What fish can you catch at Hardie Artificial Reef?

Demersal Fish, Pelagic Fish, Baitfish. Species listed are those the source records for this spot — seasons and what is actually biting change through the year, so check the current forecast before you go.

Can you fish Hardie Artificial Reef from the shore?

No — Hardie Artificial Reef is a boat-access spot. You need a vessel to fish it.

Do I need to check the fishing rules for Hardie Artificial Reef?

Yes. Bag limits, size limits and closures change and are set by the Queensland fisheries authority — always check the current rules before you keep a fish. Fishare's Queensland regulations page tracks them.

QLD · REEF · HERVEY BAY LITTLE WOODY ISLAND

Hardie Artificial Reef.

Hardie Artificial Reef is structure holding reef fish in Hervey Bay Little Woody Island, with boat access. Anglers target Demersal Fish, Pelagic Fish, Baitfish. Sourced from the official listing, 8 July 2026.

Spot type

Reef

Access

Boat

Species

Region

Hervey Bay Little Woody Island

Conditions today

Bite

55/100

Swell

0.3m

Wind

5m/s

Water

25.6°C

Hardie Artificial Reef is rated HOLD · 55/100 for fishing today, and the best day in the next week is Fri, 6 Nov at 68/100.

Scored from tide, wind, swell, pressure and light for this location. Generated 2026-11-01 and refreshed daily — open the app for the current hour.

Tide today

Predicted from harmonic constituents at Urangan, 11.8 km away. The marked points are the predicted extremes; the curve between them is interpolated.

Fishing better nearby

Seventy-Five Mile Beach, K'gari is scoring 13 higher, 20 km SE from here.

Seventy-Five Mile Beach, K'gari 20 km SE +13

Scored the same way as Hardie Artificial Reef and adjusted for each spot's own exposure, so a sheltered estuary can beat an open platform on the same weather. Distances are straight-line.

Fishing Hardie Artificial Reef

Hardie Artificial Reef lies north-east of Little Woody Island in Hervey Bay. Its official map provides exact reef-pyramid cluster coordinates, making it a high-confidence offshore pin for the Great Sandy Marine Park area.

What's there

Demersal FishPelagic FishBaitfish

Best conditions: Treat the reef as a multi-cluster Hervey Bay structure field and work it only when wind and tide allow controlled boat handling. The best first pass is to sound the published cluster line, then drift baits or lures along the edges.

Where it is

-25.28, 153.02 ± 2 km

Approximate area, not an exact mark. Fishare publishes fishing spots to a ~2 km range — the spot is somewhere inside this circle.

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Check the rules first

QLD regs SSOT; check Great Sandy Marine Park zoning and current Fisheries Queensland rules before fishing.

Bag limits, size limits and closures are set by the Queensland fisheries authority and change through the year. Fishare tracks the current rules on the QLD fishing regulations page — check it before you keep a fish.

Common questions

What fish can you catch at Hardie Artificial Reef?: Demersal Fish, Pelagic Fish, Baitfish. Species listed are those the source records for this spot — seasons and what is actually biting change through the year, so check the current forecast before you go.
Can you fish Hardie Artificial Reef from the shore?: No — Hardie Artificial Reef is a boat-access spot. You need a vessel to fish it.
When is the best time to fish Hardie Artificial Reef?: Treat the reef as a multi-cluster Hervey Bay structure field and work it only when wind and tide allow controlled boat handling. The best first pass is to sound the published cluster line, then drift baits or lures along the edges.
Do I need to check the fishing rules for Hardie Artificial Reef?: Yes. Bag limits, size limits and closures change and are set by the Queensland fisheries authority — always check the current rules before you keep a fish. Fishare's Queensland regulations page tracks them.

Source & verification

Details for Hardie Artificial Reef come from the official source, retrieved 8 July 2026.

Source detail: Official Queensland Parks map provides reef-pyramid cluster points; this row uses source-listed coordinate [coordinate withheld]. Landing page states depth, cluster design and location.

Conditions change. Access closes, sand moves and structure shifts — check locally before you travel a long way.

Plan the session

Fishing Hardie Artificial Reef? Check the tide window, the launch options and whether the fish are actually biting before you go.

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Other marks around Hervey Bay Little Woody Island — species, access and conditions on every page.

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