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Where to go fishing, Ballina

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Broadwater Beach

Good bream fishing here in Winter, 4 wheel drive access, use bait and look for the deeper gutters with some rocky formations.

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South Ballina Beach

Some great gutters along south Ballina beach, 4wd access is available via South Ballina Access Trail. Bait fishing works best on an...

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Ballina Bait & Tackle

Shop 19, Ballina West Shopping Centre, River Street, opposite the Big Prawn, Ballina, NSW, Australia, New South Wales (02) 6686 2527

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Woodburn Bridge

Bream fishing along the park, a good spot to soak local baits and fish with the family.

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Broadwater Bridge

Great bream fishing along here.

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Wardell Bridge

A popular fishing spot near Ballina for Mulloway, live mullet is the best bait, however mulloway will also take soft plastics slowly...

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Moylans Lane

A great land based fishing spot for Bream and Mulloway on live bait. Mulloway will also take large soft plastics slowly bounced...

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Pimlico Island

The sand flats here are a good place to pump for Yabbies and on the incoming tide fish for whiting.

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Iron Peg

Calm weather only! Can be a very dangerous spot. Spanish Mackerel, Cobia, Tailor, Bream, Luderick and Mulloway are all caught off here....

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Flat Rock

Bream and Luderick on the northern side close to the beach. Tailor can also be caught here, try metal slugs 70g.

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Black Head

A good mulloway fishing spot close to Ballina, bait like strip mullet works well, however the Mulloway will always take big soft...

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Lighthouse Beach

Good winter fishing for Bream and Tailor, find a good gutter on an incoming tide.

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Emigrant Creek Jetties

Fish along the creek bank and around the jetty structures for Bream on lures, soft plastics sunk down beside pylons and hard...

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Emigrant Creek old Bridge

Old bridge structure holds Bream, Flathead and Mulloway. Mulloway best on live baits however will take soft plastics.

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Emigrant Creek Mouth

Fish the channel markers for Mulloway. Sand flat to the right is a good spot to cast around the mouth with soft...

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Ballina Canals

Mostly bream around the jetty structures, good spot to cast lures.

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Richmond River Jetties

The jetties along here are well worth casting lures at for Bream. Soft plastics cast beside the pylon and let sink works...

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Mobbs bay gutters

On the outgoing tide, the draining channels and gutters fish well for flathead on soft plastics.

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Mobbs Bay Walls

The gaps in the rock walls are a great place to fish on the outgoing tide for Flathead as the water drains...

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Mobbs bay anchorage wall

Drift along the rock wall for Bream and Flathead. Around the entrance some big Mulloway are caught particularly on a run out...

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Mobbs Bay Yabbies

Good yabbies banks throughout Mobbs Bay, fish the incoming tide for Whiting. Fish the outgoing tide for Flathead, soft plastics work well.

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North Creek Sand Flats

Good spot to pump yabbies and on high tide fish for Whiting.

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Fishery Creek Mouth

Bream and Luderick along the rock wall on an incoming tide. Bream mostly inside the harbour, a good lure fishing spot.

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Prospect Bridge

Can park on the south side of the bridge on side road, more for dedicated anglers, Bream, Flathead and Mulloway at night....

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Faulks Reserve

A nice park and family friendly fishing spot in Ballina. Fish along here with strip mullet, pilchards and herring for Bream and...

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Captain Cook Park Boardwalk

Good fishing spot right in Ballina for Bream particularly at night. Drifting soft plastics down the side of a pylon works well...

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Lance Ferris Wharf

Friendly fishing spot in Ballina, mostly bream are caught here. Use bait such as strip mullet or prawns.

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Regatta Ave Boat Harbour

Good Bream and Flathead fishing off the rock wall, bait works best. Bream around the boats.

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North Creek old wharf

Good structure here holds Bream and Luderick. To the south, walk the bank casting metal slugs out for Tailor or soak some...

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Missingham Bridge

The tide can move fast through here so it is best fished on the smaller tides. Bream, Flathead and Mulloway on live...

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Shaws Bay

Pick a spot along the wall into Shaws Bay, this Ballina fishing spot is best fished with bait either live or not,...

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The Light House

Big sea wall, hard to fish at times has there is strong current and large swells. Bream, Tailor and Mulloway are the...

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South Wall Ballina

At the end of the seawall anglers can target Spanish Mackerel in Summer. Good spot to live bait for Mulloway. Tailor on...

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