OFFSHORE AND INSHORE Bundaberg weekend fishing report The inshore reefs have copped plenty of freshwater over the past week, so the water is quite dirty. It’s definitely stirred up grunter and snapper though! Jigging 20g soft vibes off the bottom as well as 5” soft plastics has been the favourite way to get a bite. There have also been plenty …

Wet and Wild – With heavy rain, wind and swell smashing the coast of southeast Queensland, it comes as no surprise that fishing offshore has been on hold. The Noosa Bar will see some changes once the rain recedes, so for those heading out once things clear up, take your time because your previous track may not be there. Noosa …

OFFSHORE AND INSHORE Bundaberg weekend fishing The inshore reefs have been firing recently and, with the good weather last weekend and earlier this week, there have been plenty of cracking fish caught. Drifting the reefs and jigging plastics or vibes has been the go-to strategy to get a few tasty reef fish. The pelagics have also been smashing bait, so …

Hi everyone, hope you are all having a nice week. It was good to finally see the wind ease and some sunshine earlier in the week, after enduring more unwanted drenching rainfall on both the Gold and Tweed coasts. Water quality throughout the Broadwater, Jumpinpin Channel and the Tweed River was average during the week, with plenty of dirty freshwater …

Queensland Boating and Fisheries are working with commercial fishers to complete their 20th annual fishery independent spanner crab survey. The fisheries monitoring team will be working onboard chartered commercial vessels across 5 regions of southern Queensland, collecting length, sex and abundance information for spanner crabs. Spanner crabs live in aggregations making it difficult to determine population size from commercial catch …

NSW Fisheries would like to say a HUGE thanks to all their amazing volunteers, past and present.     Thank you for the great work that you do across the state to help promote sustainable and responsible recreational fishing through fishing workshops, events and in school education. We would not be able to do what we do without you! NSW …

Biosecurity Queensland is investigating a report of the invasive pest fish species tilapia suspected in Cooby Creek, downstream of Cooby Dam, north of Toowoomba. Cooby Creek is a tributary that flow into the Murray-Darling Basin. If confirmed, this would be the first instance that tilapia have been found in this catchment. Tilapia were introduced into Australia in the 1970s as …

Companion’s ProHeat Low Pressure Two Burner Stove is an everyday gas cooker when attached to a LPG bottle, but is also designed to suit built-in RV camper kitchens and plumb directly into a bayonet fitting of a regulated system. Australian Geographic recently put the stove to the test and headed bush to see how the 18,000 BTU stove – 9000 …

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Epizootic ulcerative syndrome, or red spot disease, often appears after acid water run-off following heavy rains, with the unsightly lesions reducing product marketability. EUS is caused by a fungus aphanomyces invadans and shows as red lesions or deep ulcers. Secondary bacterial infections are often also associated with red spot disease. To identify EUS, look for red spots or burn-like marks …