FISH FINDER 2005-06
(sixth edition) is out now

An incredible 304 pages covering the remote northern coast from Moreton Bay, Qld, across Cape York, the Gulf, the NT and the Kimberley down to to Geraldton, WA ... Australia's most exciting fishing region

Now with satellite and aerial imagery (very few mudmaps) with nautical chart extracts reprinted under licence

GPS DATA, LAUNCH SITES, ROCKBARS, REEFS, WRECKS, HOLES, CHARTERS and GUIDES, MARINE PARK ZONES and much more

Hundreds of detailed maps for a ridiculously low $26.95

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North Australian
FISH FINDER 2005-06 (Sixth Edition)
While some fishing media thumb their noses at you when it comes to providing serious fishing information, North Australian Fish Finder tells you where the fish are, in some cases down to the last 5m with GPS waypoints of important wrecks and reefs.

North Australian Fish Finder opens up the remote north's estuaries, rivers and offshore to everyone.

The new 304-page North Australian Fish Finder, released in May 2005, covers half the Australian coast, with chart extracts, aerial photos and maps of the best fishing areas from Moreton Bay, Queensland, across Cape York and the Gulf of Carpentaria, over the Northern Territory, WA's awesome Kimberley and Pilbara and down to Geraldton.

Australia's Barra Bible now has satellite imagery that provides unprecedented detailed coverage of the coast, particularly along the coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria (including Karumba, Borrooloola), much of the Great Barrier Reef and the Kimberley. You see more detail of the small estuaries from WA's Exmouth to Eighty-Mile Beach than you have ever seen before.

New spots covered include Moreton Bay, Great Sandy Strait, Fraser Island, Bundaberg and 1770. There are several new satellite and aerial images of impoundments, some taken during drought so you can see the bottom contours.

There is improved coverage of the Gladstone and Rockhampton region. There's also Mackay, St Helens and nearby estuaries, Proserpine, Burdekin, Hinchinbrook, Cairns, Jackey Jackey, Karumba, Normanton and Burketown, Borroloola (McArthur River), Roper River, Kakadu rivers, Darwin and Bynoe Harbours, the Victoria River, the Ord River, Kimberley rivers, Broome, the Pilbara coast, Exmouth Gulf, Ningaloo, Quobba coast, Shark Bay, Kalbarri and Geraldton.

GPS waypoints are supplied for many wrecks, reefs and many river rockbars.

The book is printed in gloss colour, with photography and articles, compiled and edited by Darwin-based fishing publisher Matt Flynn (fishing columnist for the Sunday Territorian newspaper in Darwin) and selected northern field editors such as Rick Huckstepp, Col Roberts and John Mondora.


The book includes a new Barra Bible pictorial guide that illustrates and describes the best barramundi techniques in the simplest terms. There are cast-netting and crab-tying illustrations.




Contents at a glance ...

QLD's NORTH-EAST COAST

*Brisbane's MORETON BAY as a satellite image - the old bay still produces, and with our satellite imagery you can see everything on our simple two-page spread.
*Satellite imagery of the GREAT SANDY STRAIT and MARY RIVER out of Maryborough, and Fraser Island.
*HERVEY BAY and BUNDABERG, including Woodgate, the Burrum, Kolan and Burnett Rivers and other smaller waterways.
*Satellite and aerial coverage of the Town of 1770 region - awesome jack fishing and crabbing in this area.
*New satellite imagery of GLADSTONE, and aerial photography of The Narrows and Pancake Creek.
*More aerial photography of TURKEY BEACH and surrounding areas, one of the great whiting and crabbing areas.
*FITZROY RIVER and mouth mudmap showing fishing spots and launch sites.
*Coastal hotspots accessible from ROCKHAMPTON, including GPS for a large number of wrecks and reefs, as well as a CORIO BAY and COOROOMAN CREEK map.


*Nautical chart extract of amazing BROAD SOUND and aerial coverage of Stanage Bay, one of the best fishing and crabbing spots on the East Coast, with GPS for the outstanding reefs offshore.
*A spread on the 4WD hotspot CAPE PALMERSTON.


*MACKAY and nearby estuaries ... amazing aerial photography of this productive region.
*WHITSUNDAYS nautical chart, with land-based and offshore hotspots.
*Another island paradise ... the DINGO BEACH and GLOUCESTER ISLAND region.
*BOWEN region, with aerial photography.
*The amazing BURDEKIN delta and nearby estuaries ... complete aerial photography, including WALLACES!


*The amazing CAPE BOWLING BAY by satellite ... offshore spots and aerial photos of the great barra, salmon and crab rivers in this area.
*TOWNSVILLE ... the Ross River, its weirs and magnificent fishing opportunities around nearby Magnetic Island.
*TOWNSVILE to INGHAM, including aerial photography of legendary CATTLE CREEK and surrounding estuaries.

 

HINCHINBROOK

*Fantastic aerial photography of the whole channel worth about $300 on its own! Hinchinbrook needs no introduction, it is one of Australia's most beautiful and productive tropical estuaries, and North Australian Fish Finder brings it to you with priceless information. Also aerial photography of Hinchinbrook Island's north-western creek system, a shallow but productive area.

 

FAR NORTH QLD - UPDATED WITH NEW AERIAL PIX!

