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  
 

Are you taking about using artificial frogs or live or dead frogs.  I would check the regs if you are planning to use them live. At least in Queensland they are not allowed as bait. They used to be the gun bait for Barra before they banned their use. 

21 minutes ago, mangajack said:

Said my bit yesterday.

Unusually it is not a bad series of points that all need addressing.

Unfortunately it does not have a space to provide any feedback or ideas outside of those points.

Yeah reading the discussion paper I can understand the need for changes. When I first got up here I could not believe the possession limits for Nannygai.  That said I was not catching fish under 60cm and most were in the 70s. So a few fish is plenty.  These changes will impact the guys with the smaller boats that fish closer in the nursery.  
 

that said I do not agree with their statement that it is just a 10% change. (9 to 4 possession) That assumes that fisherman are catching or targeting 50% small mouth and large mouth. Not my experience in the north here. 
 

9 is a ridiculous possession limit in my opinion, to me does not represent good stewardship.  You can say the same with Trout as well at 7 however for someone that only gets a couple of trips a year I can understand it but for people that can pop out all the time and catch 7 per person is incredibly high. 

On 6/1/2024 at 1:24 PM, ellicat said:

Fish at least 50 times.

Land a big snapper on a lure/plastic.

Get some good macks.

Come to beep beep beep Cairns 

6 hours ago, tugger said:

They're a pretty fish there is hundreds of them at the base of Zoe falls on Hinchinbrook Island. If you haven't done that it's a great day trip Ted without a doubt my favourite waterfall in nth qld 

It is on my bucket list 

8 hours ago, tugger said:

Not yet no coin for that for a while do you have auto pilot

No auto pilot. Do not seen the use for it. 

1 hour ago, tugger said:

Mine in need for some trim tabs that's the only thing letting it down. Talked to my mechanic just recently and he will hook me up in a few months with a set of lencos.

Yeah I use the trim tabs all the time. I have my weight in the boat a bit to the port side. That way if I am to use a tab, it is the port one and does not effect the transducer. Are you going to get a bow mount leccy? 

Do you have a kayak? Most of the small creeks in  Strathpine area hold bass. Fish then early morning of evening. Not the same size as the one you got but still a lot of fun. 

22 hours ago, Bob9863 said:

Sharks are getting to be a real problem, we should be selling sustainably harvested fins and flake.

Good money and if it's done properly it could really help with the illegal market.

I have not seen the Stats from fisheries here. But from a layman’s perspective they do not seem a rare occurrence. I am not sure but I feel we may be influenced by the plight of sharks in other regions around the world.  They say they are an essential component to the ecosystem but it certainly feels a little one sided. 

16 hours ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Shame about the sharks Ted, glad you still manage to land a few. Quality times with Declan either way .

Yeah it really does not get any better than getting out with the boys 

21 hours ago, Corry said:

Sounds like you had a great day. I went out around Linden Banks a few weeks ago, the sharks were bad enough that I just had to move. Haven't been up this way long so still finding ground, but loving chasing GT's then doing some surface work over the reef flats.

Had two of the kids up so far and stretched their arms, they had a ball, just don't get to do it often enough. 

Yeah I have fished Linden banks a few times and the sharks are generally a problem for us there.  We did manage a nice dogtooth tuna at Christmas.   We have not christened the flats rods yet. After Jasper the water was so dirty.   At Christmas the boys and I spent 2 days out there with pretty poor results.  The first day we would have boated 40 medium Red bass and the same number paddle tails.  So we gave up and moved south to try and get away from them.  I have not caught anything of quality out there apart from the doggie.  
 

What boat do you have? I picked up a 671 Mclay cruiser 18 months ago and mounted a min kota shortly after.  Really enjoying it. 
 

Hi John and welcome to the site and Oz.  
 

NSW requires a fishing licence and you get that online for a day, a week or a year 

QLD only requires a permit/license for impoundments that have been stocked.  Search Stocked impoundments permit 

plenty of great fishing on your way up the coast both in the salt and the fresh.  Australian Bass and estuary perch as good options in freshwater and from the bank on lures. Do not need an overly big outfit. 6lb line. 
 

in the estuaries have a look to videos on Flathead, bream and whiting 

As you get further up the coast in Queensland  you can start to get some bigger species to target from shore   Just get yourself aware of our friendly crocs  Barramundi are good, mangrove jacks as well 

finally when you make it up to Cairns, my new neck of the woods  lol me up and I may be able to get you out onto the reef  

4 hours ago, tugger said:

Red on blue

Now that is a great shot. Great sized trout for a feed 

13 hours ago, Andrew_P said:

Absolutely agree @Bretto77 and did not mean to take the shine off a brilliant day out. Apologies to Ted if my comment came across as negative, it was meant to start a conversation about attitudes to sustainability not anything directed at him or his activities. 
 

Hmmm I lost my post 

 I did take offence at first.  Making a statement “no offence” does not change it’s effect.   I have not been active on AFO for a long time, being a long term member and still technically a moderator.  

Be careful, do not try and hi-jack someone’s post, especially, someone that is not active. It can reduce their enjoyment and they do not continue to participate.  If you do want a discussion, may I suggest, opening your own thread to start a discussion. 
 

The title was a joke. But seriously we took 7 reds and 6 Nannygai home for 3 families, hardly exceeding our possession limits.  But from the fisheries own stats the stocks of trout and nannygais are solid and the very reason we have the ridiculously high possession limits. 
 

One could argue people fishing SEQ are doing a lot more damage regularly fishing and taking Snapper that are under considerable threat and struggling with low recruitment rates. 

2 hours ago, tugger said:

Those Mclays have mojo

They do. Especially the blue ones. 

Spangled Emperor - 65cm

Bludger Trevally - 93cm

shark - 2+m 

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