146 crab pots have been seized by Gold Coast QBFP. Officers recently teamed up with the Gold Coast Waterways Authority to remove derelict crab pots from the Southport Sundale Bridge to the Logan River. Don’t lose your pots! Crab pots must be marked with the user’s surname and address and your gear should be removed from the water when you finish …

As the winds dropped the boat ramps were pretty much full mid week and quite rightly so. The Noosa bar has been a bit easier to cross and there have been some great weather windows for all. Out wide North reef has been holding medium sized jewfish over the meter mark. These fish will take a wide range of lures …

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE With the full moon occurring this coming Monday, the fish out at the reefs off Bundaberg should be chewing this weekend.  With the bigger tides in the mornings I’d be chasing the shallower fish such as coral trout and red throat emperor, then fishing for red emperor and other deeper species in the afternoons.  Using pilchards and 5” …

Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, the weather certainly turned it on last weekend with close to perfect conditions last Saturday for fishing, even Sunday was still nice as well. Very similar conditions during this week as last week with a hot strong Northerly wind followed by a Southerly change and a chance of a storm …

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QBFP officers at Mackay are investigating after receiving a complaint about a dead sawfish found on Belmunda Beach, Mackay on Monday 16 November 2020. If you have any info about who might have caught or discarded the sawfish, please give QBFP Mackay a ring on 4999 8551 or call the Fishwatch hotline on 1800 017 116. Sawfish are a no-take …

Offshore has been a mixed bag of success this week as the winds persist and the swell has been up on the Noosa Bar. The estuaries have also seen a change following the previous weeks rain and even the freshwater is warming up. Starting offshore there was a weather window for bigger boats on Thursday which saw boat ramps chokka …

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE Running true to form, the Bundaberg area had good weather during the reef closure last weekend and now that it’s all open again, we are back to ‘normal’. This weekend’s forecast is not looking too bad with 10-15 knot east /south-easterly winds predicted. As always, check your local weather forecast prior to heading out.  BUNDABERG INSHORE At this …

Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, after an extra warm weekend followed by some stronger Southerly Winds on the Gold and Tweed Coast the good news is the weekend is looking fantastic. Light winds and small swell on the way giving us some great fishing conditions. Let’s see what’s been on the bite. Locals have reported …

At this stage it looks like the weather for the Bundaberg area for this weekend could go either way, and anything can happen so keep an eye out for the latest forecast before deciding to head out. BUNDABERG INSHORE The inshore reefs are still producing some very nice grunter. Early mornings and late afternoons are the hot bite times. Working …