What is FishingTownsville.net? FishingTownsville.net in an online guide to fishing Townsville and the surrounding area. The site is highly dynamic with approximately 15-20 new articles added monthly. Articles are written around the area of Fishing Reports, Tips and Techniques, Product Reviews, Fishing Locations, Fishing News and Boat Ramp Reviews. Access to the site and its…
The Shimano Torium 16 is one of the most versatile offshore overhead reels you could ever own! I have a pair of these reels loaded with 50lb braid sitting on custom graphite rods. Priced not too much over $200 they represent excellent value for money. I use this setup for dead baiting the shoals and…
There have been some recent changes to the recreational boating regulations in Queensland. These changes came into effect on January 1 this year, and to my knowledge there has been little attempt to make everyone who owns a boat aware of these changes. The majority of new regulations impact on jet ski operators, but there…
Wow, what a spell of beautiful weather we are having at the moment! There was no way I was missing out, I have been waiting a long time for this kind of run in the weather to do my first run to the reef out of Townsville. Ever since replacing the dirty old Yamaha 2-stroke…
Been a long time between posts lately. I have been out fishing a bit, but between a 10 day holiday in the Whitsundays, 2 kids Birthdays and Christmas there just hasn’t been time to string a few lines together! Today Dad and I took my Sister and her Husband down the Haughton for a bit…
New stock of Fishing Townsville shirts have arrived. They are available for purchase from the Merchandise page. I also have a number of large full colour stickers available at a very good price. If you would like a shirt for someone special as a Christmas present and live in town I will hand deliver to…
I am wondering if there would be any disadvantage in rigging the front hook facing the rear making it easier to hook the bait through the top jaw and perhaps leaving the front hook free running so as to have it adjustable depending on bait size. Thoughts? New to live bait fishing.
Forum member Alchemy (Dave) has recently returned from a once in a lifetime long range trip to the Gulf. He shared this story on the forum and everyone enjoyed the read. With his permission I now present this here for everyone. I hope you enjoy the read it as much as I did! Since building…
Today Dad and I finally got the opportunity to once again get out and try for some Fingermark on the new Gulp Squid Vicious soft plastics. We had been watching the weather all week, but as Sunday slowly started to look worse and worse we decided West Point was as far as we needed to…
Crystal Creek mate.