im from the UK and have never been to Australia although Im hoping to go soon. Any body (aussie or foreigners) any experience of beach fishing around OZ. It looks great on TV but would love to hear from anybody who has experienced it, either bait or lure fishing, thanks.

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I’ve spent many a great day beach fishing in southeast Queensland and northern NSW and can highly recommend it. I’ve never tried lure fishing, but have spent many backbreaking hours pumping yabbies or stink-baiting for sand worms – it’s just that much more satisfying when you get your own bait and usually works well too.

If you come to this neck of the woods, hire yourself a 4WD or go on a 4WD fishing tour so you can fish on some of our spectacularly beautiful beaches on Fraser Island or Teerwah beach (between Noosa Heads and Fraser Island). Take the vehicle ferry across to North Stradbroke Island between about June and November and apart from the fishing, you’ll have a good chance of getting in some whale watching as the humpbacks migrate north to the tropics to breed and then return south to the Antarctic.

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Not quite sure what you are asking, but I’ve done plenty of beach fishing on Queensland beaches. One fishes for various species with various baits at various times of the year (eg pilchard bait for tailor on Frazer Island) although there are many species catchable most year round, such as whiting, bream & flathead. Best bait is what is locally available, eg one pumps one’s own yabbies or digs pippies or catch sea worms on the ocean beach on Moreton Island.

Never been particularly successful with lures except for ‘flicking’ up the beach for flathead.