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    Question G.P.S Marks

    Hi Everyone.
    Im after the best place to gather marks for the moreton bay area eg reefs eastern side and reef areas inside. is there books ect that give you accurate starter points, am new to the area and just need some marks to get me started.Love chasing snapper,black king,spanards,pearlies ect, also somewhere to take kids for some fishing,swimming ect by boat.

    poss.

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    Re: G.P.S Marks

    G'day

    There's a little booklet thats around at tackle shops.... think its called top 500 gps points or something? About the size of the tide guide.

    The victorian rival website has an ok database of gps points,

    Also some of the guys here may share some

    Get a chart and study it is your best option.

    Dave

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    Re: G.P.S Marks

    Google Earth is also good

    Mike
    Tangles KFC


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    Re: G.P.S Marks

    yeah, google earth and look for the boats. Where their is boats parked. there is fish.

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    Smile Re: G.P.S Marks

    I just scanned Beacon to beacon again - I always learn something new ... this time I notes ship wreck around the top of moreton ... anyone know where I can find the GPS marks for them .... I'd like to drop a line there for a look see .. on my way out further ......
    Cheers and TIA

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    hehehe My chart plotter showed a couple of wrecks not far from the Briz river mouth. I thought yeah, will give these a fish. zoomed right in to 20 meters am idling along absolutely over the top of them. Nothing on the sounder in 5 m of water. Googled the names when I got home. Both wrecks were pissy little timber boats that sank 50 odd years ago. All rotted & drifted away 40 years ago me thinks. Not sure what the morale of that was, maybe some gps spots people give you are rot ? I normally fish mud & still havn't had a good day. Sometimes I think Mud is a code name to put inexperienced fishers of the trail.
    I really don't know but if there was a book of gps sites I would pay in gold

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    Re: G.P.S Marks

    plenty of books out there guys, tackle shops, newsagents etc, have general areas, thats the best anyway, general areas and search from there
    Cheers
    Craig

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    Re: G.P.S Marks

    Quote Originally Posted by toolman2810 View Post
    hehehe My chart plotter showed a couple of wrecks not far from the Briz river mouth. I thought yeah, will give these a fish. zoomed right in to 20 meters am idling along absolutely over the top of them. Nothing on the sounder in 5 m of water. Googled the names when I got home. Both wrecks were pissy little timber boats that sank 50 odd years ago. All rotted & drifted away 40 years ago me thinks. Not sure what the morale of that was, maybe some gps spots people give you are rot ? I normally fish mud & still havn't had a good day. Sometimes I think Mud is a code name to put inexperienced fishers of the trail.
    I really don't know but if there was a book of gps sites I would pay in gold

    Ha Ha sometimes I do thing Mud is " Smoke and Mirrors "
    The book you want is " 500 Hot Fishing Spots GPS and Co Ordinates from Cairns to Byron " a massive $10 bucks

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    Re: G.P.S Marks

    I bought 500 Hot Fishing Spot & GPS Co-ordinates when it first came out. True it has plenty of spots, but the datum they were recorded under is missing. I e-mailed the author at the time, but he did not have the information. So the accuracy is very debatable to me. Great idea, poorly executed it would seem.

    Cheers

    Dave

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    Re: G.P.S Marks

    which one is the victorian rival website? have not seen that one yet...

    Quote Originally Posted by Blackened View Post
    G'day

    There's a little booklet thats around at tackle shops.... think its called top 500 gps points or something? About the size of the tide guide.

    The victorian rival website has an ok database of gps points,

    Also some of the guys here may share some

    Get a chart and study it is your best option.

    Dave

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    Re: G.P.S Marks

    Quote Originally Posted by trueblue View Post
    which one is the victorian rival website? have not seen that one yet...
    G'day

    F!shnet

    Dave

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    Re: G.P.S Marks

    Oziexplorer.com and the Sunmaps. Can't go wrong. Even first priciples off the Sunmaps but Ozi just makes it so much easier.

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    Re: G.P.S Marks

    Have a look at Google Earth - the detail of much of Moreton Bay is pretty good. Place the cursor over spots of interest and you can get lat & longitude. Punch those into your GPS and go and check them out. I've found a couple of good spots that way.

    Mike

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    Re: G.P.S Marks

    Buy yourself a copy of the Northern Fishfinder costs atout $25 from Newsagents and Tackle shops. Runs Topo maps, descriptions of ramps i.e. number of lanes, tidal access etc, has GPS marks for Wrecks, reefs and shoals and best thing is if you intend to travel around, it has listings from Port Headland WA right around to Sydney (in ltest edition). Also has alot of other info in it. Its the bible in my boat and has put us on some good fish..
    Fillet and Release Squad

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