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It was an angler’s pilgrimage to a beautiful location that – thanks to its commercial netting-free status – always yielded angling as spectacular as the scenery.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMany times while travelling north with my boat in tow, on the northern side of \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/explore-queensland/the-mackay-region\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003EMackay\u003C/a\u003E, I drove right past the \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.queensland.com/destination%20information/seaforth\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ESeaforth\u003C/a\u003E turnoff.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhy?\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cdiv id=\"attachment_36961\" style=\"width: 701px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"\u003E\u003Cimg aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36961\" class=\"wp-image-36961 size-full\" src=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691x461-mackay.jpg\" alt=\"Family fishing in Mackay \" width=\"691\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691x461-mackay.jpg 691w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691x461-mackay-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691x461-mackay-335x223.jpg 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" /\u003E\u003Cp id=\"caption-attachment-36961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"\u003EAnglers of all ages love fishing in Mackay\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI knew there was some great country in there. Creeks, headlands, inshore islands and sandflats. But the fishing stories were less impressive.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENow, because of the new Net Free Zone (NFZ) established between \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/destination%20information/cape-hillsborough\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ECape Hillsborough\u003C/a\u003E and St Helens in November 2015, this stretch of coastline is destined to stop more anglers from driving past.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI’ve now taken the turnoff, and it won’t be for the last time.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003ETwice as nice\u003C/h2\u003E\n\u003Cdiv id=\"attachment_36993\" style=\"width: 701px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"\u003E\u003Cimg aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36993\" class=\"wp-image-36993 size-full\" src=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691-steve-morgan-cape-hillsborough.jpg\" alt=\"Cape Hillsborough \" width=\"691\" height=\"1036\" srcset=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691-steve-morgan-cape-hillsborough.jpg 691w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691-steve-morgan-cape-hillsborough-200x300.jpg 200w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691-steve-morgan-cape-hillsborough-461x691.jpg 461w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691-steve-morgan-cape-hillsborough-335x502.jpg 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" /\u003E\u003Cp id=\"caption-attachment-36993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"\u003ECape Hillsborough offers a diversity of fishing habitat, from beaches and headlands through to islands that you can walk to on the ebb tide.\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs most recreational anglers assume, no commercial nets means more fish for us to catch.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI say ‘most’, because Luke Galea from the Mackay Recreational Fishing Alliance wanted to show there was some truth to what we all assume. He spent weekend after weekend at boat ramps in the NFZ surveying catches, both before and after the zones were created.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E“Only six months after the Net Free Zones were created, anglers were already catching twice as many legal-sized fish,” Luke was happy to report.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETwice as many.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/accommodation/cape-hillsborough-nature-tourist-park\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ECape Hillsborough Nature Resort\u003C/a\u003E’s Ben Atherton is similarly optimistic.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E“Our bookings are up, and our visitors are catching great fish – both off the bank and in their boats,” he says. “And every month that fish aren’t being netted means that biomass goes up and those fish can contribute to increased populations.”\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EWhat’s biting?\u003C/h2\u003E\n\u003Cdiv id=\"attachment_36958\" style=\"width: 701px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"\u003E\u003Cimg aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36958\" class=\"wp-image-36958 size-full\" src=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691-steve-morgan-fishing-2.jpg\" alt=\"Kid-friendly fishing in Mackay \" width=\"691\" height=\"1228\" srcset=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691-steve-morgan-fishing-2.jpg 691w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691-steve-morgan-fishing-2-169x300.jpg 169w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691-steve-morgan-fishing-2-389x691.jpg 389w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691-steve-morgan-fishing-2-335x595.jpg 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" /\u003E\u003Cp id=\"caption-attachment-36958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"\u003EThe Cape Hillsborough Nature Tourist Park is at the southern end of the NFZ and offers excellent angling opportunities\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESpecies thriving in the zone are bream, whiting, flathead and grunter, as well as iconic northern Australian fish such as king and threadfin salmon, fingermark and barramundi.