Introducing the Bassday Crystal Pencil – the perfect lure for your next fishing adventure. The Bassday Crystal Pencil is a high-performance fishing lure that combines advanced technology with innovative design to deliver exceptional results. Made with a durable and translucent body, the lure is designed to mimic the natural movement of baitfish, making it irresistible to predatory fish such as …

With the successful Gold Coast Flathead Classic out of the way for another year, again the results speak for themselves. Flathead are a great option on lures – be they hard-bodies or the ever-popular soft plastics. However, what stood out for me as a distant observer was reading that the four top-placed teams in the Flathead Classic were all in …

The ATC Vandal caters for different fishing applications – from ultralight to heavy casting. Constructed and designed in a wide range of sizes from 1000 up to 6000, the Vandal features a CNC aluminium spool and handle for enhanced durability. The body and rotor are constructed from graphite to keep the Vandal light yet strong, and the Vandal is equipped …

City of Gold Coast and My Catch Australia need your help removing tilapia and other introduced fish – goldfish, Texas cichlids, koi and European carp – from waterways in the region on Saturday November 11 from 6am to 5pm. This is the first year the Gold Coast Pest Fishing Classic – formerly known as Tilapia Busters – has expanded to …

Forster and Central Coast artificial reefs are now in and available for recreational fishers in NSW! Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in building artificial reefs in NSW? Two new artificial reefs have recently been deployed off Forster and the Central Coast. Each reef has a footprint of 16m x 16m and are 12m high. These pictures show …

Inshore fishing Tomorrow being Friday the 10th of November marks the last of this years Coral Reef Fin Fish Closures. This 5 day closure will finish at midnight on Tuesday the 14th. This limits targeting, catching and keeping of our Coral Reef Fin Fish species. If you are after more information please refer to the fisheries website. Fortunately during this …

Welcome to this week’s Sunshine Coast fishing report. Apologies for no report last week, but we’re back at it now and finally, it looks as though the weather gods may be nicer to us than they have been for the previous month or so! A moderate easterly wind around 15-25km/h is forecast into early next week, picking up again from …

When it rains, it pours! We’ve had not one, not two, but THREE winners in our Fish ‘n’ SIPS tagged fishing competition in the space of a week! Taking home fifth place and $2,000 is Tim Meyers, who caught a 106cm barramundi at Callide Dam (near Biloela) on Thursday 26 October. This brute had grown 15cm since being tagged and …

Hi everyone, the 2023 Flathead Classic was held at the end of September, with 639 anglers and 257 boats competing in this time-honoured tournament. Bush ‘n Beach Fishing Magazine had two teams entered and both did well, finishing a respectable seventeenth and thirty-second in the overall team rankings. The ‘OG BNB Fishing’ team consisted of magazine chief Ben Collins, Brisbane …

OzFish Unlimited continues to innovate the shellfish revolution with the upcoming trial of quilted oyster doonas, set to bring an added layer of versatility to restoration projects. OzFish Unlimited senior special projects officer shellfish revolution Robbie Porter, who invented the quilted oyster doonas, said: “No one has ever done something like this before and we think it could be really …