Fishermen and Fishing at Fraser Island, Queensland Australia Fishermen visitors frequently join locals on the beaches and waters around Fraser Island to enjoy fishing as a sport. This is a typical scene along the eastern beaches of Fraser Island when the Tailor fish are biting. To catch a fine Red Emporor like this one it is necessary to board a boat and go fishing over one of the reefs in the ocean offshore from Fraser. Commercial boats like the Hombre departing from Hervey Bay's boat harbour will take you ocean fishing. These big Flathead were caught off the western shores of the island and make fine eating.
Ladies sometimes go fishing too, and catch big fish like the Trevally being displayed here.
Taken at night after a successful day's fishing, this photo captures an Oyster Cracker being displayed. Island resident Neville Siede can wander down to the beach in front of his home and catch a feed of fish almost any time. He is seen here preparing a catch of Dart for the freezer. Some species have numerous nerve endings around their mouths, causing these regions to be particularly tender, sensitive, and useful in detecting food. These facts should come as no surprise to fishermen who have observed the panic and struggle put up by a fish which has had a tender part of its body suddenly pierced by a fishing hook.