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe same assortment that I’d drive another 600km to catch. Each way.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cdiv id=\"attachment_36959\" style=\"width: 701px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"\u003E\u003Cimg aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36959\" class=\"wp-image-36959 size-full\" src=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691-steve-morgan-fishing.jpg\" alt=\"Great Fishing in Mackay \" width=\"691\" height=\"1184\" srcset=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691-steve-morgan-fishing.jpg 691w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691-steve-morgan-fishing-175x300.jpg 175w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691-steve-morgan-fishing-403x691.jpg 403w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691-steve-morgan-fishing-335x574.jpg 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" /\u003E\u003Cp id=\"caption-attachment-36959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"\u003EGrunter bream or javelin fish are a favourite with travelling anglers\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAdd some quality inshore island fishing for queenfish and great trevally and the reasons to go anywhere else on your fishing holiday begin to diminish rapidly.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETackle stores are always a great source of information about what’s biting, and the creeks in the NFZ are yielding great catches of king salmon – a species which has been virtually non-existent for years in the Mackay area.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E“We had a customer in last week who landed seven kings [king salmon] in a day in one of the creeks,” says Andrew Elworthy of Tackle World in Mackay. “I haven’t heard of catches like that in our area. Ever.”\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEven more impressive was that the angler saw another 50 fish in the school.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003ESafety in numbers\u003C/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESeaforth resident, Mick O’Donnell, is a retired commercial fisher who has first-hand experience of how a fishery can recover when the commercial nets are removed.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E“I saw it happen on the south coast of NSW when I was working there and it will happen here,”Mick says. “Remove the nets and the fishery will bounce back. This is a great gift for recreational anglers.”\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd it’s a gift that will keep on giving for anglers from both Mackay and further afield.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo take the turn-off, bring your gear and experience this area for yourself. I’m glad I did.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cdiv id=\"attachment_36960\" style=\"width: 701px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"\u003E\u003Cimg aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36960\" class=\"wp-image-36960 size-full\" src=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691x461-bring-your-own-gear-from-home-fish-like-fingermark-or-golden-snapper-are-increasingly-plentiful-and-sensational-on-the-plate.-and-you-dont-need-to-go-far-offshore-to-catch-them.jpg\" alt=\"Mackcay Fishing Tips \" width=\"691\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691x461-bring-your-own-gear-from-home-fish-like-fingermark-or-golden-snapper-are-increasingly-plentiful-and-sensational-on-the-plate.-and-you-dont-need-to-go-far-offshore-to-catch-them.jpg 691w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691x461-bring-your-own-gear-from-home-fish-like-fingermark-or-golden-snapper-are-increasingly-plentiful-and-sensational-on-the-plate.-and-you-dont-need-to-go-far-offshore-to-catch-them-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/691x461-bring-your-own-gear-from-home-fish-like-fingermark-or-golden-snapper-are-increasingly-plentiful-and-sensational-on-the-plate.-and-you-dont-need-to-go-far-offshore-to-catch-them-335x223.jpg 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" /\u003E\u003Cp id=\"caption-attachment-36960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"\u003EGet the tides right and you can launch off the beach\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EMackay Fishing Tips\u003C/h2\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EBring the gear you use for bream, whiting and flathead at home – it’ll work just fine in North Queensland.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EDrop in to a local tackle store in Mackay on your way through. They have all the local information on what’s biting.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ERemember tides are big in the Mackay area. Check the charts to ensure that launch and retrieval of your boat is easy.