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Tin Can Bay

3.6/5 - (29 votes)
25°54'43.26" S, 153°0'54.06" E

Tin Can bay is a sleepy town where over half the population owns a boat, and for good reason. The clear waters of the Tin Can Bay inlet has some great fishing whether on land, kayak or by boat, beginners and experienced anglers can catch a fish.

There is an almost endless amount of yabbies to pump, most exposed sand banks will have yabbie holes, which make for great bait. Bream, Tarwhine, Whiting, Tarpon, Small Trevally and Flathead are the main catch. However squid and mangrove jack are also a possibility for the keen angler. Boaties can target Jewfish, Tuna, Trevally, Jacks, Grunter, Squire and all the bread butter species.

Land Based Fishing Tin Can Bay

There are some easily accessible land based fishing spots in Tin Can Bay. Some popular spots are Crab Creek, Searys, Teebar and Norman point. These spots are best fished on the incoming tide, as fish will be pushing up onto the flats for a feed. Whiting and flathead are a great species to target, they can be caught on fresh yabbies. Flathead will also take small soft plastics, pink or red is a great colour.

Crab creek is just to the south and has a deeper hole to fish, bream and flathead are the main species here.

More adventurous anglers can walk the flats on an incoming tide to target small trevally and flathead. Mullens Creek Park at Cooloola Cove is the start of a small fishing adventure, from here anglers can walk the shallow flats towards the north, here anglers will find sea grass which hold Whiting, Flathead and Yellowfin Bream. Heading south and driving up Carland Creek road gives anglers access to some skinny waters, however crab pots are best used here.

Fishing the creeks of Tin Can Bay

Having a boat or kayak opens up so much more fishing opportunities at Tin Can. Checking out the sand bars during low tide is a good start if you’re hunting Flathead and Whiting, any beds that have yabbies usually hold good fishing during an incoming tide as they come up to feed.

During the summer months anglers can target the prized Mangrove Jack. Teebar, Searys and Schnapper Creek have good over hanging snags to cast into, also the docks and boats along Esplanade are great places to flick lures along particularly at early morning, dusk and into the night.

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Bundaberg Fishing Report October 2021

Supplied by Tackle World October 21, 2021 BUNDABERG OFFSHORE With the threats of a thunder storm most afternoons, it’s difficult to predict what the weather will do this weekend.  With the full... Read more

Fish currently being caught in the Wide Bay / Burnett region November, 2021

Barramundi Dusky Flathead Mangrove Jack
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Current Rating Tin Can Bay November, 2021
3.5/5 - (30 votes)
Fishing Report Provided By Tackle World Bundaberg

Recommended Lures for Tin Can Bay

Click here to find the best lures for fishing Tin Can Bay. 5 stars mean this lure has been hand picked for Tin Can Bay.

Jackall Squirell 79 hank tuned

Jackall DD Squirrel 79SP Silent ‘Hank Tuned’

Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Mangrove Jack
Killalure Flatz Ratz 2

Flatz Ratz – Killalure

$12.99
Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Mangrove Jack
Bream Lure the Strike Pro Pygmy 2

Pygmy 2 – Strike Pro

$12.99
Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Yellowfin Bream

Skippy Surface Lure

$13.49
Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Yellowfin Bream, Yellowfin Whiting

Squidgies Pro Wriggler – 80mm

$9.99
Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Yellowfin Bream

Squidgies Pro Critter 55mm

$9.99
Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Yellowfin Bream
The Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnow suspending lure has great constrast and is good for Barramundi

CRYSTAL MINNOW™ SUSPENDING

Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Mangrove Jack

Roosta Popper 160

$15.99
Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Golden Trevally, Yellowfin Tuna
Storm Gomoku Fishing Jig

GOMOKU SLOW ROCKER Micro Jig

$8.95
Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Pink Snapper
Berkley Gulp! Shrimp 2"

Gulp Shrimp 2″

Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Dusky Flathead, Grunter, Mangrove Jack, Yellowfin Bream
Storm Fishing Jig for Snapper

GOMOKU SLIM JIG

$10.99
Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Pink Snapper

Twisty 55g

Suited for some Fish Species.
Good for: Silver Trevally, Yellowfin Tuna

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