Make your way into Mackay via the Peak Downs Highway, where avid anglers are spoiled for choice for fishing locations. Winding its way through the heart of Mackay, the Pioneer River is Queensland’s only blue water river, and one of only a few in Australia. It provides many excellent spots to cast a line, where whiting, bream, flathead and trevally are commonly reeled in. Look for the boat ramp on River Street, or the fishing platforms along the Bluewater Trail, located close to the Forgan Bridge, and near the Mackay Hospital to drop a line.