East Coast fishing spots
Solana Bribie Island is retirement living at its best! With a wide range of amenities to satisfy any interests, residents also get to take advantage of the incredible coastal lifestyle that comes with island living. For the fishing enthusiast, there’s no better place to call home. Bribie Island and the surrounding areas offer some of the best fishing spots along the east coast of Australia.
Close to home, the Pumicestone Passage offers year round opportunities to drop a line. The channel is fairly shallow, with excellent fishing for mackerel, flounder, flathead, snapper, and whiting. The early spring brings the bigger flathead while the winter months are best for fishing snapper. As Easter approaches, the mackerel move out and the tailor move in. Once you round Skirmish Point, you move into deeper waters and can find both tuna and mackerel. The Bribie Island bridge is another hot spot, depending on the tidal flow, with the pylons on the Bribie side being a local favourite. If you’re looking to fish on foot, Sylvan Beach and Banksia Beach are just north of the bridge and offer up flathead, whiting, and bream. Bongaree Jetty is deeper water that can also be fished on foot, but is better in the early hours before it gets crowded. Be sure to check the fishing zones before heading out to the passage to avoid any possible fines.
A few hours up the coast, Rainbow Beach is well known for its beach fishing. With lots to catch right off the sand, it’s a gorgeous spot to cast your line and spend the day. Depending on the time of year, you can reel in whiting, tailor, jewfish, and dart. Since this is shallower water, you’ll find what you’re looking for in the pockets and gutters. From there, it’s a quick trip to Hervey Bay and some of the best winter fishing around, thanks to the warmer climate. Whether you prefer to fish from the beach, one of the many piers, or head out on the water, the area offers a wide range of species, including tuna, flathead, kingfish, giant trevally, bream, cobia, sailfish, and more!
Next it’s off towards Agnes Water, with a stop at Deepwater National Park to drop a line at the Wreck Rock or Flat Rock day-use areas. A well known fishing spot, you can reel in bream, tailor, whiting, trevally, and mackerel, as well as sweetlip and the odd snubnose. Much like the Hervey bay area, Agnes Water offers plenty of options for anglers. From the gorgeous beaches, to the popular rock fishing, to the offshore lagoons, the area is a fisherman’s paradise! The Inner and Outer Wides are also popular hotspots, with sweetlip, red emperor, mackerel, and coral trout. Perhaps one of the most famous spots on the east coast for spinfishing is the Catwalk. With a good mix of southern and northern species, gamefish like cobia, longtail tuna, golden and giant trevally, queenfish, yellowtail kingfish and various mackerel have all been reeled in from this favourite fishing spot.
If you’d rather be fishing, then the east coast and Bribie Island have you covered!
