never fished there but from what i have been told head out to the islands . send Carnarvonite a pm as he is a local and could point you in the right direction and a great bloke to go with it

Flattery will get you everywhere Russ.

How big is your boat?

The wind is slowly starting to drop off,its been the worst windy season for years.Depending on the weather,you can head north up to the Beejaling shoals or Fitzroy reef just south of the blowholes ,its nearly always good for pinkies and spanglies with the odd spaniard thrown it.
The Lady Joyce wreck gets a bit of a hiding early in the season but still manages to produce some good fish if you can stand releasing thousands of undersize pinkies and nor west snapper.
For someone who is a newcomer to the islands there is good ground close in all the way round,off shore is a different matter as the spots are only small lumps well scattered.

Pinkies and nor west snapper,spaniards,tuna cod ,blue bone and for the lucky, red emperor are al being caught at this time of the year.

Sorry Visit forgot to mention we will be landbased. We have a 4x4 so if we need to go offroad to any spots thats all good. Thanks

just kidding,

if your landbased, maybe head to quobba for some fish, nor westers, pinks, spaniards, gamefish etc.

also do not under estimate the 1 mile jetty, go there on a big tide and use whole mulies with little to no weight and 70cm tailor not uncommon

 but you must get the tide and moon right .

high rock is a good place to start on quobba with the safety wire that you can tie up on with huge cod, sharks and northwest snapper.

but when fishing quoba even on a place a high as high rock(king waves have swept people in here as well) always keep a eye on the water and have a escape plan so if a king waves is coming you could jump in a hole or go behind a rock

look  at my avatar picture, thats high rock, pretty amazing how a wave can swamp this rock 

try and use heavy gear on the rocks because its very likely youll hook up a shark or the good old resident cod(can be very annoying)

and NEVER FISH THE ROCKS IF THE SWELLS IS UP or its very rough

Is the Jetty fishable again. I heard it caught fire or something?

try the beach in front of the camping ground just south of the blowholes.  Good for mullaway if the sharks don't get the bait first.

Thanks for the info guys!!

few months ago or something(family grew and uncles and grandparents still own plantations so i go their quite a bit), i might head up next week and if i go fishing i'l report back but its mainly a dirtbike trip this time.

anyway, last time i was there, the jetty was opened only up to about a quarter, this is why it was essential to get tides right otherwise you'd be fishing in the break zone or in very shallow water.

just becasue only a quarter was open, doesnt mean the fishing is bad, all the tailor fishing i mentioned was done in the quarter 

we done a little experiment we're my grandad used mullet fillets and i and my brother used unweighted mulies

my grandad caught 8 taloir within the 35cm-40cm range

me and my brother caught 6 tailor withing the 50cm-60cm range

thats a lot of tailor so we lot most go

get there just as the sun is setting, dont bother getting thier early, you'll be greeted with lots of birds that grab your mulies and fly or the sky-very very annoying

thanks again wide open.

worries