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Heading up to Dunk Island for a holiday and wondering if anyone knows if it is worth packing the rod for some local fishing. Will definately get out for a charter, but not sure if you can fish the beach.
Mate, you can indeed fly fish from the beach and other easy to access spots around the island.......take that fly rod and a bucket load of flies with a bit of flash for some fun with boring species such as GT's, Queenies, Macks, barra and Jacks. Hell if that gets boring, there's always stuff like coral trout and sailfish a few k's away on a charter boat........................
G'day Beefa.
I managed to smuggle 5 rods in on my honeymoon on Dunk a few years back. Definitely worth tossing them in. Just off the right hand end of the jetty there is a large bommie and there were fish busting up over this for most of the day and tide cycle. It was a little hard fly fishing off the jetty due to the overhead gantry (or I think it may have been a sign or something) at about 2.4 meters above the jetty, gawkers and the hight of the jetty off the water.
But I did manage a couple of nice golden trevs and a tarpon or three casting a DOA prawn about. They were also quite partial to a silver rattlin' spot so pack one of those.
A young bloke got a barrra about 60cm casting along the jetty with a gold bomber too. There was a sportfishing charter that links up with Dunk from Mission beach too, but I can't remember the name.
There are hire boats on Dunk for $100/day (bimini top, 6hp and about 3.8m or so - planes ok). We did a bit of casting from the boat around the large rocks over the back of the south Island (Baramunga Island or something like that) and lost a nice fish. There is also a very deep channel/drop off on the souther side of this island.
The beach is mud/coral at low tide but at high there were some large fish tailing in very shallow although I had to walk with what's-her-name hand in had with a drink at this time of the arvo. She must have been able to tell I was looking/leering at these fish instead of her because she gave me a nudge ; )
Good luck!
Great joint - look out for the "seafood night" - It nearly killed me!
Thanks for the replies guys... better start loading up on some flies !!!
I have yet to christen my rod (in fact i'm still a fly virgin) so if i dont pop my cherry up there, then i may just have to give up.... or not
Will they cook the fish for you if i decide to keep one ??
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