Amity Point Stradbroke Island QLD

[AnnaH]

I am camping at Amity Point Stradbroke Island from April 5 to April 12 this year, with my mad-for-fishing 12-year-old son. We haven’t fished north of Victoria before, and were wondering where are the best spots to fish at Amity point, what fish should we be targeting, and any suggestions on bait and gear would be much appreciated!

[Junky]

Call in and see Pete at Mossops fishing store in Cleveland.

You'll be in Cleveland to catch the ferry over to Stradbroke Island. Mossops is 5 Min up the road. Explain your situation and I guarantee you will not regret it. Those boys are all mad keen like us, and his bait is the best in town. 

 

Mossops tackle store

 

Amity Pt is awesome. 

You can fish right at the front of the campground, however there are plenty of places to cast a line. Pretty much if you can get to the waters edge, you can fish it. 

Bream, whiting, trevally, tailor, Moses perch, snapper, sweetlip, sharks, squid, mackerel. 

 

Good luck.

And don't forget to get him to post up a report here when you're finished. 

[AnnaH]

Super helpful thank you @Junky! Sounds like a fantastic fishing destination, he’ll love it. Will definitely get in touch with Pete. Good tip about posting a report, I’m sure he’ll be very happy to share his experience. 

[mangajack]

Will you have kayaks or a boat with you?

It opens up more opportunity there for you.

[rayke1938]

Look up some of Darryl Mcphees (spelling)posts he fishes there landbased for some really good fish.

[ellicat]

https://www.australianfishing.com.au/search/?q=amity&quick=1&type=forums_topic

[crazywalrus]

Hi. I have fished Amity from the shore many times. You rarely catch something legal, but there are plenty of fish there to keep you interested.  That said I know @straddiebrad picked up a ripper snapper off the  end of one of the rock groins at the camp grounds in section A.  
 

Amity offers a range of fishing and has pretty deep water accessible from the shore.  I have broken the area into 3 sections.  

Section A  has a few sections as well. The rock groins can offer some good small reef species, like snapper and Moses perch.  You can also successfully work a squid jig over the sand and grass sections in between. 
 

On a good day you can pick up some small  flathead and bream working a plastic over the sand and grass   
 

Lots of people fish from the jetty but I do not rate it since the sand has reduced the depth  it is good, late dusk and night to chase squid on the right tide   For kids though you can put a small hook on and fish under the lights and catch endless butter bream   They are ok on the chew cooked whole.

The last section to fish here is the end of the old boat ramp and to a lesser extent the rock wall at the park   You can fish bait here or plastics.  I have caught some nice pan sized snapper here   On it’s day you can stand on the end of the ramp with a slug on, cast out let it sink and the spin it back quickly and pick up endless bonito. 
 

Section B  

The rock wall section.  There are several streets that end at the rock wall giving access  Beware the neighbours think they own the shoreline and get pretty cranky if you try and rock hop down the wall. It can be fun to fish this area but stick to the slack tide times. It can be frustrating with the snags here but it offers a lot of reef species. The channel comes in close here and offers depths of 15m   I have caught legal snapper, grassy sweet lip and tusk fish here. 
 

On a northerly wind the bait gets pushed into the wall and can have long tailed tuna within casting distance  I personally have not caught one, but boy it is exciting trying to, with bust ups metres from the shore  

Section C 

This is where the rock wall meets the beach. It offers the reef species casting back along the wall and where the sand meets the rocks. It can be very productive  there. There can also be some very nice bream and tarwhine here on bait and plastics  

The beach offers some fun with a tiny whiting hook, with many whiting and bream available to catch  

On its day if you are lucky, you can spin up schoolies and spotty mackerels, so make sure you always have a few slugs in the tackle box  I have caught them on two occasions there. 
 

I hope that helps. Tackle on the island is expensive and there is not a huge choice, so make sure you have sufficient before you catch the ferry across  I love Straddie and Amity  if you have a car there are some awesome fishing opportunities over at Pt lookout   Good luck and have fun  
 

[Old Scaley]

I caught the fishing bug as a 10 year old pulling endless butter bream up from the jetty and cooking them whole over a little fire on the beach. Great days. Everything Ted says above is spot on. Depending on the experience level of your 12 year old, I would stick to sections A and C. Section B can produce good fish but be prepared to lose a lot of terminal tackle. Take plenty because as Ted said, it is dear there. Same for bait. You can get yabbies near the caravan park if you have a pump. 
Hope you enjoy your time there. 

