Spectacular Round Hill Head near Agnes Water and the town of 1770 have great fishing for landbased and boating anglers.
The area has a mix of tropical and sub-tropical species.
Beach fishing produces dart, permit, bream, tarwhine, mackerel, sharks, summer and winter whiting, and dusky, sand and bartail flathead.
Blue salmon, tailor, steelback and jewfish are also caught.
It is a relatively short walk from the carpark to the best rock platforms.
The rocks produce spanish and spotted mackerel, mack tuna, giant herring, golden and giant trevally, cobia, queenfish, jewfish kingfish and tailor.
Offshore, coral trout, sweetlip, emperor, snapper and cod abound – best in late spring/early summer.
The 1770 public ramp is useable on all tides for small boats, but half tide up is best for big boats.
National parks in this region have tidal creek fishing for barramundi, mangrove jacks and bread-and-butter species.
To reach Eurimbula National Park and Eurimbula Creek, drive out of Agnes Water along Round Hill Road for 10km and turn at the sign. A 14km track leads to Bustard Bay camping area at Eurimbula Creek mouth.
The track is sandy in places but standard vehicles with high clearance usually get through.
There are toilets and water at the camping area.
Eurimbula Creek is a crab sanctuary. It is OK for bank-launched cartopper dinghies but is not navigable at low tide.
Middle Creek is reached via a turn-off 6km from Round Hill Rd (9km before the Bustard Bay camping area).
The 4WD track is 12km, slow and impassable after heavy rain.
Deepwater National Park offers 4WD access to the coast, from Agnes Water drive south along Springs Road, turning on to Rocky Point Road.
The turn-off to Deepwater National Park is 1km down on the right and then another 2.5km by 4WD to the park. Tracks to the left give access to the beach, but before negotiating the steep drive down, check the track on foot.
Flat Rock is a long shelf along the beach that produces reef and beach fish.
Middle Rock has basic camping without facilities.
Wreck Rocks has camp sites, shower, toilets and water and is accessible from the south by sealed road.
Camping areas are popular in the holiday season with sites booked months ahead.
Town of 1770 region fishing GPS marks
It is about 32 nautical miles to the Great Barrier Reef and Lady Musgrave Island, where there is a large, safe anchorage.
It is about 45 nautical miles to Lady Elliot Island (a green zone).
Places of interest to fishermen and/or divers…
*Pinnacle at 24 06.794S 152 22.029E (26nm).
*Mackerel over contours at 24 06.511S 152 03.073E (10nm west) and 23 58.515S 152 01.818E (14nm n-w).
*The Wides 23 49.940S 152 00.497E and 23 50.624S 151 58.756E (20nm north)
*Boult Reef 23 44 100S 152 15.135E
*Lamont Reef 23 36.490S 152 00.970E
*Fitzroy Reef boat entrance 23 36.445S 152 09.440E
*Fitzroy inner shoal 23 42.787S 152 03.058E
*Banana Gutter 24 06.880E 152 11.100E
*18-Mile 24 07.630S 152 12.790E
*Mackerel Shoal 14.5nm s-e 24 15.999S 152 06.925E
*The Cetacea and Tranquility wrecks are just 7nm off Round Hill Head. See the North Australan FISH FINDER book for more wrecks.
Town of 1770 tides
Town of 1770 coastline
QLD fishing regulations
QLD marine parks
GBRMPA marine parks
Deepwater National Park
Eurimbula National Park
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