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Main Beach Fishing for this week - Ed Balczun Reports

THIS WEEK: Fish at the Point, Amity or the Bay

Main Beach: There are quality tailor up to 3kgs being caught on pillies after dusk and before dawn in gutters along Main this week.
There are also very good sized bream in the holes.
Pippis are still scarce but you can dig for them and try your luck. Beach worms are appearing now too.

Flinders Beach: Reports of a few bream, sand whiting and dart along Flinders of late - there is always a good chance of pulling in a few of these from the gutters here.

Amity Point: If you after squid, try them in the early morning before the sun comes up or just on dark of an evening from the jetty.

Offshore: Catches of yellowtail, squire and sweetlip have come in this week.

EDS TIP OF THE WEEK: "Preserving Beach Worms"

If you have had a successful time worming or you have bought fresh worms and have some left over, don't waste them! preserve them for future use by giving them a quick rinse in sea water, shake off the excess moisture, swirl them in methylated spirits for about 15-20 seconds. Once again, shake off the excess and put the worms into a glass jar and freeze. They will be ready to go next time you go fishing and surprisingly the fish really go for them!

• Redland City Council Customer Service Centres: 91-93 Bloomfield St - Cleveland / Noleene St - Capalaba (IN PERSON)
• Redlands on Moreton Bay Visitor Information Centre: (Shop 2) Raby Bay Harbour - 152 Shore St West - Cleveland (PHONE: 1300 667 386)
• Sea Stradbroke (The Big Red Cat): 12 Emmett Dr - Toondah Harbour (end of Middle St) - Cleveland (PHONE: 3488 9777)
• Stradbroke Ferries: (Shop 2) Raby Bay Harbour - 152 Shore St West - Cleveland (PHONE: 1300 303 766) 

• Amity Point General Dealers: Ballow St - Amity Point (PHONE: 3409 7212)
• Dunwich News: 5 Ballow Road - Dunwich (PHONE: 3409 9200)
• Dunwich Sports & Hobbies: 18 Bingle Road - Dunwich (PHONE: 3409 9252)
• Point Lookout Newsagency: (Shop 2) Mintee St - Point Lookout (PHONE: 3409 8250)
• Point Lookout Roadhouse: 126 Dickson Way - Point Lookout (PHONE: 3409 8283)
• Ray White Real Estate: Meegera St - Point Lookout (PHONE: 3409 8255)
• Straddie Holiday Parks: Adder Rock, Amity Point, Cylinder Beach & Thankful Rest Campground Offices (PHONE: 1300 551 253)
• Straddie Servo: Cnr Fraser & Cunningham St - Dunwich (PHONE: 3409 9076)

Cost:

• $33.00 Annual Permit (revenue raised goes into beach regeneration work)

*Beach permits must be displayed on your windscreen in a place clearly visible to the patrolling officers.

Beach Driving: Please note that driving is only permitted on Flinders & Main Beach on North Stradbroke Island. Also, it is illegal to drive on any beach 1 hour either side of high tide! (Tide  times calculated from published tide times for Brisbane Bar - less 1 hour & 20 minutes) Fines will be issued to anyone found driving at these times. The speed limit on Flinders Beach is 40kph & on Main Beach is 60kph. Please note that all road rules still apply when driving on the beaches. Please be responsible, safe & considerate of others.

BAIT:

North Stradbroke Island has a wide range of bait available from the following outlets;

• Amity Point General Dealers – a wide range of frozen bait, tackle, lures & fishing equipment. 
• Dunwich Supersports – a wide range of frozen bait, tackle, lures & fishing equipment. 
• Foodworks (Dunwich & Point Lookout) – frozen pilchards, worms, squid, prawns, and fresh worms and mullet when in season.  
• Live worms are seasonally available from private residence in Tramican St - Point Lookout (keep an eye out for the "live worm" sign)

Catch it yourself...

Yabbies can be readily pumped at low tide from the sand flats at Amity Point, Dunwich, One Mile & Myora.

Pippis (eugarie) can be collected on both Main & Flinders Beach at low tide.
Please note that only 50 eugaries are allowed per person – should you be caught with more than this a substantial fine and an unwanted court appearance will soon follow!

Beach Worms can be pulled from the low tide line at both Main & Flinders Beach.

Swan Bay: Swan Bay is located at the southern tip of the island near Jumpinpin and is a protected fish sanctuary which is regularly monitored by the Department of Fisheries. This area is a complete no go zone and must be treated as such.

Tackle: Fishing tackle and lures can be bought from Foodworks at Point Lookout, Amity Point General Dealers stock a large range of tackle, lures, rods, reels & many other fishing accessories. In Dunwich, if you can’t find what you want at Dunwich Supersports, then it is not on the island!

Tide times

Point Lookout: Deduct one and a half hours from the tide time at the Brisbane bar (this is the time shown in the daily paper) for the correct high and low tide on main beach.
For example: 10.30am Low Tide at Bar = 9.00am at Main Beach

Amity Point: Deduct half an hour for the correct high and low tide times for Amity and Flinders Beach.
For example: 10.30am Low Tide at the Bar = 10.00am at Amity & Flinders Beach

Conditions

Check our webcams for live beach conditions along Main Beach and at Home Beach, Flinders Beach, the South Passage Bar and offshore.