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

1 hour ago, crazywalrus said:

Hi. I have fished Amity from the shore many times. You rarely catch something legal, but there are plenty of fish there to keep you interested.  That said I know @straddiebrad picked up a ripper snapper off the  end of one of the rock groins at the camp grounds in section A.  
 

Amity offers a range of fishing and has pretty deep water accessible from the shore.  I have broken the area into 3 sections.  

Section A  has a few sections as well. The rock groins can offer some good small reef species, like snapper and Moses perch.  You can also successfully work a squid jig over the sand and grass sections in between. 
 

On a good day you can pick up some small  flathead and bream working a plastic over the sand and grass   
 

Lots of people fish from the jetty but I do not rate it since the sand has reduced the depth  it is good, late dusk and night to chase squid on the right tide   For kids though you can put a small hook on and fish under the lights and catch endless butter bream   They are ok on the chew cooked whole.

The last section to fish here is the end of the old boat ramp and to a lesser extent the rock wall at the park   You can fish bait here or plastics.  I have caught some nice pan sized snapper here   On it’s day you can stand on the end of the ramp with a slug on, cast out let it sink and the spin it back quickly and pick up endless bonito. 
 

Section B  

The rock wall section.  There are several streets that end at the rock wall giving access  Beware the neighbours think they own the shoreline and get pretty cranky if you try and rock hop down the wall. It can be fun to fish this area but stick to the slack tide times. It can be frustrating with the snags here but it offers a lot of reef species. The channel comes in close here and offers depths of 15m   I have caught legal snapper, grassy sweet lip and tusk fish here. 
 

On a northerly wind the bait gets pushed into the wall and can have long tailed tuna within casting distance  I personally have not caught one, but boy it is exciting trying to, with bust ups metres from the shore  

Section C 

This is where the rock wall meets the beach. It offers the reef species casting back along the wall and where the sand meets the rocks. It can be very productive  there. There can also be some very nice bream and tarwhine here on bait and plastics  

The beach offers some fun with a tiny whiting hook, with many whiting and bream available to catch  

On its day if you are lucky, you can spin up schoolies and spotty mackerels, so make sure you always have a few slugs in the tackle box  I have caught them on two occasions there. 
 

I hope that helps. Tackle on the island is expensive and there is not a huge choice, so make sure you have sufficient before you catch the ferry across  I love Straddie and Amity  if you have a car there are some awesome fishing opportunities over at Pt lookout   Good luck and have fun  
 

Great advice @crazywalrus. 

[AnnaH]

Many thanks @mangajack, @rayke1938, @ellicat, @crazywalrus, and @Old Scaley! 

Such helpful feedback, and I really appreciate the very specific intel you've taken the time to share @crazywalrus, it'll help us to really make the most of our time there. I'll make sure we are well equipped with bait and tackle before we get to the island. We won't have a boat @mangajack so I'll be guided by the map with sections A, B and C that crazywalrus shared. Really excited to test out the tips provided on this forum! Thank you  

[Daryl McPhee]

There are plenty of land based opportunities and their can be a wonderful variety of tasty fish there along the rocks. I generally fish with a long rod (10'6" or more) as you need to get away from the small fish that hang in close. For us it produces squire, grassies, legal spangled emperor, estuary cod, mulloway, mangrove jacks, purple spotted tuskfish, black spotted tuskfish and lots of other stuff. I generally use a 2/0 or 3/0 hook of a set of 3/0 gangs and vary my sinker based on the run. 

[AnnaH]

Awesome bounty Daryl Mcphee!! What part of Amity Point are you fishing from?

[Daryl McPhee]

On 28/03/2024 at 3:17 PM, AnnaH said:

Awesome bounty Daryl Mcphee!! What part of Amity Point are you fishing from?

That collection was all from various parts of the rock wall. 

There can be plenty of tarwhine along the caravan park and the kids got a few in this video as well as a small golden trevally at Dunwich: