Is there a reef fish closure at fraser

[ANYFISH]

Gday all
I am heading up to fraser island for a week 28 October - 5 November.
I am taking my 4.55m tinny and i am wondering if there is a closed spauning season for the reefies up there?
I have been reading the posts on fraser lately and they have given me a lot of info on getting there but not much on the offshore fishing up that way.
Any info on this or any general fishing info would be great!

Thanks in advance
Anyfish

[james_noosa]

call the fisheries, thats all i can think
james

[agnes_jack]

As far as I am aware
The spawning closures are only for the great barrier reef marine park area.
Unless that has been changed very recently.

Regards, Tony

[Lucky_Phill]

Coral reef fin fish
Three, nine-day periods have been implemented as closed seasons to the taking of all coral reef fish in October, November and December each year around the new moon period. The closures are designed to protect spawning aggregations of most coral reef fish species.

For the closures for waters east of Cape York between 10°41’ south (near Cape York) and 24°50' south will be:


The closures for 2005 will be:

27 September to 5 October;

27 October to 4 November; and

25 November to 3 December.

[Lucky_Phill]

The 24.50.000 is just south of Rooney's point on Fraser Island inside, and just North of Ngkala Rocks on the East side of Fraser.

It also includes the 4 mile reef which is Sth of Elliot Heads and North of Burrum Heads on the mainland.

all this can be found on the web,

here :-

http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/fishweb/11...#Closedseasons

cheers Phill

[Lucky_Phill]

Further, all species that are included are listed here:-

Species Legal size (cm) Take and possession limits
All cods and gropers* 38 min combined limit of 5 in total of all species
*Cod exceptions

camouflage rockcod 50 min 100 max
estuary cod (see other tidal species)
flowery cod 50 min 100 max
greasy rockcod 38 min 100 max
Maori cod 45 min
barramundi cod no take
potato cod no take
Queensland groper no take
All coral trout* 38 min combined limit of 7 in total of all trout species
*Coral trout exceptions
Chinese footballer trout (blue spot trout)
50 min 80 max

All emperors* 25 min 5 per species
* Emperor exceptions
red throat sweetlip 38 min 8
long nose emperor 38 min 5
spangled emperor 45 min 5
red emperor 55 min 5
grass emperor (grass sweetlip) (see other tidal species)
All fusiliers no limit no limit
All parrotfishes 25 min 5 per species
All surgeonfishes 25 min 5 per species
All sweetlips
(not red throat sweetlip) 25 min 5 per species
All tropical snappers and sea perches* 25 min 5 per species
* Tropical snappers and sea perch exceptions

crimson (rosy) jobfish & lavender jobfish 38 min combined limit of 8 in total for both species
Chinaman fish no take
crimson sea perch (small mouth nannygai) &
saddletail seaperch (large mouth nannygai) 40 min combined limit of 9 in total of both species
flame snapper 38 min 5
goldband snapper 38 min 5
hussar 25 min 10
green jobfish 38 min 5
paddletail no take
red bass no take
red emperor 55 min 5
ruby snapper 38 min 5
small-toothed jobfish 38 min 5
All wrasse*
25 min 5 per species
*Wrasse exceptions

hump-headed Maori no take
tuskfish (all species) 30 min combined limit of 6 in total for all tuskfish species

Phill

[agnes_jack]

Want a job Phil
You can stand in my shop allday and tell all the southern tourists the regs!!

Regards, Tony

[ANYFISH]

Thanks for the detailed info phill

Does that leave much good ground to fish within 10-15nm of waddy point?

Also the last time we were up there the gutter at waddy wasn't verry deep and there wasn't an outer sand bank showing. This made putting the boat in a bit dificult. Does the gutter and outer sand bank move much or will it still be difficult to put the boat in this trip?

Thanks again
Anyfish

[Lucky_Phill]

10 -15nm from Waddy should not be a problem.

Most of the ground you will be fishing will be east, nth/ east of Waddy and only 10-15 K's from shore. Depending on your boat and knowledge.

The gutter is not normally a problem, my suggestion is to launch and retrieve at mid tide.

When the tide is high, it covers the back bank thus letting the swell reach the beach ( little rhyme there ! ).

The gutter, in all the years I have fished Waddy / Fraser, has only moved a little sth to the rocks. This was not a problem for larger boats either, but the smaller tinnies needed to be vigilant and get the pedal to the metal real quick along the face of the waves / swells.

Here's a tip:-

24.56.554 153.28.645

This is a good starting point. Travel nth and sth along this line, and also east and west within 5k's. Look for rises, as there is usually no bumps and lumps. Fish even sometimes do not show on sounder. (Hey Tony, bloody Trout )

Live bait can be gathered from just off the beach in front of the Rangers house. Look for the dark shadows in the water, this is coffee rock. Bait holds here in good supply.

Good Luck

Cheers Phill

[Lucky_Phill]

Thanks for the offer Tony, but dealing with the general public ( and in particular, southern Tourists ( no offence to anyone here )), is something that takes a special..................courage, demeaner and understanding.

Those attributes are placed in the " deleted file ' for me. !

See you soon ! Jack Attack / Mack Attack ! Bring it on !

Phill