Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, looks like the warm weather and blue skies have returned to the Tweed and Gold Coast after the cool South Easterly winds last weekend and midweek. Good weather will see plenty of Fishos out trying their luck with Sunday looking like the pick of the days to get on the …

Many keen kingie fishos might be surprised at just how old (or young!) their catches could be. Samples donated to the Research Angler Program (RAP) have shown the age of a just legal fish (65cm) can range from one to four years. This is because growth rates are variable; however, most fish sampled grow relatively quickly and reach 65cm between …

NOVEMBER is a great time to start planning for the next month as we head towards my favourite time of the year – the pelagic run. This year things are set to be quite different, with La Niña being the driver for a better than average pelagic season. Summer warm up For now though, expect to find a few big …

TARPON have to be one of the best species to target on lures. They are aggressive, hit lures hard and put up a great fight, but it’s the visual element to tarpon fishing that make them so exciting. Dragging small lures through deep pockets will entice silver flashes, as tarpon sitting on the bottom with their upwards-looking eyes scan for …

AS I write this article, the so-called Queensland winter species of tailor, winter whiting and bream are still fishing well. These should still be available in October, though the schools will start to thin out. For winter whiting, I find the schools can move around a bit as the months change and the water gets warmer. Brisbane beach bay estuary …

Australian scientists have discovered a massive detached coral reef just off Cape York on the Great Barrier Reef that’s taller than the Empire State Building or the Sydney Tower. The scientists found the reef, which is more than 500m high, as they were mapping the northern Great Barrier Reef seabed from aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor. “The base …

A Spanish mackerel originally tagged by gun fishing father and son team Vic and Zane Levett has gone on to be recaptured. Zane (pictured) caught the fish during a hot bite on the NSW Mid North Coast back in April 2019. Estimated at 13kg, the mack was quickly subdued on relatively heavy tackle. The fish was brought alongside the boat …

What a week we have had on the coast. With the first heavy rainfalls of the season the land and rivers have had a much needed flush out. As the rivers turn to a dark brown this push of freshwater should see the bait which was scattered far and wide now become more concentrated in the lower estuary. Offshore the …

BUNDABERG INSHORE With the winds looking a bit all over the place around the Bundaberg area for this weekend, it might be time to do a little maintenance on the bigger boats or stick to inshore. There have been good reports of schoolies all along the coast from Burnett Heads to Elliott Heads. Casting out slugs and flasha spoons or …

Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, anglers had to get an early start to dodge big storms and hail on the Gold and Tweed Coasts last Saturday. We have seen some good dumps of rain over the past couple of weeks which has been great for our local waterways receiving a bit more of a flush …