queensland Preparing for Hervey Bay

[Hweebe]

Hi AFO members,

Back from a long break away from fishing and AFO. I'm planning to trailer the boat up to Hervey Bay for a pre-christmas fish (fingers crossed weather plays the game).

I've pulled together every Hervey Bay fishing GPS mark I could find on the internet into one Google Earth file.

Let me know if you want me to insert the file into this post or work on a PM basis. I don't mind either way a google search reveals all these marks - I've just done the work to get the marks ready to upload for your sounders.

 

***Google Maps kmz file Added*** There are definitely some duplicates but this will be a good starter.

If you have a Lowrance  I've also added the their proprietary file type (one less conversion)

Hervey Bay Fishing GPS marks (from interwebs).kmz Hervey Bay 2020.usr

[ellicat]

Hey Hweebe. Welcome back. Nice to hear you've got some fishing time.

If you could upload that file in this thread that'd be great. I've no plans to go to Hervey Bay yet, but hope to look at a trip there in 2021.

Good luck on your trip.

[AFO]

cool, AFO has a map section but haven't really put it to use properly yet. 

If you attach the marks here, we can get them imported into the GPS Marks on the map 

[Hweebe]

36 minutes ago, AFO said:

cool, AFO has a map section but haven't really put it to use properly yet. 

If you attach the marks here, we can get them imported into the GPS Marks on the map 

File added let me know how you go with the file type. There was also the option of a KML file if this file is not compatible

[ellicat]

Files work fine. Thanks.

[Drop Bear]

17 hours ago, ellicat said:

I've no plans to go to Hervey Bay

lets fix this! 

[Drop Bear]

19 hours ago, Hweebe said:

I'm planning to trailer the boat up to Hervey Bay for a pre-christmas fish

Very jealous mate. 

I was super keen to do this but the fires put me off. 

I hope to see a photo of you holding a Longtail or Spottie ASAP

[Hweebe]

On 17/12/2020 at 8:50 AM, Drop Bear said:

Very jealous mate. 

I was super keen to do this but the fires put me off. 

I hope to see a photo of you holding a Longtail or Spottie ASAP

That's the plan! Hoping the birds will be working the bay but failing that i'll explore and drift these starter spots.

[GregOug]

On 16/12/2020 at 1:07 PM, Hweebe said:

Hi AFO members,

Back from a long break away from fishing and AFO. I'm planning to trailer the boat up to Hervey Bay for a pre-christmas fish (fingers crossed weather plays the game).

I've pulled together every Hervey Bay fishing GPS mark I could find on the internet into one Google Earth file.

Let me know if you want me to insert the file into this post or work on a PM basis. I don't mind either way a google search reveals all these marks - I've just done the work to get the marks ready to upload for your sounders.

 

***Google Maps kmz file Added*** There are definitely some duplicates but this will be a good starter.

If you have a Lowrance  I've also added the their proprietary file type (one less conversion)

Hervey Bay Fishing GPS marks (from interwebs).kmz 5.35 kB · 10 downloads Hervey Bay 2020.usr 32.56 kB · 9 downloads

Hi @Hweebe. Thanks for posting those.I have a Lowrance but just had a couple of questions before I upload them. Roughly how many marks are there? Do they cover the bay with marks or are they limited? How are the marks named?  Do they make sense or are they just a series of numbers. Just trying to imagine what the map will look like once they are inserted and if you can identify marks of interest to your style of fishing by their names. It’s just that I have quite a few marks already, especially near Wathumba and northwards, already on the map. Sorry to be a nuisance.

cheers

Greg

[ellicat]

31 minutes ago, GregOug said:

Hi @Hweebe. Thanks for posting those.I have a Lowrance but just had a couple of questions before I upload them. Roughly how many marks are there? Do they cover the bay with marks or are they limited? How are the marks named?  Do they make sense or are they just a series of numbers. Just trying to imagine what the map will look like once they are inserted and if you can identify marks of interest to your style of fishing by their names. It’s just that I have quite a few marks already, especially near Wathumba and northwards, already on the map. Sorry to be a nuisance.

cheers

Greg

Here's a pic of what the second file looks like on Google Earth (click on the pic to enlarge) -

[kmcrosby78]

4 hours ago, GregOug said:

Just trying to imagine what the map will look like once they are inserted and if you can identify marks of interest to your style of fishing by their names.

