More »
It was Friday afternoon at about lunchtime and I was contemplating what I might get up to over the weekend. I was just about to check out the weather when my phone rang. On answering I was greeted by Greg Lamprecht and we had a bit of a chat about what was biting. I was …
Every now and again I don’t mind fishing Moreton Bay and the area around the top of Moreton Island for Cobia. It’s close to home and means you use very little fuel and fish gentleman’s hours. Another bonus is that I can take people fishing who aren’t fishing fanatics and would struggle to even consider …
Part 1 Fraser Island is well known for it’s natural beauty, pristine beaches and fantastic fishing both on the beach and offshore. When it comes to offshore fishing from Fraser Island most people think of two things. Great fishing and a logistical nightmare. Planing a trip to Fraser Island isn’t an easy task especially when …
Part 1 – Two weeks of wicked offshore fishing Fraser Island Sept 2010 Read More »
This article we continue on through our great Fraser Island trip and experience some more mind blowing action. I finished off the last article with a newly found spot that produced some quality fish including some nice reds to 13kg. We headed back to Waddy Point after that session but felt this spot had some …
Part 2 – Two weeks of wicked offshore fishing Fraser Island Sept 2010 Read More »
I often get asked what moon phase is best for fishing off Fraser Island/ Double Island Point. After many years of fishing this area it’s hard to give a definitive answer on the trends that I have experienced. Just when you think you have worked it out, bang you experience totally the opposite and you’re …
Red Emperor & mixed bag out from Rainbow Beach on full moon eclipse July 2010 Read More »
Well it’s that time of the year again where the Westerly’s have begun to make an appearance and the water temps have started to plummet. The weather has been up and down with most of the ups occurring during the weekdays before blowing just in time for the weekends. As most would be well aware …
I have experienced a couple more fishing trips off DI/Fraser lately and had some great results. Unfortunately with one of the trips we experienced extremely strong currents making the wider grounds completely un fishable and a complete waste of time. I found an isolated rock on the way out which was about 50km North of …
Sensational Red Emperor fishing out from the wide bay bar Rainbow Beach Feb 2010 Read More »
As I headed for the Wide Bay Bar I couldn’t help but feel excited about fishing my favourite fishing grounds off Double Island Point and Fraser Island. Due to the weather and lack of time over the past year or so I haven’t spent as much time off DI as I normally would. In saying …
Good Red Emperor and mixed reef fish wide of Fraser and Double Island Point Dec 2009 Read More »
As many know trying to organize holidays around the weather gods is a near impossible mission but sometimes you can be lucky enough to jag good conditions to make a trip possible. Unfortunately the weather prediction looked pretty ordinary for DI trip so a last minute call was made to head for 1770. With the …
Western Breaksea spit, Lady Elliot Is & Lady Musgrave Is trip from 1770 Nov 2009 Read More »
As we arrived into Bundaberg and made our way to Burnett heads the presence of thick fog was a sure indication that light winds were in order. A couple hours sleep and at 3am we were on our way towards the western side of the break sea spit well nw of Fraser Island. This would …
Big Red Emperor madness to 18kg – western breaksea spit Fraser Island Aug 2009 Read More »
1st Trip I have done a few trips over the past few months or so with majority off them out from Fraser Island in a new area I found during last years Fraser Island Comp. It was a relatively flat area with an isolated rock about 5mtrs high with a good abundance of fish life …
3 trips wide of Fraser Island Island catching Red Emperor early 2009 Read More »
The 25th Toyota Fraser Island Fishing Expo was once again a huge success and although the weather was pretty ordinary to say the least most enjoyed their stay. It was a huge effort to finish off the new boat well enough to take to Fraser and we were still working on it the afternoon before …
With large swells causing havoc on the SE Queensland bars and the wind prediction also looking a little ordinary you start to feel a little disheartened but I was determined to have a fish and looking further up the coastline forecasts showed a quickly decreasing swell and light winds so a last minute decision was …
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 »
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 »
