Where to go fishing near Merkara?

• Logan River Mouth

  Good summer whiting fishing around the Logan River mouth. Use small poppers and live yabby baits.

• Rocky Point

  The deeper channel waters here has plenty of underwater structure that holds Bream, Flathead, Snapper, Jewfish...

• Flatrock

  Flatrock holds Bream, small Snapper, Flathead and odd surprise like jewfish, Trevally and Tailor. Strong current...

• Russel Island South

  Rocky structure along here drops off into deeper water and holds Bream, Flathead and the odd...

• Browns Bay

  Good flathead on the incoming and outgoing tide in Browns bay. Soft plastics jigged along the...

• Russel Island Jetties

  The jetties along here attract bream and trevally. A great place to lure fishing for bream...

• Double Island

  Flats here hold Bream and whiting on an incoming tide. Flathead around the drop offs on...

• Canaipa Channel

  The deeper holes throughout the channel hold jewfish at times. The various drop offs into the...

• Giants Grave

  Giants Grave rocky shoreline fishing well for Bream and Pink Snapper, a building time seems best....

• Krummel Passage

  Great little drains that fish well for Flathead on the run out tide. Soft plastics jigged...

• Kibbinkibbinwa Point

  Rock extends into deeper water and holds big Bream, Flathead and the odd Jewfish at times....

• Ooncooncoo Bay Channels

  Deep holes throughout the channels here are known to hold Jewfish. Fishing live baits an hour...

• Karragarra Boats

  Cast soft plastics and small hard body lures next to the moored boats as Bream will...

• Karragarra Rocks

  Good bream fishing around these rocks on a building tide.

• Redland Bay Flats

  A fairly shallow bay, mainly fishes okay for Bream, Whiting on an incoming tide and Flathead...

• Redland Bay Marina

  Mostly Bream, Whiting and Flathead on baits like Prawns and strip mullet.

• Garden Island 2

  Good bream fishing on an incoming tide. Use poppers or shallow diving hard body lures. Flathead...

• Garden Island

  Awesome Bream fishing on a incoming tide on poppers and shallow diving hard body lures. Target...

• Pelican Banks

  A maze of sand banks and channels. This area fishes well for Whiting amongst the sea...

• South Macleay Island

  Rocks here hold Bream mostly, however snapper also frequent the area.

• Iron Stem

  Great place to target bream and snapper on lures. A yellow marker here shows the start...

• Lamb Rocks

  Rocks off Lamb Island are famous for bream fishing, particularly on surface lures. A rising tide...

• Potts Point

  Snapper and emperor around the rock walls and drop offs north and south of this map...

• Amity Point

  The structure close to shore holds bream. The deeper waters often have Tailor, Tuna and Trevally.

• Parrot Ledge

  Tuskfish along the reef. Best fished at the turn of the tide. Use live crab baits.

• Rainbow Channel

  Strong current make fishing hard in the channel. The channels produces Trevally, Tuna, Mackerel, Tusk fish...

• Deanbilla Bay

  Find the oyster racks from the Bay south and you’ll find the bream. Anglers can also...

• Dunwich

  Any rocky structure around Dunwich point has Bream and the odd Snapper. Fish can be spooky...

• South Coochie Island

  Patchy Reef holds Bream, Snapper and Sweetlip.

• Point Halloran

  Bream and whiting on the incoming tide. Use baits like prawn and strip mullet.

• Point Halloran Drain

  Fish this little drain on a run out tide for Flathead. Soft plastics jigged along the...

• Goat Island

  Bream around the shallows on a building tide. Fish further out from the island at the...

• South Peel Island

  Pink Snapper along the ledge / drop off, turn of the tide, dawn and dusk fishes...

• Coochiemudlo Island north ledge

  Pink Snapper along ledge / drop off. Soft plastics jigged from shallows into the deep on...

• Coochiemudlo Island Artificial Reef

  Artificial reef setup for fishing, holds reef fish and pelagics at times, approx. 8m deep.

• West Peel Reef balls

  Artificial reef in about 10-15m of water. Holds Pink Snapper, Emperor at times.

• West Peel Reef balls

  Artificial reef in about 10-15m of water. Holds Pink Snapper, Emperor at times.

• West Peel Reef balls

  Artificial reef in about 10-15m of water. Holds Pink Snapper, Emperor at times.

• West Peel Reef balls

  Artificial reef in about 10-15m of water. Holds Pink Snapper, Emperor at times.

• West Peel Reef balls

  Artificial reef in about 10-15m of water. Holds Pink Snapper, Emperor at times.

• West Peel Reef balls

  Artificial reef in about 10-15m of water. Holds Pink Snapper, Emperor at times.

• Tiwi Pearl

  Tiwi Pearl shipwreck in about 18m of water, holds reef fish and pelagics.