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ENo boat = no worries. There are plenty of shore-based options in the Net Free Zone.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELooking for more Queensland places to throw a line in? Visit our dedicated fishing page \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.queensland.com/things-to-see-and-do/fishing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003Ehere\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EHave you been fishing in Mackay recently? Share your tales with us in the comments below.\u003C/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54933\" src=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fishing-in-mackay-print-01.jpg\" alt=\"Fishing in Mackay Infographic 2017 \" width=\"3049\" height=\"15713\" srcset=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fishing-in-mackay-print-01.jpg 3049w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fishing-in-mackay-print-01-58x300.jpg 58w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fishing-in-mackay-print-01-768x3958.jpg 768w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fishing-in-mackay-print-01-134x691.jpg 134w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fishing-in-mackay-print-01-335x1726.jpg 335w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fishing-in-mackay-print-01-1050x5411.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3049px) 100vw, 3049px\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n",":type":"text/plain","multiValue":false},"date":{"dataType":"calendar","title":"Date","value":1481603000000,":type":"calendar","multiValue":false},"date_modified":{"dataType":"calendar","title":"Date Modified","value":1580941500000,":type":"calendar","multiValue":false},"excerpt":{"dataType":"string","title":"Excerpt","value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwice as many legal-sized fish are now being caught at this Mackay fishing paradise.\u003C/p\u003E\n",":type":"string","multiValue":false},"slug":{"dataType":"string","title":"Slug","value":"mackay-secret-fishing-hot-spots",":type":"string","multiValue":false},"featured_image":{"dataType":"string","title":"Featured Image","value":"/content/dam/teq/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1048x699-mackay-fishing.jpg",":type":"string","multiValue":false},"post_thumbnail":{"dataType":"string","title":"Post Thumbnail","value":"/content/dam/teq/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/1048x699-mackay-fishing.jpg",":type":"string","multiValue":false}},"elementsOrder":["global_id","status","URL","author_first_name","author_last_name","author_name","author_URL","author_avatar_URL","author_profile_URL","title","content","date","date_modified","excerpt","slug","featured_image","post_thumbnail"],"model":"teq/models/blog"},"editorial_introducti":{":type":"teq/components/editorial/editorial-introduction"},"editorial_hero_banne":{"title":"Mackay's secret fishing hot spots revealed","layoutVariation":"standardWidth","tag":{"colour":"#365ABD","text":"Feature"},"breadcrumbItems":[{"active":false,"title":"Home","url":"/content/teq/sg/en/home.html"},{"active":false,"title":"Things to Do","url":"/content/teq/sg/en/things-to-do.html"},{"active":false,"title":"Adventure","url":"/content/teq/sg/en/things-to-do/adventure.html"},{"active":false,"title":"Fishing and boating","url":"/content/teq/sg/en/things-to-do/adventure/fishing-and-boating.html"},{"active":true,"title":"Mackay secret fishing hot spots","url":"/content/teq/sg/en/things-to-do/adventure/fishing-and-boating/mackay-secret-fishing-hot-spots.html"}],"gallery":{"mediaCollection":[{"mediaType":"image","mediaProps":{"fileFormat":"","sku":"","src":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/mackay/blog-images/editorial-hero-banner/2017_MKY_Seaforth_Fishing_BrandonGifford_135816.jpg","alt":"Seaforth | mackay fishing hotspots","title":null,"link":null,"mobileSrc":"","attribution":null,"quality":60},"mediaPropsSlide":null}]},":type":"teq/components/editorial/editorial-hero-banner"},"editorialauthor":{"name":"Danielle\t Reckless","resourcePath":"/content/teq/sg/en/things-to-do/adventure/fishing-and-boating/mackay-secret-fishing-hot-spots/jcr:content/root/responsivegrid/editorialauthor","publishedDateISO":"2021-02-03T04:35:24.474Z",":type":"teq/components/editorial/editorialauthor","image":{"src":"/home/users/s/sFtW-IQZu3K6kGRtkpU5/profile.profile.image","alt":"Danielle\t Reckless"}},"editorial_description":{"text":"\u003Cp\u003EIf you’re an avid angler, you’d already know that \u003Ca href=\"https://www.queensland.com/au/en/places-to-see/destinations/mackay.html\"\u003EMackay\u003C/a\u003E is one of the best spots in Queensland to throw a line in. From inland fishing where you \u003Ca href=\"https://www.queensland.com/au/en/things-to-do/adventure/fishing-and-boating/fishing-mackay-without-a-boat.html\"\u003Ewon’t need a boat\u003C/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"https://www.queensland.com/au/en/things-to-do/adventure/fishing-and-boating/top-fishing-spots-mackay1.html\"\u003Ecreeks flowing\u003C/a\u003E with barramundi and salmon, and reef fishing around \u003Ca href=\"https://www.queensland.com/au/en/places-to-see/destination-information/p-56b2638f2880253d74c4c335-keswick-island\"\u003EKeswick Island\u003C/a\u003E – there’s plenty of opportunity to catch the biggest dinner you’ve ever seen.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut there’s a Mackay fishing hotspot you might not have heard about. If you drive a little north and take the turnoff to Seaforth, it certainly won’t be for the last time.