Few people realise some of the best fishing to be had can be inland.
If battling the feisty sooty grunter is your bag, Lake Julius is the place. Two words are the answer - Lake Julius. Unless you've lived in Mount Isa, or in the region, there's a good chance you have never heard of the place. Lake Julius is situated in the Gulf Savannah region of North West Queensland about 90 kilometres North East of Mount Isa. For the six months of the year between Easter and September it is a continual procession of anglers and tourists travelling either the Matilda Highway up to Karumba or the Barkly Highway through Mount Isa and over to the Territory.