• Four Beacons

  Gravel, rock and sandy bottom. Pink Snapper, Grass Emperor, Cobia and pelagics like Tuna and Mackerel...

• Wanderer

  Approximate location, Wanderer shipwreck in about 12m of water.

• Bard’s Legacy

  Bard's Legacy shipwreck, about 15m deep, fishing spot worth having a fish.

• Hinemoa

  Hinemoa shipwreck, approximate location, about 12m deep, holds reef fish.

• Curtin Wrecks

  About 10m deep, Curtin Wreck holds reef fish and pelagics.

• Dana Marea shipwreck

  Fishing spot about 12m of water. Holds reef fish at times.

• Orange Grove Shipwreck

  Approximate location, in about 5-6m of water.

• Venus Shipwreck

  Venus shipwreck in about 8m of water. Holds Reef fish and pelagics at times.

• North Moreton Artificial Reef 2

  Fish box clusters in about 13m of water, holds Pink Snapper, Emperor, Cobia, Tuna and Mackerel.

• North Moreton Artificial Reef

  Fish box clusters in about 13m of water, holds Pink Snapper, Emperor, Cobia, Tuna and Mackerel.

• Curtain Artificial

  Artificial reef holds Snapper and Bream, approx 10m deep, best fished dawn and dusk during turn...

• Western Rocks

  Approximately 10m deep, holds Pink Snapper on sundown and Cobia at times.

• Central Banks

  Patienct anglers can sound around the smaller channels for hard bottom, the patchy reef and drop...

• Pearl Channel

  Patience anglers can sound around deeper water for hard bottom where Pink Snapper hang out.

• East coochie Artificial Reef

  Reef balls approximately 14m deep, holds reef fish.

• North Coochie

  Shallow reef has Pink Snapper and Emperor at times, near channel marker.

• East Coochie Island

  Reef fish aproximately 11m deep

• Peel Houseboat

  Sunken house boat about 8m deep. Pink Snapper, Emperor, Pelagics, odd Cobia and Jewfish.

• West peel artificial reef

  About 14m deep, Peel Artificial reef balls, Pink Snapper, Emperor, Pelagics.

• Green Island Drop off

  The North East and South points drop off into deeper water and fish well for Snapper...

• Green Island Bream

  A rising tide bream will move up onto the flats, target them with lightly weighted soft...

• Jeays Reef Bouy

  Reef up to 2-3m deep surrounded by about 6m deep waters. Regular catches of Snapper, Sweetlip...

• Mud Island Snapper

  Fish the patchy reef and drop off here for Snapper and Sweetlip. Soft plastics jigged from...

• Harry Atkinson Artificial Reef

  Snapper, Sweetlip, Tuna and Mackerel are caught on the reef. Baits of pilchards work well. Soft...

• Burpengary Creek

  The odd mangrove jack and code amongst the snags, although not well known for its Mangrove...

• Burpengary Creek Mouth

  Good flathead fishing on a run out tide around the smaller channels and drop offs. Use...

• Caboolture Boat Ramp

  To the north try using a popper in the shallows over summer for Whiting. Bait will...

• Caboolture River Mouth Pelagics

  If there is pelagics in Deception Bay then they are can often be found close to...

• Caboolture River Mouth

  Good flathead fishing on the dropoff on an outgoing tide. Use 3-4” soft plastics in red...

• Tuning Fork Shoal

  Shallow shoal mostly Bream and Flathead.

• Lytton Channel

  The draining waters from the Brisbane river push over the shallows here, this pushes bait fish...

• Fisherman Island Boat Passage

  Boaters target Jewies in the deeper channels here.

• Fisherman Island Shallows

  The shallow water here holds Bream, Flathead and Whiting. Bream and whiting are best targeted on...

• Turner Artificial Reef

  Pink snapper, Bream, Sweetlip and cod in about 6m of water.

• Kedron Creek

  The usual suspects of Bream and Flathead throughout Kedron Brook. It is also known to produce...

• Houghton Highway Bridge

  The bridge pylons in deep and shallow waters, sometimes holds Bream and Flathead. Fish baits close...

• Woody Point

  Good shallow rock patches that hold bream all year round. Flathead are also abundant around the...

• Margate Beach

  Good tailor fishing during during winter. The patchy reef also produces Snapper and the odd Emperor....

• Scarborough Reef

  From Scarborough to Redcliffe there is patchy reef which produces Bream, Flathead and Whiting. During summer...

• Scarborough North Reef

  Heavily fished reef still produces Bream, Snapper and Sweetlip. Cast baits into the reef or drift...

• Deception Bay Deeps

  The deeper waters here produce diver whiting in winter. Best fish with fresh baits of yabbis.

• Deception Bay Channels

  Underwater channels carved into the mud here produce good flathead fishing on a run out tide....