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    Olam got a reaction from kmcrosby78 in North Stradbroke Island   
    Loads of great info here - I'm going over to Straddie with brother (plus his new family) who lives in Brisbane and mother who will have just travelled from Ireland. I'm bringing a rod and surfboard so they probably won't see me armed with this info and eagerness. Thanks @Drop Bear
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    Olam got a reaction from Drop Bear in North Stradbroke Island   
    Loads of great info here - I'm going over to Straddie with brother (plus his new family) who lives in Brisbane and mother who will have just travelled from Ireland. I'm bringing a rod and surfboard so they probably won't see me armed with this info and eagerness. Thanks @Drop Bear
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    Olam got a reaction from ellicat in North Stradbroke Island   
    Loads of great info here - I'm going over to Straddie with brother (plus his new family) who lives in Brisbane and mother who will have just travelled from Ireland. I'm bringing a rod and surfboard so they probably won't see me armed with this info and eagerness. Thanks @Drop Bear
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    Olam got a reaction from Angry51 in North Stradbroke Island   
    Loads of great info here - I'm going over to Straddie with brother (plus his new family) who lives in Brisbane and mother who will have just travelled from Ireland. I'm bringing a rod and surfboard so they probably won't see me armed with this info and eagerness. Thanks @Drop Bear
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    Olam got a reaction from AUS-BNE-FISHO in North Stradbroke Island   
    Loads of great info here - I'm going over to Straddie with brother (plus his new family) who lives in Brisbane and mother who will have just travelled from Ireland. I'm bringing a rod and surfboard so they probably won't see me armed with this info and eagerness. Thanks @Drop Bear
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    Olam reacted to Drop Bear in North Stradbroke Island   
    A week at Point Lookout will be awesome. There are lots of fishing options.
    Point Lookout
    The main area I like to fish is from Deadman's Beach to Frenchmans Beach. 
    I have attached a map. 
    There are lots of whiting along Deadman's up to the sandhills. Worms are your friend here for whiting. Best at lower tides but they will bit most of the time if they are there. 
    The areas around the rocks at the sandhills is great to throw small soft plastics for Bream, Flathead, Dart and Trevs. Curl tail or paddle tail grubs with a small weighted jig head with about a 2/0 hook works well. Favourite colours are dirty red or clear with a flash. 
    Try some bigger soft plastics at high tide for Mulloway especially if you get a good southerly. This can be a great spot to fish in a big southerly sea. Try heavier jig heads with about 4-5/0 hooks and pink or deep green plastics. 
    Widdow's Rock is a long high area right on the water. It gets its name because waves can crash over it and it is a good drop to hard rocks behind so be careful especially on a high tide and a Northerly or Easterly swell. It can be a good spot for pinging chrome lures for tailor. They can be thick here at times. You can also try any deep holes near the Sandhills. The sand moves around a lot and what was a deep hole last week can be just sand the next so move around looking for the deeper holes for tailor. The 2 hours leading up to High tide and high tide itself is often productive as they will come into the gutters then. If you can combine this with Dawn or Dusk you are in with a great shot. 
    First rock is great for Gold spot Blubberlips (known locally as Spotted Hind), Tarwine and Bream. Best baits are Cunji that have been cut the day before and left to toughen in the fridge over night or washed up and dried Cunji that you find washed up on the beach. I have a secret bait that I will tell you about if we ever go for a fish there. If the water is deep here it is also worth a ping for some Tailor or Mulloway. Dawn is best here and be very carefull of high tide as waves will wash over the whole rock. If you can, use a long rod and heavy weight and try to cast to the rocks to the north of here. 
    There is a set of stairs leading from Point Lookout down to Frenchman's Beach. It is a good work out and totally worth it. Dragging a bag full of bream and Spotted Hind up these stairs lets you know you are alive. 🙂
    There are lots of options to fish the main headlands. They can be dangerous and hard to get to and I don't fish them much so wont put up a guide here but the spot in front of the life savers is worth a go.  I know that Angus uses larger soft plastics here for Kingfish. 
    Main Beach
    Like the others have said Main can be productive. I only target Taylor at high tide and whiting at low. I have always found the bream, Flathead and dart patchy at best.
    The trick with whiting is to use worms (pipis sometimes work) at low tide. The last 2 hours of run out and the first to of run in. Go to the little blind gutters and fish in about 1 to 4 foot of water. They whiting are feeding on worm heads at your feet. Fish each hole for only a few casts and move on to the next one. 
    There are a series of fresh water lakes (The Keyholes) behind the dunes at Main Beach. Where you see the shiny water on the beach I find it harder to catch worms and pipis. I think that the fresh soaks through the sand and puts them off. Basically south of the Causeway the lakes become less frequent and further from the beach. For this reason, for whiting, I like to fish south of the Causeway. Anywhere is fine for Taylor. Look for deep holes not the long featureless gutters for Tailor. If you are up for it there is good night time fishing for Mulloway. Look for the same water as for Tailor and use live baits, Mullet fillets or a whole worm. 
    Jumpinpin
    At the southern end of Main beach you will find Jumpinpin bar. It is a great spot for Bream, Flathead and Mulloway. 
    Amity
    Amity is inside the bay. It has great rock walls to fish from and lots of people fish from the jetty. If you want to see Dolphins they always come to the jetty at about 5pm. The best place to see them is just in front of the sight that says "Do Not Feed Dolphins". Don't feed them. They like fresh fish the best (especially whiting) but will eat pilchards. 
    At the southern end of the caravan park at Amity there are extensive yabby banks. The beaches at the front of the caravan park fish really well at night with yabbies. 
    So that is about all I can think of. I hope you have a great trip. Let me know if I have not covered anything. We spend a lot of time here so know it pretty well. Make sure you do the headland walk. Stunning views. 🙂 I didn't proof read so sorry for the typos. 
     
     

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