As predicted the swell continues to linger around and this week has seen a few boats cross the bar. Right now, this should only be done by experienced skippers in boats with plenty of horsepower hanging off the back. Sunshine Coast Noosa During the week, Sunshine was fished by the bigger charter boats and small cobia were still hanging around …

Rains hit the pause button – we have all seen some huge falls around the region, with some major and minor flooding across the region. As expected, the amount of freshwater coming down river has seen it turn a dark brown colour. With the levels rising in the Noosa River, we are all hoping it gets the much-needed flush we haven’t …

Hi everyone, hope you have all had a great week. It’s been nice to finally see some long-awaited sunshine and light to moderate wind on the Tweed and Gold Coast. We have had extremely average conditions to contend with for the past few weeks, limiting fishing and crabbing to the most sheltered waterways. The good news as we head towards …

BUNDABERG OFFSHORE The fishing offshore this weekend should be red hot with a full moon falling early next week. The morning tides are quite big, so the coral trout and redthroat emperor should be on the chew in the shallows. I’d definitely be focussing on the shallows until the afternoon tide change, then I’d be fishing the deep for your …

“Kicking off 2022” – Well, here we all are and welcome to 2022. We all hope you are safe and are looking forward to getting out there. Despite the bad offshore conditions, we still have many more options in the local area to choose from. The Noosa bar has been rough and with the winds only the larger charter boats …

Hi everyone, hope you have all had a great start to the new year, once again this week there has been no respite from the strong winds, large swell and rain that has been battering the Gold Coast for the past two weeks making it very tuff for those that had time off and planned a few fishing trips on …

Another year is done and dusted, so Happy New Year to you all and may your beer be cold and your rods be bent! BUNDABERG OFFSHORE We’ve had good reports of red emperor, coral trout, grass sweet lip and parrot being landed.  Light winds are predicted for the coming weekend.  As always, check your current weather report before heading out. …

So here we are, the last few weeks of 2021. What a year it has been for many and what a year it will be going forward. School holidays are about to kick off and for many they have already started. The good news there are other schools out and about in the form of mackerel! Sunshine Coast Noosa Offshore …

First of all merry Christmas to all let’s hope we all catch a few fish and crabs over the festive season. Bundaberg BUNDABERG INSHORE The inshore reefs have been firing lately with snapper, grassy sweet lip, mackerel and schools of tuna. The Cochrane Artificial Reef and the 4 mile off the Elliot River has been the go to spots with …

Hi Everyone, hope you have all had a good week, it was great to see the weather improve as the week progressed with plenty of sunshine and light winds on the forecast just in time for the weekend on the Gold and Tweed Coast. At the time of writing my report Saturday was looking like the pick on the days …