We need your help to protect the beautiful Bielsdown River. The beautiful Bielsdown River at delightful Dorrigo, up in the picturesque plateau country of Northern NSW is a top little waterway. The Bielsdown is part of the Nymboida River catchment. It’s a declared General Trout Stream and it provides refuge to many a Platypus and native Water-rats. This River is …

Hi Everyone, hope you are all having a nice week. The southerly wind has been up this week, making conditions a bit tough at times for anyone trying to fish. These conditions are more suited to finding a spot out of the wind up the local rivers and estuaries on the Gold and Tweed coasts. If you are thinking about …

With the miserable conditions we experienced last week, we saw only the larger boats or experienced skippers crossing the bar and fishing the local reefs. The swell and wind combined with a fading ground swell and run-out tides, slow and steady was the best approach. Noosa Fishing North Reef was popular for charters and they came home with a mixed …

BUNDABERG INSHORE & OFFSHORE Bundaberg fishing report The inshore reefs have been producing some very nice grunter and late season spanish mackerel over the past week! The grunter have mostly been caught on 20g soft vibes and 5” soft plastics. Using a slow hop off the bottom, making sure the lure stays in the strike zone, has been key. If …

New moon, high tide – Very rarely do we get a chance to enjoy big tides with light winds and a dropping swell. Mid-week and mid-week next week finally allowed those of us who head offshore a few days grace to experience some reef fishing. Noosa fishing Out wide North reef saw the cobia showing up along with some chunky …

Hi everyone, hope you are all having a nice week, it’s been a bit warmer this week thanks to some northerly winds pushing through increasing the daytime temperature on the Gold and Tweed Coasts. If you are thinking about heading offshore keep in mind that as of 15/7/2022 snapper and pearl perch are on the no take list in Queensland …

BUNDABERG  INSHORE & OFFSHORE Bundaberg weekly fishing report If the weather plays ball this weekend hopefully we can send it out wide and chase some nice reds, nannies and trout! Due to the recent fresh that has been pushing out of the rivers, plenty of debris like logs and branches have been common obstacles waiting for an unsuspecting boatie. Be …

A closed season applies to Murray cod from 1 August to 31 October in all Queensland waters in the Murray-Darling Drainage Division. Exceptions apply to some stocked impoundments. Closed waters also apply from 1 August to 31 October to allow Mary River cod to breed. See the full list of closed waters in freshwater areas. below. You cannot target Murray …

Fishery Monitoring’s annual roving surveys are officially underway! Fishery Monitoring scientists have conducted 3 roving surveys on the northern Gold Coast beaches since the start of the tailor fishing season. Last Saturday, our scientists interviewed 37 fishers and measured 161 tailor! The largest tailor on the night measured a respectable 53 cm. You can help with this important work by …

In early June the Tweed Heads Fisheries office received a direct call from a concerned member of the public reporting the illegal use of a cast net on the Tweed River at Tweed Heads. Fisheries Officers promptly responded to the information and caught up with the person who had used the cast net to take 230 Herring and 4 Diamond …