hervey bay late october??

[bar raider]

hi guys, i am headed to harvey bay for the last week in october, takin the runabout and the missus and was after local info on whats up there and a few spots to get em.

nice lttle island for a picnic?

a close, night fishin spot?

any reefs out in the bay or sandy straights?

thanks all,
ken.

PS: staying at GSSR and launching from GSSM.

[Mark-P]

Hi Ken. Mate octobers a good time for schoolies, try around the rubble grounds out from pt vernon. This area has a vast array of reef fish as well ! Another spot to try is out from the pier at urangan, just look for the birds or other boats ! Just out of the urangan harbour is round island, a great place to picnic. But stay to the southern side, cause theres no reef !!

All the best
Mark.

[bar raider]

thanks mate those are nice n close too!

anyone care to share a few general gps points for the area?

[Horse]

Check out this site
It has a lot of local content
http://www.fishntales.com/

[herveybayandy]

Come and see me at Torquay C/van Park ( I'm the manager) and I'll give you some marks. I'll be returning from Hinchinbrook about the 20/10/09

[Argle]

A great spot to pull up in the Bay is Pelican Bank. Its over near Moon Point so you can fish around the Arti and the top end of Big Woody then head up to Pelican for lunch. Just watch the tides as it goes out pretty quickly and you can end up high and dry. You might even be able to nail a Golden Trevally on the flats, its a magic spot, one of our favourites.
Enjoy your trip, heres a couple of pics from Pelican Bank

Cheers

[bar raider]

thanks guys

[bondy99]

Nice spot Pelican Banks.

I use to go outside past Break Sea Spit many occassions, beautiful fish but prick of a crossing at times.

Would like to get back out but not many operators go outside. Seaspray was great. Hombre charters was alright but a slow old girl, bit too rocky going over the bar for and old Carvel hull.

Tasman Venture is for a 3 day or longer. Not many goes out for a day these days.

Does anyone know of any that does? Does KJ Charter still operate?

Cheers, Peter

[Mark-P]

Nice spot Pelican Banks.



Does anyone know of any that does? Does KJ Charter still operate?

Cheers, Peter

They even have a website !!
www.herveybayfishingcharters.com.au/

Mark

[Mark-P]

A great spot to pull up in the Bay is Pelican Bank. Its over near Moon Point so you can fish around the Arti and the top end of Big Woody then head up to Pelican for lunch. Just watch the tides as it goes out pretty quickly and you can end up high and dry. You might even be able to nail a Golden Trevally on the flats, its a magic spot, one of our favourites.
Enjoy your trip, heres a couple of pics from Pelican Bank

Cheers

Nice Pics, Scott !

[Argle]

Cheers Mark, just been thinking about planning the next trip up that way......might have to be sooner rather than later methinks

[PaulMark]

If you look on the Fishntales site there is most of the general marks listed,they'll get you started for sure.Give the arty a go theres been quite a few mackeral caught recently and they'll still be about.Theres a green zone at the top end of Big Woody its marked so you shouldn't miss it.Depending on the winds anything north is crap,you could always run out to River heads and put in there and have a go in the Mary or Susan rivers.Threadfin are just starting up again plus your usual flatties,bream whiting and cod.Try and catch Gecko he fishes quite a lot in the rivers(tells you a bit about the wind).Not sure how the jacks have been going.
Enjoy your trip.Picture is Moon Point flats.
Paulo