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OST tropical sportfishers know the importance of fishing for various species in close proximity to large moving objects. I’d never been familiar with this technique until I started fishing Hervey Bay in Queensland. Up there, in the know anglers are always on the lookout for whales and dolphins in winter and stingrays or turtles at any time of the year. The Hervey Bay flats are collectively called the Sandy Straights and they encompass an enormous area of sand and mud flats on the inside of Fraser Island. They