I am sure you could re-name them on your sounder once you try them Greg. eg. Donut Central, Deserted Wasteland, etc, etc ....... 

[GregOug]

3 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:

I am sure you could re-name them on your sounder once you try them Greg. eg. Donut Central, Deserted Wasteland, etc, etc ....... 

Yep.

[GregOug]

3 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:

I am sure you could re-name them on your sounder once you try them Greg. eg. Donut Central, Deserted Wasteland, etc, etc ....... 

The only problem is, if I do that, I will get them mixed up with all the marks I already have with those same names.

[Hweebe]

On 18/12/2020 at 3:39 PM, GregOug said:

Hi @Hweebe. Thanks for posting those.I have a Lowrance but just had a couple of questions before I upload them. Roughly how many marks are there? Do they cover the bay with marks or are they limited? How are the marks named?  Do they make sense or are they just a series of numbers. Just trying to imagine what the map will look like once they are inserted and if you can identify marks of interest to your style of fishing by their names. It’s just that I have quite a few marks already, especially near Wathumba and northwards, already on the map. Sorry to be a nuisance.

cheers

Greg

Marks were straight form internet using whatever name was provided. Where there is a description of the types of fish to expect for the mark this has been included in the description field on the files. I recommend u look into using google earth to manage your marks.

[Ryannnnnnnn]

Hey @Hweebe how did you go up there? Are there any marks that you that you thought were especially good, or on the flip side a bit inaccurate?

 

I used some marks for up there from fishing boating exploring dot com dot au fairly recently and didn't have much success with locating structure, even when sounding around the general area of the marks 

[Drop Bear]

I am hopefully heading up on the 16th Feb. 

[Hweebe]

On 06/01/2021 at 10:48 PM, Ryannnnnnnn said:

Hey @Hweebe how did you go up there? Are there any marks that you that you thought were especially good, or on the flip side a bit inaccurate?

 

I used some marks for up there from fishing boating exploring dot com dot au fairly recently and didn't have much success with locating structure, even when sounding around the general area of the marks 

Day 1:

I tried many of the marks on the way up on the western side of Fraser and also the Roy Rofus artificial reef. I would concur, not much happening on the marks themselves. At best they are really just starter marks for general areas to fish you will have to do your own work to find structure but Hervey bay for the most part is a featureless bay so after the first day trying out the marks I changed tactic and used the birds in the sky  

Day 2:

Just following the birds (western side of fraser up and back to Rooneys) we we able to get a feed of spotties and these were a lot of fun with good runs compared to the schoolies here in Moreton Bay most ranging in the 80+cm mark. Landed a few and lost a few to bust offs but lots of fun and we had more then enough to freeze in our portable freezer.

Day 3, 4

Third and fourth day was just catch and release we had really learned how to read the direction of the birds and predict where to cast better.

One thing we learned was patience and getting a quality 1st cast into the bust up was a sure fire way to hook up. When the boat placement or cast was just out of reach we had less success. So by Day 3 and 4 with our arms a bit weary from two days of casting we were more selective of when and where to cast. Surprisingly this lead to better hook up rates.

Interesting notes:

I dropped in to Tackleworld there for more metal lures and was told the spotty run was "lean" this year.

Lean must mean something else in Hervey bay as the action was non stop once birds were located.

One thing to note when going to Hervey bay you will have to do the Km's. Getting to the top of rooneys and back is a decent trip compared to when i putt around moreton bay. 

 

 

[kmcrosby78]

Sounds like a fun trip mate, thank goodness for birds!!  Did you camp on Fraser or go back and forth from Urangan each day? 

Sidenote: Just sent you a PM about a different fishing-related matter  

[ellicat]

Nice one, Hweebe. A shame all those marks didn't produce for you. Good work using nature's pointers.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Good one Hweebe. Sounds like an ultra fun few sessions! Thanks for reporting on the trip.

Cheers Hamish