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhy Seaforth?\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/h2\u003E\r\n","readMoreHeight":0,"richText":true,":type":"teq/components/editorial/editorial-description"},"imagef7cd86bd-ab94-4d81-b1c7-071ea9f0d8a6":{"componentName":"teq/components/image","src":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/mackay/blog-images/2018_MKY_Seaforth_Beaches_MarkFitz_138605.jpg","fileReference":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/mackay/blog-images/2018_MKY_Seaforth_Beaches_MarkFitz_138605.jpg","alt":"Seaforth | Mackay fishing hotspots","srcUriTemplate":"/sg/en/things-to-do/adventure/fishing-and-boating/mackay-secret-fishing-hot-spots/_jcr_content/root/responsivegrid/imagef7cd86bd-ab94-4d81-b1c7-071ea9f0d8a6.coreimg{.width}.jpeg/1599608088545/2018-mky-seaforth-beaches-markfitz-138605.jpeg","uuid":"2ad5d636-adaf-40a3-bab8-c5635fc3071f","lazyEnabled":false,":type":"teq/components/image"},"text75d18b15-10e3-4689-9e3f-4f31dd48b6e6":{"text":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https://www.queensland.com/au/en/places-to-see/destination-information/p-56b25e99aeeeaaf773cf0f52-seaforth\"\u003ESeaforth\u003C/a\u003E has it all: creeks, headlands, inshore islands and sandflats. And because of the Net Free Zone (NFZ) which was established between \u003Ca href=\"https://www.queensland.com/destination%20information/cape-hillsborough\"\u003ECape Hillsborough\u003C/a\u003E and St Helens in 2015, this stretch of coastline is thriving with fish. And it’s catching more and more anglers that would usually drive past.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn fact, just six months after the Net Free Zones were created, anglers and local operators reported catching \u003Ci\u003Etwice as many\u003C/i\u003E legal-sized fish. Five years on, the area and its fishing population is as vibrant as ever.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESo while Cape Hillsborough may be best known for \u003Ca href=\"https://www.queensland.com/au/en/places-to-see/experiences/nature-and-wildlife/wallabies-at-cape-hillsborough.html\"\u003Esunrise wallaby encounters\u003C/a\u003E, it’s teeming with great catch, too.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhat's biting?\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/h2\u003E\r\n","richText":true,":type":"teq/components/text"},"image":{"componentName":"teq/components/image","src":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/mackay/blog-images/2019_MKY_RedCliffIslands_Beaches_@markingoffthemap.jpg","fileReference":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/mackay/blog-images/2019_MKY_RedCliffIslands_Beaches_@markingoffthemap.jpg","alt":"Red Cliff Islands Seaforth | Mackay fishing hotspots","srcUriTemplate":"/sg/en/things-to-do/adventure/fishing-and-boating/mackay-secret-fishing-hot-spots/_jcr_content/root/responsivegrid/image.coreimg{.width}.jpeg/1599608088578/2019-mky-redcliffislands-beaches-%40markingoffthemap.jpeg","uuid":"7599b475-b3ef-4049-9511-21e0dabc6e54","lazyEnabled":false,"title":"Photo by \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.instagram.com/markingoffthemap/\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003E@markingoffthemap\u003C/a\u003E ",":type":"teq/components/image"},"textfededc83-8a0e-48e5-b65e-3c44ea9f0866":{"text":"\u003Cp\u003ESpecies thriving in the zone include bream, whiting, flathead and grunter, as well as iconic northern Australian fish such as king and threadfin salmon, fingermark and barramundi. Add some quality inshore island fishing for queenfish and great trevally and the reasons to go anywhere else on your fishing holiday begin to diminish rapidly.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETackle stores are always a great source of information about what’s biting, and the creeks in the NFZ are yielding great catches of king salmon; a species which has been virtually non-existent for years in the Mackay area.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA spot in the area that’s particularly rewarding is Constants Creek, one of the \u003Ca href=\"https://www.queensland.com/au/en/things-to-do/adventure/fishing-and-boating/top-fishing-spots-mackay1.html\"\u003Ebest fishing destinations\u003C/a\u003E in Mackay. The waters here are well-known for dishing up barramundi, mangrove jack and fingermark. If you’re lucky, you may even snag salmon near the deeper bends at the mouth of the creek.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMackay fishing tips\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/h2\u003E\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EBring the gear you use for bream, whiting and flathead at home; it’ll work just fine in North Queensland.\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003EDrop in to a local tackle store in Mackay on your way through. They have all the local information on what’s biting.\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003ERemember tides are big in the Mackay area. Check the charts to ensure that launch and retrieval of your boat is easy.\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003Cli\u003ENo boat? No worries. There are plenty of shore-based options in the Net Free Zone.\u003C/li\u003E\r\n\u003C/ul\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELooking for more Queensland spots to reel them in? 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