What’s this island off Yeppoon?

[OcciferNick]

Hello everyone,

Just wondering if anyone from up that way knows what Island this is somewhere off Yeppoon.

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Cheers
Nick

[Jason Green]

Barren Island


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[OcciferNick]

Thanks mate and soooo quick lol

[xpaladoshous]

Yep. It was prety barren when we where uo there last. Man and Wife was where we did best.

[OcciferNick]

I saw someone getting a nice GT there on a video. I live no where near there but want to go and thought it would be a good place to start. What type of fish you pick up around Man and Wife xpaladoshous?

[Jason Green]

If you head to the eastern end of Barren Island there is a smaller island which is called Child and on the eastern side of it when there on you can get Spanish and in a bit closer to the rocks I have picked up a couple of small GTs there


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[xpaladoshous]

The day we fished it we got nannys rte and sweetlip.

[back2boats]

The day we fished it we got nannys rte and sweetlip.

Good reefies all around. Also around Egg island which is close by.

[back2boats]

The day we fished it we got nannys rte and sweetlip.

Good reefies all around. Also around Egg island which is close by.

[Jason Green]

Good reefies all around. Also around Egg island which is close by.

Pretty sure Egg is in the green zone
A handy app to have is Eye on the reef for North of Baffle Creek


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[xpaladoshous]

Also got xxxx island (pumpkin) to the north. Got some nice reefies around there too.

[back2boats]

Pretty sure Egg is in the green zone
A handy app to have is Eye on the reef for North of Baffle Creek


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Shows it has been a while since I fished there. I didn't realise it had been greened, sorry.

[OcciferNick]

Thanks for the replies... I’ll definitely have a few casts around them looking for a GT. It’s a fish on my bucket list.

[Dirtyfuzz]

Used to scuba dive barren quite a bit many years, massive tiger sharks out there!


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[OcciferNick]

I was just looking up Barren Island and it says it’s a marine park?
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But the video I was looking up on YouTube shows them fishing there in March 2018. I was wanting to chase GTs like these guys but doesn’t look like I can now. Maybe it’s not Barren? I blacked out his face as my intent isn’t to identify anyone but just want to know if in fact it is Barren and from the pic would this be outside the green zone maybe? Has this recently been added as a marine park? Does anyone know if you can get a Lowrance HDS gen 3 unit to show the green zones on the plotter?

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[Jason Green]

Hi Nick the island itself is a national park only fishing around it is allowed with certain rules
Just download the Eye on the reef app and enable your location and then when you tap on your location it will tell you what you are allowed to do there

http://elibrary.gbrmpa.gov.au/jspui/bitstream/11017/609/4/Map17-EditionV-Capricorn.pdf


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[CT]

Yes Barren is in the marine park however it is able to be fished due to the zoning of it. Have fun.