gday luke, hedland can be a bit hit and miss from the shore.......boats are the go.

Try for starters the spoilbank (big sandbar in front of the hospital) for queenies, salmon etc. Also try the rockwall to the left of the town boat ramp on low tide and the jetty in front of sealanes is worth a bash too

I also go to six mile creek on a low tide and fish the mouth......halco scorpian 68s are my fav lure at the moment. I've done ok at redbank creek too.

A 4wd would be very handy too especially at spoilbank

As for outfits take a decent 7' light lurecasting setup....you'llbe able to use that everyplace.........and maybe a longer beach setup off the spoily but not neccesary

Get used to the tides pretty quick too as they are crucial

Smirkeys tackle and Kmart in south hedland and Norwest angler in Port hedland for all your supplies

Woody

cheers for the help, carnt wait to get up there, will visit the tackle store when i arrive to get a setup, was looking at prob 4kilo braid, a 4000 or three thousand reel

Go a 4000 reel and up the braid to 8 kilo.....never know when a  big trevs going to pay a visit.........plus theres a heap of sharp rocks covered in oysters up here so a good leader is a must

hope you like the heat mate!!!

haha yea gunna have to used to the heat working in it, we had a couple of 43 degree days down here that i worked in so  it should be allright, are you just chucking out small poppers or mainly plastics and metal slices? yea think i mite go heavier braid its neva fun losing gear

I mainly use small hardbody diving lures and plastics in the creeks and poppers and halco twisties in the ocean but its up to you......Ive always got a bait out as well while I'm casting lures, be it dead or live.

Live baits work extremely well and will always get smashed before anything else so I'd recommend getting a cast net and learning to use it.....its good fun

Hey mate.

I just came up to Hedland myself to start working a couple of weeks ago. Have caught some queenies, javelin fish and sharks off the spoil bank. Definitely reccommend getting a cast net ( i only just got one and am still learning but live bait is far more effective)

Going to try some more spots like 6mile soon now i got some decent reef shoes.

If you have a 4wd you should really try some of the creeks north of Hedland (12 & 18 mile, Titchila, Ridley's, DeGrey, Condon and the list goes on. You definately need a cast net and a live bait bucket (Plano do a good one) you can pick up from Smirkey's. Get onto Google Earth and check the creeks and you get really good detail showing you the tracks, takes time to explore but thats half the fun.

 Good luck and keen to hear some success stories.