*Aerial photos of the MOURILYAN estuary and JOHNSTON RIVER.
*A great YORKEYS KNOB photo and notes, PORT DOUGLAS aerial photography, improved Cairns estuary (Trinity Inlet) map and improved BARROW RIVER map.
*A DAINTREE rainforest river section by top Cairns guide Les Marsh with new photo and tips on fishing from the salt to the sweetwater, with chart extracts showing reefs and wrecks offshore and special notes.
*COOKTOWN reef chart extracts and GPS data, with aerial photography of the Annan and Endeavour Rivers with the hotspots marked in!
*A large section on PRINCESS CHARLOTTE BAY, BATHURST BAY and LAKEFIELD National Park by former Lakefield park ranger Barry Lyon.
*An incredible two-page aerial photo with nautical chart overlay of JACKEY JACKEY CREEK and ESCAPE RIVER, with fishing spots and navigation tips provided by Cape York fishing guides Dave Donald.
*Great maps of The Tip (Cape York itself) and Seisia (with a high-altitude aerial photo), with an incredible new JARDINE RIVER to WEIPA section.


*A WEIPA section that has probably every noted fishing spot in the Weipa region marked on it, with info once again provided by Cape York fishing guide Dave Donald, who is based in Weipa.
*Amazing aerial photos of some of Cape York's most inaccessible rivers: the Staaten, Ducie, Gilbert, Wenlock and Nassau, with detailed info about how to get to them.

 

THE GULF of CARPENTARIA

*New satellite imagery of Karumba region: North Australian Fish Finder knows how important Australia's grunter (javelin fish), crabbing and barramundi fishing centre is to Qld travellers.
*Normanton, with new satellite imagery of the Norman River.
*Burketown: revised Albert River map using the same incredible aerial photo of the Albert and Leichardt River mouths, showing the river-to-river access channel and the Albert's main fishing rockbars and holes.

 

NORTHERN TERRITORY


*New satellite image of McARTHUR RIVER and BORROLOOLA region with all the islands in the Sir Edward Pellew Group. This map is truly amazing.
*VERNON ISLAND aerial photos showing Blue Holes.
*PERON ISLAND and CHANNEL POINT aerial photography (this area is due to have a public camp site opened in 2005).
*Darwin underwater wreck and reef maps never before seen.
*Aerial photo of CHANNEL ISLAND at low tide, showing the rock formation.
*BYNOE HARBOUR wreck information.

Plus ...

*Aerial photos and new satellite imagery of the big barramundi rivers, including the Daly, Mary (SHADY CAMP), East and South Alligator, Finniss, Adelaide etc.
*Darwin Harbour wreck GPS data with the best jewfish WWII and cyclone wreck waypoints accurate to just 5m, with diagrams and 3D sonar scans.
*The Adelaide River's Saltwater Arm and The Narrows estuaries with GPS info on the uppermost rockbars!

Plus ...

*An amazing satellite image spread on the Tiwi Islands' and its permit-only camp sites.
*GPS positions for all known productive holes and ledges within a day's sailing from Darwin.
*Rockbar information for Darwin and Bynoe Harbour arms.


THE KIMBERLEY

*Kimberley section now includes full satellite image coverage.
*Complete chart extract and mudmap coverage of every major bay and river from BROOME in the West Kimberley to KUNUNURRA in the East Kimberley, with the best fishing spots and features clearly marked.
*Aerial and many new scenic photos by Col Roberts, as well as editorial about this region that only someone with Col's experience could provide.
*Loads of reef, river, bommie and islet GPS data.
*Access info (the biggest issue facing Kimberley fishos).
*Big spread on the Ord River, including the vast Wyndham region, and the awesome Cambridge Gulf.


THE GREAT NORWEST

*Now with full satellite image coverage showing access points along the Norwest.
*Aerial photography and satellite images of CAPE KERAUDREN and PORT SMITH.
*POINT SAMSON special feature.
*LaGrange Bay and the EIGHTY-MILE BEACH and the less well known but mor prolific 40-MILE BEACH and GNOOREA POINT.
*PORT HEDLAND region, with comprehensive nautical chart extract, GPS marks and aerial photography of Port Hedland's estuaries.
*DAMPIER region, with nautical chart extract of the rgions many islands, as well as GPS marks, aerial photography and some less well known launch sites, and the proposed new marine park zones.
*ONSLOW region ... an amazing section with great nautical chart coverage, including the amazing MONTEBELLO ISLANDS and the marine park boundaries.


THE WEST

*EXMOUTH GULF ... all the GPS marks you need.
*NINGALOO ... this world heritage area offers superb fishing and diving. We have given you all the good spots, with nautical chart extracts and info about the special rules in this area.
*CORAL BAY ... nautical chart extracts and GPS.
*QUOBBA ... some of Australia's best land-based fishing spots, and we have them all marked in on our maps.
*NEW Kalbarri and Geraldton maps



*SHARK BAY including Carnarvon ... explore this vast shallow area and its channels and weedbeds with our new satellite imagery. This is one of Australia's best pink snapper fisheries and has improved vastly following ongoing fishing restrictions.

 

OTHER INFORMATION

North Australian Fish Finder 6 also has ...


* Species spotlight: North Australia's sportfish species described.
* Fishing tips ... or simply join one of our advertised northern fishing charters.
* Lure selection - FISH FINDER makes the job easier.
* Phone numbers for Aboriginal communities, pastoral stations, fishing regulation information etc.
* Tech-tip articles with diagrams - how to throw a cast net, how to tie a crab.
* Safety information, such as how not to get eaten by crocodiles!

ALSO: Ultra-strong stitched and glued binding, revised GPS co-ordinates
and advertising from Australia's best guiding and remote resort operations.

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