Do not use opera house style yabby traps in NSW! A quick reminder that yabby traps are prohibited for use by recreational fishers in ALL NSW WATERS to help prevent inadvertent capture of native wildlife. Do your bit to save our native aquatic wildlife and do not use “opera house” style yabby traps. Instead, eco-friendly open pyramid lift nets or …

Tailor season is swiftly upon us! Fishery Monitoring staff are hitting the sand on the northern Gold Coast beaches to collect biological data on tailor. You can participate in the ongoing monitoring program by allowing scientists to measure your fish during these annual tailor surveys. Tailor is a widely fished species commonly found along the east coast of Australia from …

Garmin has announced the Force® Kraken, the most powerful trolling motor1 the recreational fishing market has ever seen. Coupled with Garmin’s most precise anchor lock technology, Kraken is designed with longer shaft lengths and a pivot-style mount for easy installation on boats where bow space is limited. Kraken’s brushless motor uses a high-efficiency propeller to produce 100 pounds of thrust …

Inshore/Offshore fishing Looks like we will have a solid south westerly blowing over the weekend so for the guys in close it shouldn’t be too bad to get out and get into some quality inshore fishing. After that first kilometer it will definitely start to chop up and she’s going to be pretty cold especially if you’re heading to the 2 or …

Welcome to your weekly fishing report for the Sunshine Coast, brought to you by Bait Master Fishing and Tackle. Rainy conditions over the last week have been great for the garden, but not so great for a school holiday fishing trip! Conditions for the remainder of the school holidays are looking favourable, with warm days and manageable winds. With no …

How you can help our mighty mulloway – Tip 1 Some fishers may have noticed there has been a strong recent recruitment pulse of mulloway, with reports of large numbers of juvenile fish (40-60cm) in estuaries and off some ocean beaches and inshore reefs. This follows three years of high rainfall and associated high estuarine flows. This recruitment pulse represents …

Queensland’s peak seafood industry body has called on the State Government to halt its imminent drastic cuts to spanish mackerel catches for professional, charter and recreational fishers. This follows the release of a draft independent scientific report questioning the fisheries department figures behind the planned catch cuts and saying the figures should not be used for management decisions. Queensland Seafood …

Welcome to your weekly Sunshine Coast Fishing Report! We’ve enjoyed absolutely perfect weather for the start of the school holidays, but unfortunately it won’t last, with conditions expected to deteriorate over the weekend. Next week is looking cold and wet, with the wind picking up on Sunday and Monday. Late Tuesday and early Wednesday may be your best chance for …

Inshore/Offshore fishing The inshore reefs have been firing over the past week! Plenty of grunter, snapper and winter whiting have been getting caught. The snapper and grunter have been mostly caught on 20g soft vibes, 5” soft plastic’s and if you are more into bait fishing pilchards and squid have been doing the trick.   The winter whiting have been …

The annual Tailor Fishing Classic is just around the corner and we’re gearing up to make it the biggest and best yet! Kick-off is at 4pm on Friday 21 July, with lines out in time to make weigh-in from 10am to 12pm on Sunday July 23. Entrants are able to fish from the Queensland NSW border to the tip of …